The Trust’s 19th Annual General Meeting was held Sunday, Sept. 27 at the Estabrooks Community Hall. The assembled crowd followed all the health protocols for public meetings and social distanced around the space. The news of the Trust was shared by members of the volunteer Board of Trustees and a special guest presentation was shared…
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Hiking Trails and Sport Fishing Allowed As NS Slowly Eases Some Public Health Restrictions
The province of Nova Scotia has announced the easing of some public health restrictions. Effective immediately, citizens can enjoy outdoors activities, like sport fishing or hiking on trails, all while still adhering to social distancing rules and staying within their own household groups so as not to spread the COVID-19 virus. Provincial Public Health Restrictions…
Property Purchase Saves 50 Acres As Natural Wilderness
Exciting progress has been made on the Trust’s land acquisition strategy aimed at protecting more areas adjacent to the designated Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area. Just recently, the Trust closed a land purchase deal that assures protection for 50 acres of undeveloped land in Hubley, Nova Scotia, near Lake of the Woods subdivision. The site…
16 Classrooms Study Real Time Salmon Growth Thanks to Trust Grant
Nova Scotia children are learning first-hand, how fertilized salmon eggs grow and develop by maintaining their own classroom tanks, thanks to the Fish Friends Program of the Nova Scotia Salmon Association. With help from the Trust’s Environmental Stewardship Grant Program last year, Fish Friends expanded from three to 16 elementary school classrooms in the Halifax…