{"id":133,"date":"2009-06-25T07:35:19","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T10:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/?page_id=133"},"modified":"2017-10-04T15:10:48","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T18:10:48","slug":"capt-arnell-lands","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/?page_id=133","title":{"rendered":"Purcell&#8217;s Cove Conservation Lands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/photos\/PurcellsPond.jpg\" alt=\"Purcell's Pond\" \/><strong>The Purcell&#8217;s Cove Conservation Lands<\/strong>, administered by  the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsnt.ca\">Nova Scotia Nature Trust<\/a>, encompass two parcels of land located off of Purcell&#8217;s Cove Road and extending to Flat Lake, approximately 1.2 kilometers inland:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Captain Arnell Conservation Lands<\/strong> (30 acreas), which were donated to NSNT by the Field brothers (Roger, Nigel, Kenneth, Peter, Robert, Chris, and Nicholas Field) in 2003;<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Napier Family Conservation Lands<\/strong> (56.7 acreas) which were donated to NSNT  by members of the Napier family (Agnes, Corinne, Mary, Murray &#038; Paul Napier and Ben MacIntosh) in  2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These lands include unusually diverse wildlife habitats ranging from rugged granite coastal headlands, undeveloped shorelines contained within undisturbed watersheds, bogs, granite barrens, freshwater lakes and a developing hardwood forests. <\/p>\n<p>In 2003, HFN donated funds towards the land survey and legal processing of the Capt. Arnell Lands and agreed to conduct a biological inventory of the property. The inventory is an ongoing process with field trips conducted to date on June 4 &#038; July 2, 2006; Sept. 16 &#038; 22, 2007;  May 4, July 13 &#038; October 12,  2008, and June 25, 2009. The survey is made along a hiking trail which  traverses both the Capt. Arnell Conservation Lands and the Napier Family Conservation Lands. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/arnell\/june25\/ZB200.jpg\"> On April 30\/May 1, 2009, an intense forest fire &#8220;cut a swath through Spryfield, Purcell&#8217;s Cove and Ferguson&#8217;s Cove.&#8221; (Chronicle Herald May 2). A substantial part of the Purcell&#8217;s Cove Conservation Lands was affected, notably the higher lying barrens areas.  HFN members have been into the affected areas several time since the fire and we conducted our first post-fire inventory on June 25, 2009. It has been fascinating to watch the post-fire succession of species. <\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/arnell\/index.html\">Photos of post-fire recovery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\">Backland Coalition<\/a> for more about the area.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/arnell\/inventory2012\/PCCLinventory2012.pdf\">Species List for the Purcell\u2019s Cove Conservation Lands: 2012 Update<\/a>, also: <a href=\"http:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/arnell\/inventory2012\/index.html\">Photos and GPS Info for the 2012 PCCL Inventory<\/a><br \/>\n<!-- Start of StatCounter Code --><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar sc_project=5046511; \nvar sc_invisible=1; \nvar sc_partition=57; \nvar sc_click_stat=1; \nvar sc_security=\"ff4858c7\"; \n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/www.statcounter.com\/counter\/counter.js\"><\/script><noscript><\/p>\n<div\nclass=\"statcounter\"><a title=\"wordpress visitors\"\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.statcounter.com\/wordpress.com\/\"\ntarget=\"_blank\"><img class=\"statcounter\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/c.statcounter.com\/5046511\/0\/ff4858c7\/1\/\"\nalt=\"wordpress visitors\" ><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><br \/>\n<!-- End of StatCounter Code --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Purcell&#8217;s Cove Conservation Lands, administered by the Nova Scotia Nature Trust, encompass two parcels of land located off of Purcell&#8217;s Cove Road and extending to Flat Lake, approximately 1.2 kilometers inland: The Captain Arnell Conservation Lands (30 acreas), which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/?page_id=133\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":103,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3983,"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133\/revisions\/3983"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}