WHAT'S UP
Bob Chambers' Studies of Lakes in the Woodens Watershed now available on WRWEO website
Aug. 30, 2010: WRWEO has been especially fortunate to have the volunteer services of Bob Chambers over the last decade. He has conducted careful, extensive and intensive monitoring of key limnological variables on a number of lakes in the Woodens River Watershed. Two key reports are now available on this website: see listings on the
Water Quality and
Sheldrake Lake pages, also some observations related to
algal blooms.
Fish-Friendly Culvert Construction, Wed. Aug. 25th at 7:00pm at MTRI
Aug 20, 2010: Come to this session to
learn how to protect fish habitat when working around streams and to ask experts questions about best practices for working around fish habitat.
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Summary of Public Input on FBLWA now available
Aug. 13, 2010: A summary of input received by Nova Scotia Environment during public consultation on the designation of the proposed Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area is now available on the NSE website: see
NSE Link.
The full submission from the Chebucto Wilderness Coalition is available on our website - go to
CWC Reports, select No. 12.
Sat Aug 21: Natural History Hike on The Bluff Trail
Aug 13, 2010: We will walk the first loop of The Bluff Wilderness Hiking Trail, exploring and talking about the natural history of the area. The terrain is a patchwork of black spruce, red spruce, oak and mixed forest types, lakes and associated wetlands, granite barrens and bogs.
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Natural Resources Minister pressured to discount Bancroft-Crossland Recommendations
July 30, 2010: "There's a lobbying effort afoot among the major players in Nova Scotia's forestry industry, says Natural Resources Minister John MacDonell, and it's aimed at convincing him to reject proposed changes to forestry management" (Chronicle Herald, July 15). Write a letter of support for recommendations in the Bancroft-Crossland Report.
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More vandalism on The Bluff Trail
July 22, 2010: On July 16th between 1 PM and 7 PM vandals destroyed signs and trees on the Bluff Wilderness Hiking Trail. The trailhead sign was previously vandalized in June 2010.
Please report instances of vandalism you might observe or related happenings.
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 A welcome summer resident on the WoodensJuly 14, 2010: An Olive-sided Flycatcher was spotted on the lower Woodens on a couple of days in early July. It is one of 30 bird species that are yellow or red listed in Nova Scotia, so it's heartening to see it on the Woodens. It winters in the Andes from Panama to Bolivia. Read more
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 | Royal Ferns on the Woodens
July 8, 2010: The Queen didn't visit the river, but it was ready for her: some magnificent stands of Royal Fern occur on the lower part of Gates Lake and are visible from the Wooden's Road. View pics.
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