{"id":3009,"date":"2022-09-22T17:23:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T21:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?page_id=3009"},"modified":"2024-12-29T12:50:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T16:50:45","slug":"dnr-maps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?page_id=3009","title":{"rendered":"NRR MAPS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Posted at backlandscoalition.ca<\/a>\/Maps<\/a>\/NRR MAPS (this page)<\/span><\/p>\n

NRR: NS Department of Natural Resources & Renewables
\n(Previously: Lands & Forestry, Natural Resources, Lands & Forests)<\/p>\n

NS LANDSCAPE MAP VIEWER<\/p>\n

Most of these maps are screen captures from selected layers in the Nova Scotia Landscape Map Viewer<\/a> which is a convenient tool for viewing Crown lands, Protected Areas, Ecological Land Classification, Forest Stand characteristics, Property Boundaries & PID numbers, Roads, Wetlands\u00a0 and\u00a0 more. It provides a lot of the information otherwise only available via specialized GIS files and software. (DNRR: NS Department of Natural Resources & Renewables).<\/p>\n

There is a Help Page<\/a>. Other info. can be found in a Photo Interpretation Specifications<\/a> document, and in this document:\u00a0\u00a0Nova Scotia Interpreted Forest Inventory – Current Forest Data<\/a> (Web version -2021).<\/p>\n

The maps are based on Photo-interpretation\/landscape models and there can be significants errors at the gound level, e.g.,\u00a0 \u00a0in tree species ID. The maps below are based on 2017 imagery.<\/p>\n

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Backlands Topography<\/strong>
Click on images for larger versions<\/p><\/div>\n

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ECOLOGICAL LAND CLASSIFICATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

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EcoZones of Canada<\/a>: We are in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Ecoregion: <\/strong>We are in the Western EcoRegion. EcoRegion is “the second level of the Ecological Land Classification for Nova Scotia, and a subdivision of ecozone. Used to characterize distinctive regional climate as expressed by vegetation.\u00a0<\/span>There are\u00a0nine<\/span>\u00a0ecoregions<\/span>\u00a0identified<\/span>\u00a0in Nova Scotia.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ecodistrict: <\/strong>We are in Ecodistrict 780 St. Margaret’s Bay. EcoDistrict is “The third of five levels in the Ecological Land Classification for Nova Scotia, and a subdivision of ecoregions. Characterized by distinctive assemblages of relief, geology, landform and vegetation.” There are 39 EcoDistricts in NS.<\/p><\/div>\n

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From the\u00a0Ecological Land Classification for Nova Scotia<\/a> (Neily et al., 2010). View extracted pages for Ecostrict 780<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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From the\u00a0Ecological Land Classification for Nova Scotia<\/a> (Neily et al., 2010).\u00a0View extracted pages for Ecostrict 780<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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Ecosections: <\/strong>4 EcoSections are identified. EcoSection is “The fourth of five levels in the Ecological Land Classification for Nova Scotia, and a subdivision of\u00a0ecodistricts. An ecological land unit with a repeating pattern of landform, soils, and vegetation throughout an\u00a0ecodistrict.” Note that “* Ecosections and ecosites are the only two types of units that are not coded uniquely within higher order levels of the ELC” See NS ELC 2010<\/a>\u00a0 page 13. Also view on this website, screen captures<\/a> from the provincial interactive ELC Map.<\/p><\/div>\n

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EcoSection merged with basemap\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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EcoElement. Only two are within the Backlands. <\/strong>EcoElement is ” A landscape ecosystem containing characteristic site conditions that support similar potential vegetation and successional processes. Elements were mapped by combining\u00a0ecosections<\/span>\u00a0with similar climax vegetation and natural disturbance interpretations. ” “EcoElement” is a curious designation\/level, used I believe because EcoSites – formally the fifth level in the ELC – have not been mapped in detail for the province. They are not the same, EcoSite would be at lower level than EcoElement.\u00a0 An EcoSite represents “A uniformity of parent material, soil moisture and nutrient regimes and vegetation as expressed by slope, slope position, aspect and exposure” (NS ELC, 2010<\/a>). We would expect there to be more than 2 types of EcoSites, perhaps 7,\u00a0 in the Backlands. See Forest Ecosystem Classification for Nova Scotia, Part III: Ecosites<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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LAND COVER & LAKES<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Land Cover<\/p><\/div>\n

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Landcover and Lakes (Areas of Lakes in hectares inserted)<\/p><\/div>\n

WAM PREDICTED FLOW & WETNESS<\/p>\n

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WAM Predicted Flow<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Wetness<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

WETLANDS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Wetland Type<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Wetland Vegetation<\/strong>. Area in hectares and wetland type inserted.
sw=swamp, m=marsh, BF=bog or fen<\/p><\/div>\n

FOREST COVER<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Leading Forest Species<\/strong>
Ground-truthing shows that Jack Pine\/Broom Crowberry communities, corresponding to NS Forest Vegetation Type OW1 occur over much of the Rock Barrens, a lot of which burned in the 2009 Spryfield Fire and is now regenerating – DP<\/p><\/div>\n

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Forest Development Class<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Forest Stand Details<\/strong>
View Nova Scotia Interpreted Forest Inventory \u2013 Current Forest Data<\/a> for species codes<\/p><\/div>\n

FOR REFERENCE: GOOGLE EARTH MAP<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Google Earth Map<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

OTHER NSNRR MAPS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Superficial Geology<\/strong>
\nSource: https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/natr\/meb\/data\/mg\/ofm\/pdf\/ofm_2011-011_d447_dp.pdf<\/a>
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Bedrock Geology<\/strong>
\nSource:https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/natr\/meb\/data\/mg\/ofm\/pdf\/ofm_2014-010_d440_dp.pdf<\/a> NS Gov 2014
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\nGlacial Geology of Halifax and Sambro<\/strong>
\nNS Dept. Mines and Energy 1987. https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/natr\/meb\/data\/mg\/map\/pdf\/map_1987-002_200_cln.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nPage posted Sep 23, 2022 by David Patriquin<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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