{"id":1138,"date":"2015-07-13T10:56:59","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T14:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=1138"},"modified":"2015-07-13T13:25:08","modified_gmt":"2015-07-13T17:25:08","slug":"protecting-the-backlands-within-the-halifax-green-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=1138","title":{"rendered":"Protecting the Backlands within the Halifax Green Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_1091\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1091\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/pP1040625b.jpg\" alt=\"Painting of Purcell's Pond by Geoffrey Grantham\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1091\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geoffrey Grantham: Above Purcell&#8217;s Pond<\/p><\/div> A submission by the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcnc.chebucto.org\/\"> Purcell\u2019s Cove Neighbourhood Committee<\/a> makes three recommendations:<br \/>\n1. That the Purcell\u2019s Cove Backlands&#8230;be included as a key feature of the new Halifax Green Network;<br \/>\n2. That the linkages between the Backlands and other nearby protected areas in the form of interlocking watersheds and natural habitats be formally recognized&#8230;;<br \/>\n3. That the economic, recreational, ecological and cultural assets and potential of the Backlands be recognized in the Halifax Green Network Plan.<br \/>\nThe document provides the pertinent background. It is a nice summary of the values so many of us share. <a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Green.Network.-Submission-7.10.15.pdf\">Read Submission<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A submission by the Purcell\u2019s Cove Neighbourhood Committee makes three recommendations: 1. That the Purcell\u2019s Cove Backlands&#8230;be included as a key feature of the new Halifax Green Network; 2. That the linkages between the Backlands and other nearby protected areas &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=1138\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1138"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1149,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138\/revisions\/1149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}