{"id":35802,"date":"2024-01-26T12:25:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T12:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/?p=35802"},"modified":"2026-03-03T17:19:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T17:19:03","slug":"annual-general-meeting-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/?p=35802","title":{"rendered":"Annual General Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-2a4c3b4e724e0e6bcce71b4633d79157\"><strong>Saturday, March 1<\/strong>4, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-f492e3e10430498ebbfe5d5d20e9ee49\">  2 &#8211; 4 p.m. at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.estabrookscommunityhall.ca\/\" title=\"\">Estabrooks Hall<\/a>, Lewis Lake   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Map-work-smaller-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Map-work-smaller-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Map-work-smaller-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Map-work-smaller-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Map-work-smaller-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Map-work-smaller-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Map-work-smaller-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Map-work-smaller-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Map-work-smaller-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ff39847696ad10b4c0826dce9347e999\"><em><strong>Pictured from Left: Board Members Mike Marriott and Imbert Allen at the AGM in 2022 show on the wilderness map where trail work is happening. <\/strong><\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6193c3dbf6706debb499b8bbed329127\">Please join us for the annual public meeting open to the community where news will be shared and connections made. Trust <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/?page_id=1382\" title=\"\">Memberships <\/a>will be sold for $10 \/ Individual or $15 \/ Family. The current Board of Trustees will review the business of 2025 and project news for the year ahead. New Board Members will be welcomed as they put their names forward to volunteer for an upcoming three-year term. Everyone is welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e7fdfe29d29dad7bff2b0e4b2cdd6f02\">Following the business portion of the meeting, we look forward to a presentation by guest speaker, Hughstin Grimshaw-Surette, who holds a Master&#8217;s in Applied Science (Biology) and a Bachelor of Environmental Science.\u00a0He has worked for the NSISC for three years as the terrestrial project coordinator, overseeing invasive species projects focused on terrestrial plants and insects. will share an informative talk about the new wilderness reserve recently declared a protected space by the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-45850be49f425c10a425f4ec197e289f\">&#8220;The Newly Designated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novascotia.ca\/nse\/protectedareas\/wa_IslandLake.asp\" title=\"\">Island Lake Wilderness Area<\/a> and the Future of Ingram River Wilderness Area.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Wilderness-Reserve.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Wilderness-Reserve-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Wilderness-Reserve-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Wilderness-Reserve-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Wilderness-Reserve-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Wilderness-Reserve-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Wilderness-Reserve-960x640.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Wilderness-Reserve-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Wilderness-Reserve.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Island Lake Wilderness Area spans 3,937 hectares and contains the lower part of the Ingram River, streams, ponds, old growth forests and diverse species adding to the beauty and majesty of the St. Margaret&#8217;s Bay area.  It was designated as a protected area by the province of Nova Scotia in December, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, March 14, 2026 2 &#8211; 4 p.m. at the Estabrooks Hall, Lewis Lake Pictured from Left: Board Members Mike Marriott and Imbert Allen at the AGM in 2022 show on the wilderness map where trail work is happening. Please join us for the annual public meeting open to the community where news will be&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/?p=35802\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":35673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-news","category-public-meeting-notices"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35802"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35897,"href":"https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35802\/revisions\/35897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}