Halifax Field Naturalists

Landscape painter Mark Brennan makes a plea to recognize the intrinsic value of all living things in his moving film, The Acadian Forest, The Story So Far.

Join documentary photographer Dan Doucette to learn about the natural disaster that’s been centuries in the making. 7:30 p.m. NSMNH. Read more

Angevine Lake is the largest lake in Cumberland county, Nova Scotia and the closest to the Northumberland Strait. It has the highest documented biodiversity for herpetological species in the province (salamanders, frogs and snakes) and is the only crown owned site for the endangered Ram’s Head Lady Slipper. Please Read More & Sign Petition.

Dr. Martin Willison will give a talk on Protected Areas in N.S. at 7:30 pm on Monday Dec. 5 at the Museum of Natural History Auditorium (1747 Summer St., Halifax). The title is “From Picnic Parks to Systematic Protection of Biodiversity: A Review of the Development of Protected Areas in Nova Scotia”. The talk is a free public lecture in the Nova Scotia Institute of Science 150th Anniversary series. Read more

Speaker Bob Chaulk is an experienced recreational SCUBA diver, who has explored waters from Bermuda to Labrador, the Carolinas, and the Caribbean. However, his main area of concentration will be on his many dives in our Halifax harbour and the Bedford Basin. Our annual members’ Holiday Social will take place after the talk. Please bring your sweets or savouries and non-alcoholic beverages to the usual meeting area. 7:30 p.m. at NS Museum of Natural History. Read more

On Tuesday, October 25, the provincial government will announce protection of The Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area under the Wilderness Areas Protection Act. This area includes The Bluff Wilderness Hiking Trail as part of the 20,000 acres of protected Crown Land. The announcement will be made in Tantallon – see poster