Built by volunteers of WRWEO and maintained by trail users like you!
The Woodens River Watershed Environmental Organization is seeking bids on brush cutting and deadfall removal – if you are interested in submitting a bid, please contact us at info@wrweo.ca to obtain more information and a bid submission form. References are required. Response deadline is Sept 16, 2015. The response deadline has been extended to Sept 23, 2015.
Our friends at Akoma Family Centre are looking for volunteers to help on Wednesday, Sept. 23 or Saturday, Oct. 3 at 9 AM, building a natural outdoor play area for the children. Read the flyer below and please contact Joanna Pugh at 902-434-0674 ext. 2 for more information.
Participants in Bluff Trail run and hike Aug 12
Greatly 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”
Announcement 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.
Nature Nova Scotia, the Young Naturalists Club of Nova Scotia and the Wildland Writers are sponsoring a Nature Writing and Art Contest for Nova Scotian youth ages 8 – 15 years. Submissions may be a written piece (short story, non fiction, poetry ,etc.) OR an original artwork (painting, drawing, collage, etc.) that is inspired by:
Entries must be submitted by October 31, 2015. View Rules and Poster for more details.
The Woodens River Watershed encompasses a set of 19 lakes draining into St. Margaret’s Bay at Woodens Cove. Five of 7 of the headwater lakes lie in the vicinity of Hubley, roughly half way across the top of the Chebucto Peninsula travelling via Hwy 103; four of those lakes are moderately settled. The Woodens River develops as a recognizable, singular river – the “Lower Woodens” as it flows out from Hubley Big Lake; it is fast moving, slowing where it widens into each of 7 lakes… Read more from some comments prepared as supplementary input to Public Engagement for Halifax Green Network/Online Map Tool, June 2015 – & please let them know why you value The Woodens.
On June 16 of last year, I counted the number of Pink Lady’s Slipper Orchids (also known as the Moccasin Orchid) between the trailhead of The Bluff Trail and the Pot Lake Junction which is the most intensively used part of The Bluff Trail On that date, they were at their peak colour and most readily observable. I counted only orchids that could be observed from the Trail, and I did it twice, once going out and once coming back and took the larger number as the best estimate, which was 133. (See Orchids 2014)
I repeated the count this year on June 15, 2015, but took a much younger observer with me, Kai, aged 13, who also did a count. Continue reading “Orchid Counts 2015: Good News!”