{"id":5326,"date":"2023-11-29T07:55:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T11:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/?p=5326"},"modified":"2023-11-29T14:16:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:16:49","slug":"remembering-colin-stewart-twenty-years-ago-today-29nov2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/?p=5326","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Colin Stewart twenty years ago today 29Nov2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_267\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/friendsofpointpleasantpark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSCN1548ColinStewart.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-267\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-267\" src=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/friendsofpointpleasantpark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSCN1548ColinStewart-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Colin Stewart leads discussions<br \/>on Nov 29, 2003<\/strong><br \/>&#8220;A team of professionals from various agencies and organizations including HRM, DNR, CFIA, Parks Canada, Dalhousie University, and Nova Scotia Field Naturalists, had been assembled to assess risk and develop an approach to the remediation phase. The goal of remediation is to mitigate short term risks while protecting the ability to restore the park over the longer term.&#8221; &#8211; from <a href=\"https:\/\/legacycontent.halifax.ca\/council\/agendasc\/documents\/040113ca1011.pdf\">HRM Council Report, Jan 13, 2004<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>On Nov 29, 2003, several HFN members participated in a tour of Point Pleasant Park, followed by a discussion of &#8216;what to do now&#8217; led by Colin Stewart at park maintenance facilities on Point Pleasant Drive.<\/p>\n<p>In the final sentence of his\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/?page_id=5311\">\u00a0Tribute to Colin<\/a>,\u00a0Bob McDonald wrote<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Even though severely weakened by his illness, Colin continued to work on what was to be his last major challenge: the remediation and restoration of hurricane Juan-devastated Point Pleasant Park.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/?page_id=5319\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Nov 29, 2003, several HFN members participated in a tour of Point Pleasant Park, followed by a discussion of &#8216;what to do now&#8217; led by Colin Stewart at park maintenance facilities on Point Pleasant Drive. In the final sentence &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/?p=5326\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5326"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5326"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5334,"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5326\/revisions\/5334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}