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Tues Aug 30: Information session about possible park for Backlands
There will be a public information session to learn more about the opportunity to acquire 379 acres of pristine centrally located land in the Williams Lake-Colpitt Lake area as Halifax’s largest wilderness park. OPEN HOUSE DETAILS: DATE: Tuesday, August 30, … Continue reading
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Volunteers needed at Harrison Lewis Centre
In exchange for quality time on a beautiful South Shore beach, we are looking for two to four volunteers to help with workshops and other events at the Harrison Lewis Centre. August 24-29, August 31-Sept. 4 (Labour Day Weekend), Sept. … Continue reading
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Parrsboro Field Naturalists Saturday Events
John Brownlie, an HFNer from way back, is organizing naturalist outings in the Parrsboro area on Saturdays. “There is an event every Saturday except during the Gem and Mineral Show on the 20th of August when the Fundy Geological Museum … 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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ADMIRAL LAKE/SKULL ROCK– POSTPONED TO SUNDAY JULY 17TH
This hike has been postponed until next week due to weather. View hike details on Walks and Talks page.
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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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PLANifax Video about the BMBCL Regional Park Issue
A PLANifax video provides a good overview of recent events related to Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes Regional Park, and the background to those events. It includes a visit to the area with Akhtar Abbasi. View View Video on the … 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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HRM rewrites web page following June 20th BMBCL Facilitator’s meeting
A member of HFN noticed a recent change in HRM’s webpage that links to the Facilitators Report: “Wow. It is unbelievabale how different the current City of Halifax web page that links to the Facilitators Report is from the page … Continue reading
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