Halifax Field Naturalists

A brief business meeting followed by announcement and awarding of the Colin Stewart Award for Conservation and members slide night. Read more

This is the 6th annual update. Speakers include Bill Freedman (Plants and Vegetation of Sable Island), Zoe Lucas (Year in Review), Ian McLaren (A History of the Natural History of Sable Island) and and Mark Butler with Zoe Lucas (Current Issues and Plans). 7-9 pm at Theatre Auditorium, McNally Building, Saint Mary’s University. See Green Horse Society

A joint outing with the Nova Scotia Bird Society to look at birds frequenting sewage outfalls. It starts at 9 a.m. Read more

Environment Minister Sterling Belliveau has approved the Miller’s Creek Mine Extension, today, Feb. 4, with some conditions.
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A special presentation for our regular monthly meeting: Mark Butler from the Ecology Action Centre, and Satya Ramen of the Just Us! Development and Education Society, will help us appreciate the many issues surrounding our morning coffee. Coffee will be served, and there will be door prizes. 7:30 p.m. at the NSMNH. Read more

At WRWEO’s AGM on Feb. 17th, 2010, biologist David Patriquin and canoeist Dusan Sudek will provide a conceptual and pictoral tour of the Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area, designated a Candidate Wilderness Area on Oct. 19th, 2009. Meeting is 7-9 pm at Tantallon Public Library. Read more

“Adam”, the Great Horned Owl that was rescued on Jan 1 has now been released!
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A variety of issues that affect conservation in NS have been in the news recently and important decisions are in the offing. Make your voice heard on items you care about. It helps! See our Issues and Opportunities page.

Today, the Nature Conservancy of Canada announced an agreement between the Nature Conservancy of Canada and J.D. Irving Ltd described as “the largest private land conservation initiative ever in Nova Scotia”. Read more in a Canadian Press article by Keith Doucette. In early January, the Government of Nova Scotia committed $40 million to purchase land in the same area. Read more in a Canadian Press article by Michael Macdonald.

MTRI (Mersey-Tobeatic Research Institute) is seeking volunteers to help them with their flying squirrel studies, January to April, 2010.
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Over the past several months, rumours have circulated about possible development of the privately owned lands which HRM had committed to obtain for the planned Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes Regional Park. On January 8, HRM staff hosted an information session to clarify what has been happening. About 75 people attended, including seven of the 23 HRM councilors… Read more

David Chaisson forwarded a wonderful story about the rescue of Great Horned Owl, courtesy of a hiker and the Hope for Wildlife Society, on the Saltmarsh Trail, Jan. 1, ’10. Read story