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At a recent talk given to the Nova Scotia Bird Society, ornithologist Cindy Staicer described a developing program to enhance conservation of Landbirds Species at Risk in Forested Landscapes. The program is based at Dalhousie University and is being conducted … Continue reading →

The Annual General Meeting of the McIntosh Run Watershed Association will take place on Wednesday April 16th, at 7:00pm at the Captain William Spry Community Centre at 10 Kidston Road. Hope to see you there. The McIntosh Run watershed is … Continue reading →

April 7th, the first warm day in 2014. Here, barely 3 km from downtown Halifax in the Williams Lake Backlands, you might as well be a world away. Water tumbles down a gully, emerging here and there. Evergreen ferns glisten … Continue reading →

All property owners in HRM with an existing right-of-way on land that might be subdivided should pay very close attention to what’s happening in the new Boscobel on the Arm development off Purcell’s Cove Road. Developer IMP is trying to … Continue reading →

An article in The Nova Scotian section of Saturday’s Chronicle Herald (March 29) highlights the rarity of Jack Pine/Broom Crowberry barrens and their relationship to fire. See “>The forest fires that nature intended. The print version has more photos including … Continue reading →

“As a volunteer with the Cole Harbour Parks and Trails Association, I am proud our town has enviable access to a beautiful forest, teeming with life, in Cole Harbour and Westphal. Like our park and trails, the forest is a … Continue reading →

We hope his grandchildren can have the same experience! (March 19th on Piggy Mt.)

A copy of David Donnelly’s powerpoint slides from a talk on land protection last Friday is available here. Also, possibly of interest is an article on Sprawl in Halifax in the Smart City Blog.

From HRM website: “After some discussion on February 25, 2014 Regional Council referred several matters to planning staff. A report back to Council was requested for May 27th. First Reading of the revised Regional Plan could take place after May … Continue reading →

Members of the Coalition were well represented in the gallery at Regional Council on Tuesday. The mayor spoke strongly in favour of the Regional Plan and said it was unlikely he would support any amendments… but final decisions were deferred … Continue reading →