{"id":1817,"date":"2018-04-22T09:18:40","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T13:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=1817"},"modified":"2018-04-22T13:10:04","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T17:10:04","slug":"happy-earth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=1817","title":{"rendered":"Happy Earth Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_1114\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WLBFinalColor-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1114\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WLBFinalColor-6-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1114\" srcset=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WLBFinalColor-6-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WLBFinalColor-6-1024x617.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WLBFinalColor-6.jpg 1340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A wilderness in our midst<\/p><\/div>We have lots to celebrate right here in the Backlands, as discovered by John DeMont as he followed Greg Smith over &#8220;eight kilometres of foot-trod trail&#8221; in the chunk of the Purcell&#8217;s Cove Backlands lying between Williams and Colpitt lakes;  once destined to be developed, it is now en route to becoming an &#8220;urban wilderness park&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>Said DeMont: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Somewhere nearby a man my age was sweating about his taxes or banging his head against his keyboard after his hard drive failed.<br \/>\nI, however, was walking beside a stream, next to a stand of woods that could have been there for the past century, for a little while longer<br \/>\noblivious to the weight of life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>View <a href=\"http:\/\/thechronicleherald.ca\/opinion\/1563258-demont-going-into-the-wild-but-not-out-of-town\"><strong>DeMONT:Going into the wild, but not out of town<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nJohn DeMont in the Chronicle Herald, Apr 19, 2018<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1428\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/aP1050730.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1428\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/aP1050730-1024x778.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"486\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1428\" srcset=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/aP1050730-1024x778.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/aP1050730-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One good reason for conserving the Backlands<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have lots to celebrate right here in the Backlands, as discovered by John DeMont as he followed Greg Smith over &#8220;eight kilometres of foot-trod trail&#8221; 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