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Expansion of the Bayers Lake Business Park threatens the integrity of the Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Area. A meeting to inform the public about this issue will be held on Monday, April 16th April 7:00 pm at Keshen … Continue reading →

Join marine geologist Steve Blasco to learn all about Arctic Scuba diving and about the search for the lost Franklin expedition which yielded the amazing discovery of new artefacts and the wreck of the ‘Breadalbane’. This illustrated talk is one … Continue reading →

Fred Harrington, Professor Emeritus of animal behaviour at Mount Saint Vincent University, will speak about the behavioral ecology of coyotes in Nova Scotia, their on-going relationship with their larger wolf cousins, and their often contentious relationship with us. 7:30 p.m. … Continue reading →

Join us for a talk by Maritimes Butterfly Atlas Director John Klymko and learn more about this important conservation effort. Read more

The Centre for Built Environment (CBE), located at the NSCC’s Waterfront Campus, is an example of restorative building design. Join us at 9:45 a.m. for a 10:00 a.m. tour of the Woodside Wing of NSCC’s Waterfront Campus. Read more

The Fern Hill Institute for Plant Conservation in assocation with the K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre is offering four practical 3-4 day wetland courses in 2012. Details

The eighth Annual Public Meeting on Sable Island, 7-9:30 pm at SMU. Talks about research, art, and island activities, and a review of National Park status, followed by a Question & Answer session, and reception. More info

A very exciting film screening of the award winning documentary “People of a Feather” and a conversation with the director Joel Heath will be hosted by the EAC on Thursday, March 15 at 7pm at Carbon Arc Cinema (Khyber building: … Continue reading →

HFN is noted for speedy rather than lengthy AGMs, always followed by a wonderful slide show presentation and a social. All welcome. Read more

With the Nova Scotia Bird Society we’ll visit all of our favourite winter birding sites in and around Halifax Harbour looking for ducks, gulls, and alcids. Meet 9:00 a.m., McCormack’s Beach Prov. Park parking lot, just past Boondocks Restaurant in … Continue reading →

Come join us and enjoy Barbara O’Shea’s illustrated travelogue about an adventure voyage on the headwaters of the Amazon. Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 7:30 p.m. Read more