Aug 1: Clear bags will reduce impacts of the Otter Lake Landfill

landfillGreatly reducing inputs to the Otter Lake Landfill can go a long way towards limiting the height of the Otter Lake landfill..or even eliminate the “need” to increase the height at all. Clear bagging, which has been introduced to reduce the amount of inappropriate material going to the landfill, begins on Saturday August 1, 2015. “Clear bags for garbage will be the rule. Continue reading “Aug 1: Clear bags will reduce impacts of the Otter Lake Landfill”

Tues Aug 4, 2015: Public Information Session on Parks & Protected Areas on the Chebucto Peninsula

mapAnnouncement for a Public Information Session on parks & protected areas, trails, and land use/development: MLA Iain Rankin has asked Nova Scotia Environment to participate in a public info session on parks, protected areas, and trails & land use. The geographic focus will be on the Chebucto Peninsula to Hammonds Plains Road, more or less. This Public Information Session will take place at Hubley Community Centre, Tuesday Aug 4 2015, 7 pm to 9 pm. Here is the address for the Hubley Communtiy Centre: 4408 St Margaret’s Bay Rd., Lewis Lake, Nova Scotia 902-405-6511.

Please see the Parks & Wilderness section on this website for an overview of parks and protected areas on the Chebucto Peninsula.