Bluff Islands Park – Stepping Up to Clean Up
Loads of mucky junk, bags of yucky plastic, several muddy tires, 5 large creosote-soaked railroad ties and pounds of broken glass were hauled out of Williams Lake
More Hatchings
The WLCC is happy to report the successful hatching of 35 more baby snapping turtles last evening (Sept 21st) from a second nesting site near Williams Lake
Night of the Snapping Turtles
VIDEO: Over the course of several hours, members and some interested passers-by successfully ferried the newly hatched baby turtles into the safety of Williams Lake before they could wander onto the road. This is especially important because snapping turtles are an endangered species
Public Consultation Survey on New Protected Areas
There are new important lands proposed for protection. These new lands are key to our wildlife corridors from the Halifax Backlands and may share some of the wear and tear of human traffic.
Backlands Land Protection
The Nova Scotia government is currently considering a proposal to permanently protect a 505-hectare area of Crown Land in the Halifax Backlands wilderness area in Spryfield, pending public consultation!