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Monthly Archives: October 2023
Backlands Coalition submits comments to the Regional Plan Review 27Oct2023
In June of this year, HRM Planners submitted a draft of the Municipal Regional Plan and asked for feedback from the community. That consultation period is now over and the Backlands Coalition has submitted detailed comments to the planners. Our … Continue reading
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Towards a combined Conservation/Fire Management Strategy for the Backlands 26Oct2023
Yours Truly (David P) talked about Fires, Conservation and Fire Management in the Halifax Backlands in an online presentation to the Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society on Oct 29, 2023. The presentation is available on YouTube and the slide deck … Continue reading
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Monday Nov 6, 2023: Spryfield Community Meeting on Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
Spryfield Community Meeting – District 11 Date: 6 November 2023 Place: Captain William Spry Recreation Centre, Multipurpose room Time: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. If you are unable to attend, please consider completing the online survey at Https://www.shapeyourcityhalifax.ca/hrva ——– Extracts from www.shapeyourcityhalifax.ca/hrva Hazard, … Continue reading
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Be on the lookout for invasive crayfish in Halifax Area lakes 20Oct2023
This new invasive species is featured in an item in today’s Halifax Examiner’s Morning File and in an associated article by Yvette Entrmonet DFO: Red swamp crayfish trapped in Halifax area lake could have ‘severe’ impact on ecosystems. From Morning … Continue reading
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New Provincial Housing-in-HRM Legislation “risks commitment to sustainability” – Mayor Savage
The province recently announced new legislation “to get more housing built, faster, in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM)” (NS Gov News Release, Oct 12, 2023). It includes, amongst other measures: – giving the minister authority to make decisions on development in HRM without … Continue reading
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October 13-22, 2023: The Fall Continental Mycoblitz 2023 in the Maritimes!
Where: Everywhere mushrooms grow The 2023 Continental Mycoblitz is open to anyone who is willing to make scientifically valuable collections of mushrooms – including photography, fieldnotes, and submitting a dried specimen. Any individual or organization can submit their most unique/interesting/exciting … Continue reading
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Mon Oct 23, 2023 Fires, Conservation and Fire Management in the Halifax Backlands
Online presentation by David Patriquin to the NS Wild Flora Society, 7:30 p.m. Monday Oct 23, 2023. The “Backlands”, located only a few kilometers from from peninsular Halifax, NS, are a Thompsonesque urban wilderness of approximately 1350 hectares which include … Continue reading
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Wetlands – natural defence against wildfires 4Oct2023
By Cathy Vaughan Wildfires have slammed our local communities recently and heightened our awareness of the results of human activity on climate change. Besides the practical tasks, such as emergency evacuation preparednesses, we are now looking to the science of … Continue reading
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