Category Archives: Uncategorized

Thinking about swimming in the NW Arm (when it hasn’t been raining for several days)? Satlantic offers free online access to continuously recorded data on water variables measured at its LOBO (Land/Ocean Biogeochemical Observatory) platform on the NW Arm: see … Continue reading →

Join Peter and Linda Payzant looking for butterflies typical of grassy fields and woodland edges of Uniacke Estate Park, and later a woods road in the Pockwock watershed. See our Walks Page for more about this walk and others over … Continue reading →

David Blackwell forwarded this interesting story and photos (taken by friends) about his thwarted efforts to “free” a Luna Moth. Read more

Join N.S. Nature Trust staff, volunteer land stewards,HFN and NS Wild Flora members for our annual field trip to look at the flora and fauna (big and small) in this urban Nature Trust property of Purcell’s Cove Conservation Lands. Read … Continue reading →

“The Urban Forest Master Plan – Turning Over a New Leaf”. HRM staff is working with a team from Dalhousie’s School for Resource and Environmental Studies to develop the Urban Forest Master Plan to ensure a sustainable future for our … Continue reading →

This trail, built and managed by volunteers of the Cobequid Eco-Trails Society, begins and ends at Sugar Moon Farm near Earlton. These trails are part of the proposed ‘Cape-to-Cape Trail’, a 400+ km footpath that will stretch from Cape George, … Continue reading →

The Harrison Lewis Coastal Discovery Centre at East Port L’Hl’bert on Nova Scotia’s south shore hosts a variety of workshops of interest to nature orinted people. Amonst those coming up: May 6-8: GPS for Farm and Forest, May 13-15: Grow … Continue reading →

Attend an event-filled weekend at the Nature Nova Scotia AGM in Cape Breton in early June. Read more on the Nature Nova Scotia website

Ryan Kerney will talk about salamander diversity in Nova Scotia, and describe some on-going research projects on their unique developmental programmes. Read more

Indian Path Common: Its Flora, Fauna & History is a well illustrated guide to Indian Path Common (near Lunenburg) which will be of interest to naturalists and others who enjoy the south shore of Nova Scotia. It includes chapters on … Continue reading →

Ruth Newell is the guest speaker at the Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society AGM on Monday evening. She will talk about a botanical expedition to Lockhart Brook, a remote gorge in the Cape Breton Highlands known to be one of … Continue reading →

The N.S. government appears to be backtracking on its commitment to reduce clearcutting by 50% in Nova Scotia. See No such thing as “waste wood”. Join this rally at Province House at noon on Wed April 13th, or earlier at … Continue reading →