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Category Archives: Conservation
Sat Apr 29, 2023: NS Wild Flora Society hosting iNaturalist/City Nature Challenge hike on Osprey Trail
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In Kjipuktuk/Halifax Today: The People’s Parade for Life on Earth 22Apr2023
From EAC Join us for a joyful community parade on Earth Day, April 22, 2023! Let us all come together to celebrate Mother Earth, to celebrate water which is life and to celebrate our beautiful communities and our continued resistance … Continue reading
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Backlands Coalition presents to HRM Community Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee 20Apr2023
Boris Worm and Kaarin Tae presented to the Community Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee (aka CPED) on Thursday Apr 20, 2021. View Youtube Archive. The presentation by Boris and Kaarin begins at minute 8:52. Later that same day, Boris … Continue reading
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City Nature Challenge Apr 28 to May 1, 2023
Halifax is participating in the iNaturalist-based City Nature Challenge again, this year over the days Friday May 28 to Monday May 1. It’s pretty simple to contribute to Halifax’s effort to document our natural world and illustrate citizen’s love of … Continue reading
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Making the case for the Backlands 12Apr2023
On April 6, 2023, Boris Worm and Mather Carscallen made a presentation to the HRM Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee on why we want to ‘Keep the Backlands Wild’. View the presentation on this YouTube Video, starting around minute 4:41. … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, HRM Greenbelt
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Province has set aside funds for Williams Lake Dam 1Apr2023
Posted on FB page for MLA Brendan Maguire: Great news for Williams Lake Today I asked the Minister of Transportation for an update on the dam. The money has been secured and set aside to replace the dam! The province … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Conservation, Lakes
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A Retrospective of Winter Birding in the Backlands
Joshua Barss Donham produced a 9 minute YouTube video highlighting some of his winter birding sights in the Backlands over the winter of 2022/2023. It features some really beautiful Backlands scenery, in the air, on trees, on the water and … Continue reading
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“Families donate property to protect the Backlands” – Chebucto News 1Apr2023
The Backlands Coalition and the Nova Scotia Nature Trust hosted an event at the Purcell’s Cove Social Club recently to celebrate and thank four families who had donated their lands in the Backlands to the Nova Scotia Nature Trust (NSNT.) … Continue reading
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It’s time for the Great Backyard Bird Count Feb 17-21, 2023
By Martha Leary It’s February and time for the Great Backyard Bird Count. Sponsored by the Audubon Society, this bird count is easy peasy. Watch in your own backyard for as little 15 minutes or take a short winter hike … Continue reading
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Sheila Stevenson: Protect natural assets Nova Scotia has left
In saltwire.com, Feb 2, 2023: PERSPECTIVE: Protect natural assets Nova Scotia has left by Sheila Stevenson, co-chair of the Ferguson’s Cove Neighbourhood Association and a member of Our HRM Alliance. She also sent the text City Clerk for distribution to … Continue reading
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