Halifax Field Naturalists

A newly released Identification and Information Guide for the Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora in Nova Scotia is available online in English and French versions. The Guide, produced by produced by Megan Crowley (Parks Canada) and Lindsey Beals (MTRI), provides photos, descriptions and distribution maps for 87 species. See Guide.

At our first meeting for the new season, Alain Belliveau will talk about the status of red and yellow-listed ACPF populations populations in southwestern Nova Scotia. All are welcome. 7:30 p.m. at the NS Museum on Summer Street. Read more

Workshops for the Nature-Oriented at Harrison Lewis Centre 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: July 29-31: Know and Grow Wild Mushrooms, Aug. 3,4: Low Impact Forestry Workshop, August 12-14: Plein Air Watercolour, Painting with Roger Savage. See 2011 Schedule for details, except for Mushroom Workshop and Low Impact Forestry Workshop.

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 LOBO.

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 the summer and early fall.

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 more

“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 urban forest. Hear all about it: 7:30 p.m. at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History on Summer Street. Read more

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, Antigonish Co. to Cape Chignecto, Cumberland Co. Read more

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 and Know Mushrooms, May 16-22: Dalhousie Seaside program – Ornithology, June 10-12: Birding by Ear, June 17-19: Digital nature photography, See Learn while doing. . .

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