FUSION Sustainability in partnership with the Ecology Action Centre, HRM Alliance and Dalhousie’s Office of Sustainability bring you a great opportunity to explore Greenbelting. What is it? Why are cities doing it? What will it mean for Halifax to have one?
Where: Room 1009, Kenneth Rowe Management Building, Dalhousie University
When: 5:30-6:00 pm – Meet and Greet/Networking
6:00-8:00 pm – Panel Discussion
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An hour ago on Twitter from OurHRM Alliance: “After over two years of hard work, the revised Regional Plan has passed almost unanimously at council.” !!!!!!!!!! June 26th – view Chronicle Herald Report
Golden Heather, June 18th on burnt Jack Pine-Brom Crowberry barrens
The now long-awaited Public Hearing on RP+5 will be held by Halifax Regional Council commencing on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at 6:00 p.m. in the Halifax Regional Council Chambers at City Hall, 1841 Argyle Street, Halifax, NS. All written and oral presentations will be considered at that time. Written submissions may be forwarded to the Municipal Clerk by mail, P.O. Box 1749, Halifax, NS, B3J 3A5; by fax, 490-4208; or by e-mail, clerks@halifax.ca. Written submissions should be received by the Municipal Clerk’s office as early as possible, but not later than 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 24, 2014. For a summary of the proposed changes to the Regional Plan, see Notice. The Backlands Coalition supports the revisions to the Regional Plan – please show support by writing a letter &/or attending &/or speaking at the Public Hearing. See OurHRM Alliance for more details.
The Halifax Adventure Seekers, an OUTDOOR social meetup group, gave the Purcell Cove Conservation Lands a high rating after hiking the area last Thursday.
A cryptic Buddha greeted the Halifax Adventure Seekers – look for it as you enter the Purcell’s Cove Conservation Lands
There is meeting on Tuesday June 10, at 6.30 p.m. at Captain William Spry Community Centre (Spryfield) concerning a proposal to make a parking lot within Long Lake Provincial Park. The proposal has been made by a developer who has excess rock and needs to dispose of it. The parking lot would have an associated trail system. These do not conform fully with the official park management plan. The meeting has been called by DNR parks division and will determine whether this proposal goes ahead. The park management plan would need to be amended because this proposal will affect access to the park and the trail concept within the plan. View Poster for the meeting
Our native Azalea, Rhodora (Rhododendron canadense) is in full bloom at the edges of wetlands and in smaller wet spots in the Backlands. A recent visitor to the area described being transfixed by this species, about which Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote “beauty is its own excuse for Being”. View visitor’s blog
Panayoti Kelaidis, Senior Curator and Director of Denver Botanic Gardens Outreach, was enthralled by our Backlands on a recent visit to Halifax, and pleads for their preservation. Read Panayoti’s blog “Blueberries and crowberry make a groundcover that would be the envy of any designer!…More than anything, I kept thinking “Japanese Garden” as I looked around the area–the gnarly little jackpines and the rich texture of groundcover could easily be tweaked to create a heavenly Japanese garden if one wished to do so: why bother–I prefer what’s already here!”
A resident of Ferguson’s Cove forwarded this 2006 Bird’s eye view of the Backlands with this message” “I’ve recently received this 2006 bird’s eye view of the ‘big picture’ that includes the Backlands. A picture is worth a thousand words. Wonderful, wonderful work everyone!” Thanks!
Hobblebush by outflow from Williams Lake, May 24, 2014
Spring has sprung, finally!
