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!
WLCC Newsletter 2026
Here’s the WLCC Newsletter for 2026 and your invitation to the AGM (open to the public).
Announcement of the new dam, Oct 2024:
(L to R) David Benoit, Kathleen Hall, Councillor Patty Cuttell, Minister Brendan Maguire, Margo Kerr, Minister Kim Masland, Councillor Shawn Cleary, Johnathan Veale. Photo: Michael Herrick
New Opportunities from New Dam
This year will see the completion of a new Williams Lake dam that will keep the lake’s water at historic levels. Because the new dam will keep water levels high, it is now possible to breed eels in the lake – and that is exactly what is planned.
Discovering Nature
What can sleep with one eye open, uses earth’s magnetic field as their GPS, inspired the invention of the airplane, and landed in Nova Scotia’s school curriculum?
Birds! For most elementary and junior high school students in Nova Scotia birds are part of the “Diversity of Life” unit in their science curriculum. Classroom learning covers topics on the anatomy of birds, how to identify them, their migration flight patterns and their importance as indicators of the environmental health of our planet.
Birds of the Backlands – Mourning Dove
The Mourning Dove is often referred to as a Turtle Dove. Settlers used the name for this North American dove because they closely resembled the Turtle Doves native to Europe and Asia. Today, in many different cultures around the world doves are widely used as powerful symbols of peace, love, and friendship, especially at this festive time.