The Bluff Trail

The Bluff Trail and other activities of WRWEO are maintained by volunteers. Taking out a membership in WRWEO/The Bluff Trail costs only $10 and helps support those activities as well as giving more credence to our collective voice. You can now do this online. In the afternoon of today (June 6) which is International Trails Day, a WRWEO rep will be greeting visitors on the First Loop and offering membership and map for $10, or the map alone for $5. Its a good time to see Pink Lady’s Slipper and other late spring wildlfowers.

Visiting the “Whopper Dropper” today was a reminder of what could have happened to much of our Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area and could still happen to still happen to adjacent wildlands if we do not value them… View Requiem

“Halifax Regional Council has identified the need for a strategic vision and a planning & implementation framework for protecting and managing open space. The public is being asked to give input into the plan. Here’s a list of the upcoming public engagement opportunities. Please join us. We want to hear from you!”

Saturday, May 30th 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Pop-Up Event
Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Road, Halifax
Continue reading “Halifax Green Network Public Consultations May 30 – June 20, 2015”

An article in Halifax Media Coop by Rebecca Hussman describes the struggles of the Harrietsfield-Williamswood community to have their drinking water properly tested and to gain access to safe water. “Despite all the publicly available documents dating back to the early 1980s which indicate high levels of uranium in the area, no health impact studies have ever been done within the Harrietsfield-Williamswood region.” View article

You’re invited by Our HRM Alliance to join CARP and Ecology Action Centre members on a hike in the Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Area. The hike will start and end at the Maskwa Aquatic Club on Kearney Lake (91 Saskatoon Ave, off Kearney Lake Road, Halifax). Meet in the parking lot at 10am, the hike goes to 1pm. The route will include Charlie’s Lake, the Stone Fireplace and Fox Lake. Bring water, snacks, and appropriate clothing and footwear, as the hike will happen rain or shine! The hike will be led by John Moore of the Maskwa Aquatic Club, and the EAC’s Wilderness Coordinator Raymond Plourde will be present. Any questions can be emailed to Dana Lipnicki at dana@ecologyaction.ca.

“Representatives of NS Trails and the Provincial Government have been meeting since 2013 as part of the Trail Strategy Working Group (TSWG). The TSWG has researched and chosen a process to develop the Strategy and has written a Profile of the Trails Movement in Nova Scotia, a background document to inform discussions regarding development of the Strategy. This profile provides a snapshot of where the trails movement in Nova Scotia is currently. We are excited to finally be at a place where we can begin to develop the strategy with your help…The next opportunity to contribute to the development of a Trails Strategy for Nova Scotia is to attend a regional engagement session in your area.” These sessions took place from April 13 to April 23rd, 2015.

Wednesday April 1st 2015, 6pm at Tantallon Public Library.

This AGM this is a special one. We will

• celebrate WRWEO’s 20th Anniversary;
• report on our business conducted during the year
• select a new slate of Directors
• vote on a Special Resolution to accept a revision of the WRWEO By-Laws

Please Share Your Thoughts:

As Part of our anniversary celebrations Nanci Lee (WRWEO Co-Chair and Poet) is asking members and friends of WRWEO to share their thoughts/comments/memories/poetic insights of the Woodens River, the watershed area, and/or the Bluff Wilderness Hiking Trail. Nanci plans to compose a found poem using the words that you share. You can send your thoughts to: info@wrweo.ca

DNR is considering making hunting legal on Sundays in Nova Scotia. This would mean that during deer season, for example, hunting with high powered rifles would be legal on The Bluff Hiking Trail on Sundays. If you have a contrary opinion DNR wants to know. Please use the link below to register your opinion before April 10.
“The Department of Natural Resources wants to know how you feel about lifting the ban Sunday hunting. This consultation will inform the department in ensuring the best approach around Sunday hunting in Nova Scotia.
Comments and submissions will be accepted until mid-night, Friday, April 10, 2015. Go to the link for more info and a questionnaire.
http://www.novascotia.ca/natr/hunt/sunday/”

WRWEO Co-Chairs have written Minister of Environment, Randy Delorey, to direct his attention specifically to the impact of increasing the cellheight on the viability of The Bluff Wilderness Hiking Trail as a wilderness recreation for the citizens of Nova Scotia and its many visitors. They request the Minister “on behalf of all the citizens of the Province who love this trail for the wilderness experience it affords and the environmental values it represents, to reject the application from HRM Regional Council to remove the cover of one of the completed and stabilized cells at Otter Lake Landfill and begin adding materials that would Continue reading “WRWEO appeals to Environment Minister to reject landfill changes”

Geoff LeBoutillier of the St. Margaret’s Bay Stewardship Association spoke with Information Morning’s Jerry West on January 23. Listen to CBC interview