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A misty walk at East Pine Island Pond on Canada Day 2023
Photos by Joshua Barss Donham and Rosa Barss Donham at East Pine Island Pond in the Purcells Cove Backlands on Canada Day
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Presumptive Exobasidium infestation on Black Huckleberry extends well beyond Osprey Trail area (Halifax Backlands) 5July2023
It took only 2 days following my initial post about this “mystery pest” on Black Huckleberry in the Osprey Trail area (McIntosh Run barrens) to document, courtesy of Joshua Barss Donham & Rosa Barss Donham & iNaturalist, occurrences of the … Continue reading
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Fruit production by Black Huckleberry on the McIntosh Run barrens reduced by mystery pest 3Jul2023
The mystery pest appears to be the work of a fungus in the genus Exobasidium, a group of parasitic fungi. While berry production in the area examined will certainly be reduced this year, it probably won’t have serious longer term … Continue reading
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Golden Heather in flower in the Backlands 30Jun2023
And some thoughts about what’s involved in keeping it around. By David Patriquin I have been observing Golden Heather (Hudsonia ericoides ) in flower in the Backlands over the last last 10 days or so. Golden Heather is hard to … Continue reading
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“Sharing the Care of Williams Lake” 12Jun2023
“At their Annual General Meeting, on Tuesday May 23 at the Captain William Spry Centre, WLCC directors showcased the impacts of the environmental projects they completed in the past year. Projects ranged from guides on invasive plant species, a series … Continue reading
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Jack Pines are in flower in the Backlands (Halifax, NS) 30May2023
We generally don’t think of conifers or Gymnosperms as flowering and if you follow the strict definition of flowers as ‘the reproductive structures of Angiosperms – the flowering plants’, they do not. However conifers do produce the reproductive structures equivalent … Continue reading
Posted in Fire Ecology, Nature Stuff
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Full year of citizen science water quality monitoring reveals episodic salt events in Governors Brook (Halifax, NS) 29May2023
Governors Brook, originating near Herring Cove Road, feeds into Colpitt Lake (unsettled), which in turn drains into the partially settled Williams Lake.* A study conducted in December of 2015 suggested that Governors Brook/Colpitt Lake is the major source of salt … Continue reading
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Fire-scarred white pines are a reminder that it’s Fire Season – especially in the Backlands (Halifax, NS) 19May2023
Contributed by David Patriquin Update May 28, 2023: Out-of-control fire in Upper Tantallon Area, All of HRM under Fire Ban. View The Coast ———- On the last weekend in April, I participated in two walks in the Backlands in which … Continue reading
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Trout stocking of Williams Lake on May 30, 2023
Received today: “Trout Stocking of Williams Lake Cunard Pond Beach and Wyndrock Dr. May 30 at 10:00 a.m Williams Lake is a popular recreational sport fishing area. The trout-truck from McGowan Lake Fish Hatchery will arrive at HRM’s Cunard Pond Beach … Continue reading
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