Category Archives: Conservation

Received from EAC: “A Protecting Wetlands Workshop cohosted by the Ecology Action Centre, Nature Nova Scotia and Halifax Regional Municipality, [will be] taking place on World Wetlands Day (Thursday February 2) from 9:00am to 12:30pm at the Captain Spry Centre … Continue reading →

UPDATE Jan 10, 2023 A few items of interest from the webinar: – The main reasons for excluding the Chebucto Peninusla from the CORE areas for Mainland Moose are, to paraphrase, (i) the  low number of moose, on the Chebucto … Continue reading →

From  Nova Scotia Nature Trust*: “We’re excited to announce six new protected areas across the province that will be secured before the end of 2022, from Cape Breton to the south shore. On the heels of the recent COP15 United … Continue reading →

Backlands Birders Joshua Barss Donham and Fulton Lavender prepared presentations on the theme “Birds in the Backlands: Indicators of the Health of the Habitat” for a Backlands Ecology Workshop that we held recently. In Forest Birds in the Backlands, Joshua … Continue reading →

UPDATE: New Loon Documentary. View Loons, A Cry from the Mist. Thx to PH/KS. Some background on the video on Birds Canada ——– Backlanders Katie S and Martha L passed on this notice about a new documentary on the Common … Continue reading →

The November flowering is pretty unusual. There is lots else that is special about this plant and its setting in the Backlands. Birdwatcher and Backlands enthusiast Joshua Barss Donham forwarded this pic to me a few days ago, commenting that … Continue reading →