Halifax Field Naturalists

Artist Deborah Wiles has created a series of 50 paintings featuring Nova Scotia’s wild flowers to raise funds for a modest International Artists’ Retreat that she is building at a rural Nova Scotia site. Read more

Beginning on the eastern shore of Williams Lake, we will traverse a variety of habitat types – Hurricane Juan recovery sites, ravines, wetlands, old forests, barrens, and a recent fire burn-over. On the way are a few splendid views over William’s Lake and the surrounding area. Read more

Exciting news this week – Peter Bigelow will be presenting the BMBC Park Conceptual Plan to the HRM Sustainability Committee on Thursday – 1-4, at former Dartmouth Chambers, 90 Alderney. This presentation is necessary to gain approvals and then to go before Council. To locate the Plan, go to: http://www.halifax.ca/boardscom/swrac/ESSC120906.html see 7.1.2. See also the 7.1.3 Urban Forest Master Plan on same agenda…it may be a long meeting. The public is encouraged to attend.

HFNers will especially appreciate Geoffrey Grantham’s en plein air paintings from the Purcell’s Cove Backlands. They are on show September 8th to 29th, 2012 at the Swoon gallery, with an opening reception on Saturday September 8th. Read more

Dr. Graham Daborn, Acadia Tidal Energy Institute, will review the prospects for, and the problems of, tidal power generation in the Bay of Fundy. 7:30 p.m. at the NSMNH (Our first meeting for the fall season.) Read more

Walk beginning at 1pm, start at the south-eastern corner of Williams Lake, go to Colpitt Lake; a variety of habitat types – Hurricane Juan recovery sites, ravines, wetlands, old forests, barrens, and a recent fire burn-over. read more

This walk is hosted jointly by HFN and Nova Scotia Nature Trust (NSNT), and led by an NSNT staff member. It involves participants in documenting the flora and fauna of Purcell’s Cove Conservation Lands (PCCL). This urban wilderness property is very accessible. Read more

A Rally/Information Session to address options for the Bowater-Mersey Lands will be held at 7 p.m. at the Hubley Community Hall, 4408 St. Margaret’s Bay Road. There is lot’s at stake for forestry, recreation, conservation – please attend! Read more
Note: our next field trip (July 28) is to The Old Annapolis Road Hiking Trail which lies on the Mersey St. Margaret’s Bay Block. See Walks

Dr. Tony Charles at SMU is project leader for a new Community Conservation Research Network. “We’re looking at … achieving a balance between jobs and a reasonably healthy environment,” Charles says. “How do we do that in practice?” Read more

John Klymko & the Maritime Butterfly Atlas are featured in a story n The Weather Network about the exceptional butterfly numbers we’re experiencing – see video, also an earlier report on the Red Admiral butterfly migration

Apologies from webmaster for 2 days outage of this website – problem fixed – David P.

Thinking about swimming (when it hasn’t been raining for several days) or other activities on Halifax’s NW Arm ? 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 LOBO. The water is 15 degrees already (June 18).