While the Island is famous for brook trout, rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon, many people also like to fish for salt water species, particularly when warm summer water places extra stress on the freshwater species. From July to October, wharves*, breakwaters and piers across the...
The Government of Prince Edward Island is funding research on environmental flows in the province over five years starting in 2016 that will inform decisions around water usage in the future. This is a significant piece of work that will determine the necessary quantity of water...
Coles Creek Watershed Flow and Fisheries Monitoring Year 1 Report
Island businesses like Stretch Fitness of Summerside are getting extra help from the provincial government to save money on their energy costs and protect the environment. Now available to the commercial sector, the efficiencyPEI Business Energy Rebates program partners with...
Fillable and printable business energy rebates application form with lighting worksheet and payee registration form
Summerside’s residential power customers will receive a refund on household electricity from the Prince Edward Island government. A 10 percent rebate will be applied to the first block – 2,000 kilowatts-hours – of electricity for the Summerside utility’s residential customers...
You will need an activity permit if you wish to conduct work in a watercourse, wetland or 15 m buffer zone on or near your property. Unauthorized changes made to a watercourse, wetland or buffer zone may result in damage to the environment, water quality, infrastructure and property. What kind of activities can be done in or around a watercourse, wetland, or buffer zone, and how much do they cost? Boardwalk construction in a buffer zone - $50 Boardwalk construction in a wetland or sand dune - $100 Boat launch or shoreline access - $100 Dam or impoundment maintenance - $100 Dredging - $100...
Four Island forest firefighters will leave for northern Ontario today (July 12) as part of an Initial Attack fire team helping with the region’s increasingly serious wildfire situation. High temperatures, dry conditions, and thunderstorms in northern Ontario have helped to create...
Construction of a Monastery Facility - Great Wisdom Buddhist Institute - EIA Approval
The Kensington grain elevator can expand after receiving environmental assessment approval from the provincial government. Communities, Land and Environment Minister Richard Brown informed the PEI Grain Elevator Corporation of the approval June 22 under the Environmental...