Environmental Issues

Environmental Issues & Resolutions

Natural areas are
throughout Eastern Kings
They require our respect.

Additional information
may be found HERE.
An Environmental Issue
in Eastern Kings, is the
endangered Piping Plover.

Additional information
may be found HERE.

Environmental Shames
Environmental Gains
Kingsboro
Bottle thrown from a car at
St. Catherines
April 26, 2007

Recycling Bottles at Rick's Bottle Exchange
at St. Catherines
April 26, 2007

Garbage indescriminately thrown in a ditch
in Howe Bay
April 16, 2007

Recyclables at the curb awaiting collection
in Kingsboro
April April 17, 2007

Evidence of an ATV crossing and damaging a
Dune System at Red Point Park
April 12, 2007

Reclaiming Dunes after Storm Surges
at Basin Head
April 25, 2007

Reporting Environmental Emergencies

1-800-565-1633

The above number can be used to report an environmental emergency 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. During regular working hours, you may also report an environmental emergency directly to the Department of Environment, Energy and Forestry office at 368-5000.

A member of the Environmental Emergency Response Team is on call 24 hours a day to respond to environmental emergencies. When an environmental emergency is reported after hours, the call will be answered by the Coast Guard Traffic Control Center in Dartmouth and relayed to the on-call person in P.E.I. It is very important that you leave a phone number where you may be reached when you report an environmental emergency. It may be necessary for staff to contact you to obtain more information.

The Environmental Emergency Response Team responds to environmental emergencies including, petroleum releases, pesticide and chemical spills, air quality incidents, and fish and other wildlife mortality incidents.

Environmental Shame of the Month for May 2008
Old television smashed in the ditch at St. Catherines
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Souris & Area Branch PEI Wildlife Federation's Environmental Shame photoset
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Souris & Area Branch PEI Wildlife Federation's Environmental Change photoset
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