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In Kjipuktuk/Halifax Today (Sat Apr 22, 2023): The People’s Parade for Life on Earth

Posted on April 22, 2023 by davidp

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

Posted on April 22, 2023 by davidp

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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Rally to protect Hartlan Point Saturday Nov 26, 2022

Posted on November 20, 2022 by davidp

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

Posted on November 16, 2022 by davidp

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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May 27-29, 2022: Nature NS Celebration of Nature

Posted on May 13, 2022 by davidp

The Celebration of Nature is our big annual event, a talk and hike series as well as our AGM, and it always falls on the last weekend in May. Pre-COVID when the event took place entirely in-person, we would rotate … Continue reading →

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Saturday Apr 9, 2022: Rally in Support of Eisner Wetland (Dartmouth, NS)

Posted on April 8, 2022 by davidp

The Protect Eisner Wetland folks are holding a rally on Saturday Apr 9, 2022 1-3 pm by the block of land that includes the Eisner Wetland in Dartmouth. The surrounding, steeply sloping forested upland is one of 9 priority areas … Continue reading →

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Wed Apr 13, 2022: Community Engagement (virtual) on BMBCL

Posted on April 8, 2022 by davidp

Notice of this event just received. Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes (BMBCL) Comprehensive Study Wednesday, April 13th, 2022, from 7:00 – 9:00 PM Registration for the virtual meeting, which will take place on the Microsoft Teams platform, can be accessed by … Continue reading →

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Tues. Mar 15, 2022: Three Nova Scotia Nature Writers

Posted on March 3, 2022 by davidp

Mar 15, 2022: (Event Announcement) Three Nova Scotia Nature Writers “Join three nature writers of contemporary Nova Scotia / Mi’kma’ki—Harry Thurston, Søren Bondrup-Nielsen, and Brian Bartlett—as they read passages from their newest published books and have an informal discussion about … Continue reading →

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City Nature Challenge April 30th to May 5th 2021

Posted on April 4, 2021 by davidp

View – City Nature Challenge 2021: Nova Scotia “This umbrella project brings together all the 2021 Nova Scotian CNC entries. Lets go Nova Scotia!” Locations: Halifax, CA, NSAnnapolis, CA, NSKings, CA, NSCape Breton, NS, CA – City Nature Challenge 2021: … Continue reading →

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Earth Day Webinar with EAC will highlight wild areas in Halifax

Posted on April 21, 2020 by davidp

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 … Continue reading →

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City Nature Challenge 2020 Fri Apr 24 to Mon Apr 27

Posted on April 10, 2020 by davidp

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 … Continue reading →

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iNaturalists observed 88% of the known vascular flora of Ontario in 2019

Posted on January 1, 2020 by davidp

“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 … Continue reading →

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