From soren at bondrup.com Wed Jul 5 10:34:22 2023 From: soren at bondrup.com (Soren Bondrup-Nielsen) Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2023 12:34:22 -0300 Subject: [BNS_members] Course on helping Hemlock Message-ID: Hello everyone, There is a course coming up this Saturday on learning about hemlock and how to protect them from HWA. Cheers, Soren -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 37C6A2C2-95F7-478F-ADC4-177B1946A268.png Type: image/png Size: 432793 bytes Desc: not available URL: From carolinebeddoe at gmail.com Mon Jul 17 18:27:18 2023 From: carolinebeddoe at gmail.com (Caroline Beddoe) Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 20:27:18 -0300 Subject: [BNS_members] All ages birding at Miner's Marsh Message-ID: Good evening, Join the BNS, Nature Nova Scotia, and Flying Squirrel Adventures on *Saturday July 22nd at 10:00 am* for a leisurely guided walk around *Miner's Marsh in Kentville*. We'll practice using binoculars, learn about bird behaviour and songs, and discuss ways we can be better bird stewards at home, at school, and at work. This is a fun and all ages/family-friendly birding event! Becky from Nature Nova Scotia will be here with resources, knowledge and to share some information about conservation work and ways we can all support birds and nature in our region. See more details & registration (free) here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/family-birding-at-miners-marsh-kentville-tickets-667530560877 [image: Family Birding July 22.jpg] -- Caroline Beddoe She/her 613-619-1098 Program Coordinator Blomidon Naturalists Society Wolfville, Nova Scotia * Blomidon Naturalists Society activities take place in Mi?kma?ki, the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi?kmaq People. We acknowledge that we have a responsibility to honour and learn about their histories and current cultures and to actively work in support of reconciliation. We are committed to fostering respectful and sustainable relationships with the Indigenous Peoples of this land, with all other organisms, with the land and with the water.* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Family Birding July 22.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 277065 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Family Birding July 22.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 277065 bytes Desc: not available URL: From carolinebeddoe at gmail.com Fri Jul 21 13:57:54 2023 From: carolinebeddoe at gmail.com (Caroline Beddoe) Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 15:57:54 -0300 Subject: [BNS_members] All Ages Birding Event in Kentville POSTPONED Message-ID: Good evening, The all ages birding event scheduled for tomorrow morning in Kentville is POSTPONED due to anticipated wet & wild weather. Join us, along with Nature Nova Scotia & Flying Squirrel Adventures, instead on* August 4th for an evening stroll at 6:00 pm* to explore birds in our neighbourhood together. This will be a guided walk around Miner's Marsh in Kentville. We'll practice using binoculars, learn about bird behaviour and songs, and discuss ways we can be better bird stewards at home, at school, and at work. This is a fun and all ages birding event! Great for families or anyone looking to learn about birds in a introductory way. See more details here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/family-birding-at-miners-marsh-kentville-tickets-667530560877 And more updates to come, Caroline [image: Family Birding POSTPONED.png] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Family Birding POSTPONED.png Type: image/png Size: 1245044 bytes Desc: not available URL: From coordinator at blomidonnaturalists.ca Mon Jul 31 12:47:13 2023 From: coordinator at blomidonnaturalists.ca (Caroline Beddoe) Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2023 14:47:13 -0300 Subject: [BNS_members] Protecting Old Growth Forest in Kentville Message-ID: <5dc0d1ce0b4abb0c8941eafdbc70380f@blomidonnaturalists.ca> Good day, I hope you are enjoying this pleasant summer's day, after some hard weeks in this province. With the heat and rains, and some other projects on the go, summer programming has been subdued for us this year. We will send some updates about upcoming events and programming soon, and meanwhile Flying Squirrel Adventures continues with their great programs. However, we do have an advocacy action to note, and are encouraging local members to get engaged to help protect old forest in Kentville. The BNS has learned of an area of old-growth forest being proposed for expropriation and road development in Kentville. Supporting this issue falls in line with our values and our existing work to support nature, support the Save Our Old Forests campaign, and advocate for protected areas (including the proposed Chain Lakes Wilderness Areas in southwest Kings County). Ron Cousins of 88 School St has received a letter asking him to sell (or it will be expropriated) 1.6 acres of a 27 acre forested parcel of land he owns. This parcel of land is in behind the water tower and School St and Prospect Street, accessed by the dirt Hiltz Connector trail, which the Town seeks to further develop and enlarge as they build out that part of town over the next years. Ron has stewarded the land, only selectively cutting in some areas, and the area slated for sale/expropriation has never been cut in his lifetime nor since or before the land was bought in the 1940s. It seems developing across his land is preferable for road flow - but at what cost! And there is an alternate route through more recently disturbed land. The Blomidon Naturalists Society Board has sent a letter to Mayor Snow and Kentville Town Council asking that the proposed road development of the Hiltz Connector Road be amended to avoid cutting a 1.6-acre parcel of old-growth forest, as determined by naturalists and ecologists among the BNS, currently owned by Mr Ron Cousins. We urge Town Council to deny the expropriation of Mr. Ron Cousins' land, and to uphold ecological protection in a time of biodiversity loss and climate crisis. This could be a good win for Kentville and our local biodiversity. You can see our letter, attached. We welcome other BNS members, especially those in the area, to send their own letters of support, if desired. There may be a need to show up to a Council meeting, too. Other seeking to learn more or get involved may contact myself or: Ron Cousins, landowner, 902-678-2080 Or his neighbour Garry Randall: garryerandall at gmail.com -- Caroline Beddoe She/her 613-619-1098 Program Coordinator Blomidon Naturalists Society Wolfville, Nova Scotia _ Blomidon Naturalists Society activities take place in Mi'kma'ki, the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq People. We acknowledge that we have a responsibility to honour and learn about their histories and current cultures and to actively work in support of reconciliation. We are committed to fostering respectful and sustainable relationships with the Indigenous Peoples of this land, with all other organisms, with the land and with the water._ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Log into the online application platform Grants & Contributions Enterprise Management System (GCEMS) to apply. Inquiries related to the Spring 2023 CFP may be forwarded to the EDF office of your region at: fdeqa-edfaq at ec.gc.ca We look forward to hearing from you! Environment and Climate Change Canada [cid:image004.jpg at 01D9BAF9.57B7B2E0] Message important Le Fonds pour dommages ? l'environnement (FDE) a ouvert un appel de propositions. La prochaine date limite pour soumettre une candidature pour le programme des Fonds pour dommages ? l'environnement est 15 h 00 heure avanc?e de l'Est (HAE), le 26 juillet 2023. Visitez le site web du programme FDE pour obtenir des details sur les crit?res d'admissibilit?, les restrictions relatives ? l'utilisation des fonds, comment faire une demande de financement, et acc?der au Guide du requ?rant. Connectez-vous ? la plateforme de candidature en ligne Syst?me de gestion d'entreprise des subventions et contributions (SGESC) pour postuler. 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