A New Brunswick man has been chosen to lead the Atlantic branch of the Nature Conservancy of Canada.
Don Floyd of Lower Queensbury takes over the two-year position as chairman from Doug Deacon of Stratford, P.E.I.
Floyd was the dean of forestry and environmental management at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton.
He also lead a task force on private wood supply issues a few years ago.
He will oversee the group's Atlantic board of directors, which reviews private land areas for conservation and helps raise funds.
The conservancy, a not-for-profit group, says it has protected about 28,000 hectares of wetlands, forests and coastal shoreline areas in Atlantic Canada.
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