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Williams Lake Conservation Company

Established in 1968 for the Preservation of Williams Lake

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(C-H): Fix needed ‘sooner rather than later,’ for Williams Lake

admin September 11, 2020September 11, 2020 Call for Support, Conservation, Media
Drone view Williams Lake water levels

Chronicle-Herald: Water levels at one of Halifax’s favourite swimming spots have dropped perilously low in this hot, dry summer as new development diverts H2O from Williams Lake and a leak under a dam allows it to flow into the sea.

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CBC: Environmentalists cheer HRM decision to help purchase wilderness land

admin July 22, 2020July 22, 2020 Conservation
Canoeing in BMBCL

The WLCC applauds HRM decision to help buy land for BMBCL wilderness. (photo: Halifax.ca)

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Bird Watching in the Williams Lake Watershed

admin July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 Conservation, Event, Reports & Studies
Fulton Lavender

At 4:20 AM the 3 bird watchers and our leader, expert birder Fulton Lavender, arrived at the path climbing up the massive granite batholith.

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Protecting Williams Lake and Shaw Wilderness Park

admin June 30, 2020June 30, 2020 Conservation, Media
Church of Christ lands map

Here is an excerpt from Councillor Shawn Cleary’s July Newsletter to his District 9 constituents regarding zoning of the land presently for sale adjacent to Williams Lake and the Shaw Wilderness Park.

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Kathleen Hall on CBC about conserving land for sale on Williams Lake

admin June 23, 2020 Call for Support, Conservation, Event, Media
Kathleen Hall, Backlands Coalition

Kathleen Hall of the Backlands Coalition, of which the WLCC is a member, interviewed about effort to conserve land adjacent to Shaw Park on Williams Lake…

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Drone flight over Williams & Colpitt Lakes by David Fraser, 2016

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