{"id":7569,"date":"2025-04-01T05:43:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T09:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=7569"},"modified":"2025-04-01T05:51:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T09:51:23","slug":"sunday-april-13-1-4-pm-gathering-in-the-halifax-backlands-to-celebrate-earth-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=7569","title":{"rendered":"Sunday April 13,  1-4 pm: Gathering in the Halifax Backlands to Celebrate Earth Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Earth-Week-Backlands-Bioblitz-Socials-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7571\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Earth-Week-Backlands-Bioblitz-Socials-1-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Earth-Week-Backlands-Bioblitz-Socials-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Earth-Week-Backlands-Bioblitz-Socials-1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Earth-Week-Backlands-Bioblitz-Socials-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Earth-Week-Backlands-Bioblitz-Socials-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>Please join us for a guided hike through the rugged Halifax Backlands, home to two of the Treasured Wetlands of Nova Scotia, and a lot more.\u00a0 Explore this unique wilderness while contributing to real conservation science!<\/p>\n<p>Learn how to use Naturalist, a free app that helps identify and log local species, adding valuable data to a community science project. Your observations will support ongoing research and conservation efforts in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Expect a slow pace, moderate terrain with some off-trail hiking. To fully participate, bring a smartphone with the Naturalist app downloaded.<\/p>\n<p>Register at <a href=\"https:\/\/ecologyaction.ca\/get-involved\/events\/earth-day-hike\">https:\/\/ecologyaction.ca\/get-involved\/events\/earth-day-hike<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosted by @ecologyaction &amp; @ourhrmalliance, in partnership with @hfxmoments, @atlanticducks, @TWNovaScotia and @backlandscoalition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please join us for a guided hike through the rugged Halifax Backlands, home to two of the Treasured Wetlands of Nova Scotia, and a lot more.\u00a0 Explore this unique wilderness while contributing to real conservation science! Learn how to use &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=7569\">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":[10,15,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-conservation","category-hrm-greenbelt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7569"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7572,"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7569\/revisions\/7572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}