Get Ready
Build Nova Scotia, in collaboration with HRM, are working together to advance the required repair work at the dam while ensuring that the experience of the Shaw Wilderness Park is maintained.
Spotlight on Spryfield – Edible and Endangered Plants
Let’s get to know a few of our plant neighbours in the Spryfield area of Halifax. Karen McKendry, of the Ecology Action Centre (EAC), will discuss and explore edible, interesting and rare plants, and their fascinating lives in the Backlands and the Williams Lake watershed.
NS Announces new dam to save Williams Lake
People living around and downstream from Williams Lake in Halifax and their properties will be safer with the Province’s construction of a new dam.The replacement dam will be built to environmental standards that support protection of the lake’s ecosystem and
Summer water quality sampling completes
Lake water properties change with depth and time of year, so these are important factors to consider when monitoring lake health. WLCC performed spring water quality sampling back in May and just completed summer sampling this past Sunday. At the deepest point in the lake (~19m), we measured water properties every meter from the surface to the bottom.
Join the WLCC at our AGM
Bird surveys, LakeWatchers program, Lake Water Quality testing, HRM’s Regional Review, Backlands additions, a fix for the dam, the expansion of the Shaw Wilderness Park and more have kept us busy this year. We will be reporting on these important projects at our Annual General Meeting and invite you to join us to get a sense of how you and your family can be citizen environmentalists.