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Sat Apr 29, 2023: NS Wild Flora Society hosting iNaturalist/City Nature Challenge hike on Osprey Trail
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Thurs May 4, 2023: Andrew Hebda on bats of Nova Scotia
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In Kjipuktuk/Halifax Today (Sat Apr 22, 2023): The People’s Parade for Life on Earth
From EAC: Join us for a joyful community parade on Earth Day, April 22, 2023! Let us all come together to celebrate Mother Earth, to celebrate water which is life and to celebrate our beautiful communities and our continued resistance … Continue reading
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City Nature Challenge Apr 28 to May 1, 2023
Halifax is participating in the iNaturalist-based City Nature Challenge again, this year over the days Friday May 28 to Monday May 1. HFN has devoted a specific field trip to this event for members on Sat Apr 29, 2023. View … Continue reading
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Wednesday, Mar, 1, 2023: AGM & Members Slide Night
AGM & Members Slide Night Date: Wednesday, Mar, 1 Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History Note this meeting is on Wed, not our usual Thursday evening The Annual General Meeting takes place first, where reports on … Continue reading
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Feb Meeting – NS Power and Ospreys – is on Wed Feb 8 (not Thursday)
The date of the meeting had to be changed as the Museum auditorium was not available on our regular meeting night. NS Power and Ospreys NS Power’s Environmental scientist Peter Morrison will guide us through its Osprey Management Programme covering … Continue reading
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Thursday Jan 5, 2023, Keith Vaughan: Chemistry is everywhere!
Thursday, January 5 – Regular Monthly meeting: Chemistry is everywhere! What in the World ISN’T Organic Chemistry? by Keith Vaughan SYNOPSIS This presentation aims to show the audience that organic chemistry is pervasive in almost all of our lives and daily … Continue reading
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Rally to protect Hartlan Point Saturday Nov 26, 2022
UPDATE: VIEW CBC: Concerns raised over plans to build warship testing facility at Hartlen Point (NOV 23, 2022) Hartlen Point in Eastern Passage “is regarded as one of the best mainland migrant traps in Nova Scotia comprised of open areas, … Continue reading
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HFN 2022 Year End Review Thursday, Dec. 1
December is a traditional time for various media outlets to do a review of that year’s highlights. It’s fun to see the occasional nature item included, but such stories certainly don’t make up the bulk of these summaries. So this … Continue reading
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Thursday, November 3, 2022: A medical mission to an isolated village in the mountains of Papua New Guinea
At our monthly meeting, Dr. Norm Pinsky will talk about a a medical mission he made with his 15 year old son to an isolated village in the mountains of Papua New Guinea. Read more
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Nature NS asks us to “Take the Challenge: Biodiversity Challenge Badge” 21Oct2022
It’s pretty simple and would likely mesh readily with the nature exploration & enjoyment activities of Halifax Field Naturalists and many more nature-oriented folks in NS: “basically, the challenge is to observe the natural world around you as you hike. … Continue reading
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Nature NS expresses concerns about move to open gates to western Lake Rossignol 16Oct2022
Bob Bancroft, president of Nature Nova Scotia, has written a letter to The Premier, and Minsters of Environment…, Communities.., Natural Resources noting that “Minister Rushton has expressed a determination to remove the gates from the Mersey River to allow motorized … Continue reading
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