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…
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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…
Volunteer Appreciation at the BTC Count
Organizing the Bay Treasure Chest Counts is a big job and one that takes many volunteers who work together and get to know one another very well. The Trust was proud to salute two of our special volunteers at the April 24th Count. They have helped at these events for years and became good friends…