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Category Archives: BMBCL
HFN and NSWFS make a joint submission to the Regional Plan Review
Halifax Regional Plan Review 2021: Feedback from two naturalist societies – the Halifax Field Naturalists and the Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society Submitted to regionalplan@halifax.ca on July 15, 2021 WHO WE ARE The Halifax Field Naturalists (HFN), founded in 1975, … Continue reading
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April 12, 2018: Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes Regional Park Citizen’s Meeting
“All are invited to a public meeting on April 12th for updates and information on park progress. We will also explore interest in forming a citizen’s group, such as a “Friends of Blue Mountain” group, to speak up for creation … Continue reading
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Land purchased for Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes
“On January 18, the Halifax Regional Municipality purchased approximately 197 acres of lands to form part of a Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes Regional Park. This important acquisition marks the first parcel of land to be acquired by the municipality towards … Continue reading
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May 15-June 12: Final Public Engagement, Halifax Green Network Plan
The Halifax Regional Municipality is conducting the third and final phase of public engagement for the Halifax Green Network Plan, a decision-making framework for the conservation of a region-wide network of open space. A number of planning and implementation directions … Continue reading
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Council rejects development in Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes
The 1500 letters paid off…”Regional councillors roundly rejected a June report that would have allowed development in the Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes area.” Read more in Global news Report
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Tuesday, September 6th at 10AM at City Hall: BMBCL
Your help is needed to protect what could be the largest urban park in all of Canada. The long-promised but yet-to-be-delivered Blue Mountain Birch Cove Regional Park is under threat. It could be a mini-Keji for Halifax, but a terrible … Continue reading
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Reg Rankin’s controversial motion sidetracked, consideration of BMBCL on Sept. 6
Reg Rankin’s controversial Item 15 was moved up the agenda at the Regional Council meeting this afternoon. After a confusing set of discussions and motions about “Map 3A” (cited in item 15) and whether it should be released in camera, … Continue reading
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The Gem we could lose
Irwin Bennet has posted some remarkable pics from the Blue Mt Birch Cove Lakes area. See pics. And look at this Backgrounder if you need more reasons to urge the Mayor and Council to stick to the original plans for … Continue reading
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Reg Rankin makes untimely motion to amend the concept plan for BMBCL Regional Park
In a break from Reg’s usual support for green initiatives in HRM, he has put forward a motion for next Tuesday’s Regional Council meeting that tacitly accepts the highly criticized Facilitator’s report on Blue Mt Birch Cove Lakes Regional Park, … Continue reading
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Over 1000 submissions & One Enthusiastic Ranger!
CTV News reported over one thousand submissions were received concerning the Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes Regional Park..(including this letter from HFN/WRWEO) and an HFN member is a super keen Birch Cove Ranger! “I took this selfie while trail running … Continue reading
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Karen Beazley on why Halifax must save Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes Regional Park from suburbia
An opinion piece by Karen Beazley (Prof in SRES at Dal) nicely summarizes a key issue – the loss of integrity of the Protected Wilderness Area if the developer’s proposal goes ahead. View CBC
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HRM: Are you ready for the Birch Cove Rangers?
Three-hundred plus citizens passionate about Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes (BMBCL) attended the public meeting about the planned BMBCL Regional Park this evening (June 30, 2016), which followed a highly criticized Facilitator’s Report. Two MLAs (Diana Whalen, Joachim Stroink) attended. … Continue reading
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