Letter from WRWEO to HRM re: Increasing the height of the Landfill

A decision to increase the height of the Otter lake Landfill could be made at the HRM Regional Council Committee of the Whole meeting on Tuesday Dec. 9. The relevant documents have been available for only a few days (see post below this one.) WRWEO Co-chairs, Past Chair, and the Chair of the Trails Committee…

Sharing Halifax space with wildlife

Unlike most Canadian cities, the urban core of Halifax is surrounded not by farms or endless burbs but by forested and coastal landscapes. Even within 30 kilometres of downtown Halifax, where approximately three-quarters of the population resides, developed areas are interspersed with substantive wild spaces. In an article in the Nova Scotia Naturally series in…

Otter Lake Landfill – Future to be determined Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2014

Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2014 at 10am: Committee of the Whole – City Hall Please attend if you are able. Integrated Solid Waste Resource Management Strategy Review – Consultations with Halifax Waste Resource Society Board of Directors with respect to Recommendations #7, 8 and 9 – Continuation from January 14, 2014 and June 24, 2014 HRM…

Landfill visible from 2nd, 3rd Loops of The Bluff Trail

At the November CoCO meeting, Dave Patriquin,Co-Chair at Woodens River Watershed Environmental Organization (WRWEO) presented the concerns of WRWEO about the visibility of the landfill Site from Loops 2&3 of the Bluff Wilderness Hiking Trail will be if the decision is made to raise the height of the existing cells by 15 meters. The WRWEO…