Archive for 'Conservation'
Nova Scotia Supreme Court rules in favour of Naturalists/East Coast Environmental Law versus NS Lands & Forestry
Today’s decision confirms that Nova Scotia’s ESA is the law, and not a set of vague or voluntary guidelines. The Minister is required to fulfill the law’s mandatory requirements to protect some of the province’s most vulnerable species. – Sarah McDonald, Ecojustice lawyer From the Background to Supreme Court Decision (May 29, 2020) The Minister […]
Posted: May 30th, 2020 under Conservation.
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Earth Day Webinar with EAC will highlight wild areas in Halifax
It will stream live on Facebook on Wed. April 22, 2020 from 1pm to 3pm UPDATE Apr 23, 2020: The webinar (minus the first 10 min) is archived on the EAC Facebook Page —————– Message just received: EAC is hosting a webinar on Earth Day, featuring the work of 4 staff members at EAC. I’ll […]
Posted: April 21st, 2020 under Conservation, Events.
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City Nature Challenge 2020 Fri Apr 24 to Mon Apr 27
View iNaturalist page: City Nature Challenge 2020: The Maritimes Umbrella Project “Five areas from around the Maritimes have been registered to participate: HRM, the Valley, CBRM, Saint John and Westmorland County, NB. Each of these areas has its own CNC iNat project page. This umbrella project brings all of these individual project together – we have […]
Posted: April 10th, 2020 under Conservation, Events.
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Richard and Grace Beazley conserving nature “one clean basement at a time”
The volunteer work of HFN members Grace and Richard Beazley with the NS Nature Trust are featured in a recent post on NSNT’s blog: Volunteer All-Stars Richard & Grace: Helping conserve nature one clean basement at a time By Andrew Robinson on nsnt.ca/blog. Mar 23, 2020. “With a lifetime spent in the health sciences field, […]
Posted: April 2nd, 2020 under Conservation.
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HFN Conservation Committee comments on High Production Forestry Discussion Paper
Following the recommendations of the Independent Review of Forest Practices in Nova Scotia (the “Lahey Report“), NS Lands & Forestry is proceeding to set up a Triad system for managing Crown lands. There are three zones: a Conservation Zone, consisting of Crown lands currently qualifying as “protected”; a High Production Forestry (HPF) Zone in which […]
Posted: April 1st, 2020 under Conservation, Forests & Forestry.
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CPAWS asks for support to Save Owls Head Provincial Park Reserve
From action.cpaws.org: “The Nova Scotia government has secretly de-listed Owls Head Provincial Park Reserve and is now preparing to sell-off these public lands to a private developer who is interested in building golf courses. “This decision was made behind-closed-doors with ZERO public consultation. The only reason why this delisting is known is because of the […]
Posted: January 23rd, 2020 under Conservation.
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iNaturalists observed 88% of the known vascular flora of Ontario in 2019
“The 2019 Big Year was a huge success. Over 200,000 observations were submitted to the project. That’s ten times the number of observations submitted to the first Big Year in 2018. Every single municipality and ecoregion in the province was represented this year and a total of 3,150 species were observed, 2,906 of which were […]
Posted: January 1st, 2020 under Conservation, Events.
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“Halifax’s urban wilderness is a place to leave cares behind, nature enthusiasts say”
A Canadian Press article on CTV news highights Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes. “Geoffrey Grantham sits painting the granite slope and wind-blown jack pine reflected in the waters of a Nova Scotia lake, his mind far from the busy city just a short walk away. It only took minutes for the 48-year-old artist to hike from […]
Posted: November 5th, 2019 under Conservation.
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Tues Sep 24 2019 at 6PM at Halifax City Hall: Important Public Hearing on Green Network Plan – re Wildlife Corridors
UPDATE Wed Sep 25, 2019: The Amendment “to the Regional Plan’s conservation design development agreement policies to specifically reference the Important and Essential Corridors shown on Map 5)” received unanimous approval at yesterdays meeting of Halifax Regional Council. —————– Halifax (HRM) is blessed with phenomenal natural assets. In June of 2018, Regional Council tabled the […]
Posted: September 22nd, 2019 under Conservation.
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Tree culling at Point Pleasant Park to be discussed on Rick Howe Show Tues 21 May 2019 at 11 am
UPDATE: Advocacy group concerned about culling of trees in Point Pleasant by: Victoria Walton FOR www.halifaxtoday.ca/ “The Friends of Point Pleasant Park group wants more information on the proposed cull of 80,000 non-native trees in the park”. The 95.7 Interview with Stephanie Robertson can be accessed for a limited time under past episodes. The Rick […]
Posted: May 20th, 2019 under Conservation, Events.
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Nature Trust’s Historic Land Campaign include two new properties, donations now matched 4:1 until April 5, 2019
From Nova Scotia Nature Trust: “Our Lasting Landscapes campaign was already on track for historic land conservation achievements. Now, an unexpected $400,000 top-up in matching funds means even greater biodiversity wins can be leveraged for Nova Scotia. We just added 2 more potential conservation sites to the 15 already being protected across the province. But […]
Posted: March 30th, 2019 under Conservation.
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April 26 to April 29, 2019: City Nature Challenge – Halifax
Posted: March 12th, 2019 under Conservation, Events.
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