Monthly Archives: April 2023

Sat Apr 29, 2023: NS Wild Flora Society hosting iNaturalist/City Nature Challenge hike on Osprey Trail (Halifax, NS)

Posted on April 25, 2023 by admin
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In Kjipuktuk/Halifax Today: The People’s Parade for Life on Earth 22Apr2023

Posted on April 22, 2023 by admin

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

Posted on April 21, 2023 by admin

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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MRWA to add 16 km of new trails in Backlands (Halifax, NS) 19Apr2023

Posted on April 19, 2023 by admin

From  McIntosh Run Watershed Association (MRWA) Press Release HALIFAX (Kjipuktuk), March 28, 2023 — The McIntosh Run Watershed Association (MRWA) is expanding the McIntosh Run trail system and will be adding 16 km of new backcountry singletrack trails to the … Continue reading →

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City Nature Challenge Apr 28 to May 1, 2023

Posted on April 18, 2023 by admin

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

Posted on April 12, 2023 by admin

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 →

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Province has set aside funds for Williams Lake Dam 1Apr2023

Posted on April 1, 2023 by admin

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 →

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A Retrospective of Winter Birding in the Backlands

Posted on April 1, 2023 by admin

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

Posted on April 1, 2023 by admin

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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