Halifax Field Naturalists

Today, at a celebration for the official designation of Ship Harbour Long Lake Wilderness Area under the Wilderness Areas Protection Act, N.S. Minister of Environment Sterling Belliveau announced that the province is evaluating options for a large wilderness in and near Chignecto Game Sanctuary and that The Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area is now a candidate for protection. Read more.

There’s lots going on right now in policy development in the areas of water, wetland and coasts, with opportunities for discussion and input to government. Key dates: Oct. 28 (discussion about wetlands with John Brazner), Nov. 3 (integrated forum), Nov. 6 (deadline for feedback on wetlands policy) Read more

Three public lectures and a concert are being offered free to the public in connection with an international workshop on Darwin which is being held in Halifax this week. The presentations are on Wed., Thurs., Fri., Sat evenings (Oct. 14-17) at 8 p.m. See Article in The Coast for details.

Friends of McNabs are offering their annual Fall Foliage Tours of McNabs Island Provincial Park on Sunday October 18, 2009 (rain date October 25). More info…

Please note that Oct. 18th is also our date for a biota survey of the Purcell’s Cove Lands – See Walks

We’ve got talks on life at the poles, aquatic restoration, urban ecology and variety of field trips (Sunday Oct. 4: Mosses at Long Lake). All are welcome, members & non-members alike!

Our June 25th walk on the Capt. Arnell Conservation Lands revealed lots of new growth in areas that were burned on April 30/May 1. See photos. Please send us photos and other observations if you are walking in this area.

Welcome to the new HFN website! We are still adding content but the basics (details of membership, dates and descriptions of upcoming walks and talks) are here. We have taken out our own domain: halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca, which should be easy to remember. Please change links to this site accordingly. (The old URL was http://hfn.chebucto.org/fieldnat.html.)

We welcome comments and suggestions. They can be sent by e-mail (hfnwebmaster@yahoo.ca) or via comments boxes on this and some other pages.