Over the period June 2012 to January 2015, a small group of Nova Scotia naturalists (the “Wildland Writers” collaborated to write articles for the Chronicle Herald under the column Naturally Nova Scotia. In Jan of 2016 we suspended contributions in support of striking the Chronicle Herald reporters who had been so supportive of us. The strike began on began Jan. 23, 2016. We wrote: “We are obviously very disappointed with the CH for not not settling and getting back to being the newspaper of which we were once so proud. In the meantime many of the striking reporters are putting their efforts into the online LocalXpress.” The strike went on a long time, the paper emerged quite changed and we never revived the column
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Articles
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January 11, 2016: David Patriquin
An unexpected place for life: the rocky intertidal
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December 21, 2015: Donna Crossland
A Merry Christmas to Yew
November 30, 2015: Jamie Simpson
Basic hunting offers challenges
October 19, 2015: Clare Robinson
What’s in a name? Nature
September 21, 2015: Alain Belliveau
Slow decline of stately elms
August 24, 2015: David Patriquin
A love of the natural world
July 19, 2015: Donna Crossland
The world of spectacular swifts
June 29, 2015: Alain Belliveau
Working the woodlot with kids’ future in mind
Spring Beauty in Cape Split hardwoods, mid-May
May 18, 2015: David Patriquin
Spring dance of hardwoods and wildflowers begins
& Take a Wildflower Quiz
April 13, 2015: Alain Belliveau
Amphibians spring into action as temperatures rise
March 9, 2015: Bob Bancroft
Mainland moose decline due to poor forest management
Feb.1, 2015: Alain Belliveau
Winter is perfect for perusing old tales of game wardens
January 10, 2015: Bob Bancroft
Why deer roam close to home
December 6, 2014: David Patriquin
NOVA SCOTIA NATURALLY: Sharing Halifax space with wildlife
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October 18, 2014: Jamie Simpson
Healthy N.S. beech trees spell hope
September 13, 2014: Bob Bancroft
Wealth of fauna call N.S. forests home
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August 16, 2014. Donna Crossland
All in a day’s work for the Owl Man
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The Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Attracting Birds With Nest Boxes
June 21, 2014. David Patriquin
NATURALLY: Native species grow on gardeners
May 19, 2014. Donna Crossland:
NATURALLY: Don’t let the music stop
April 19, 2014. Mark Elderkin:
Eagles: Too much of a good thing?
March 29, 2014. Nick Hill and Dave Patriquin:
The forest fires that nature intended
Feb 22, 2014. Matt Miller:
NATURALLY: Deadwood brings forest alive
Dec 14, 2013. Bob Bancroft:
Seed trees determine future of N.S. forests
Oct 26, 2013. Jamie Simpson:
Breathing in the Forest Air
Sep 28, 2013. Alain Belliveau:
An enlichening tale on old forests and air quality
Aug. 24, 2013. Nick Hill:
Diversity at an ant’s pace, one seed at a time
July 20, 2013. David Patriquin:
Weedy immigrants adorn N.S.
June 29, 2013. Mark Elderkin:
Nova Scotia’s vanishing bats
May 18, 2013. David Patriquin:
Rhodora’s spring colours
April 14, 2013. Nick Hill:
Slow down the water
March 17, 2013. Donna Crossland:
Hemlocks: nature’s pharmacy
February 17, 2013. Bob Bancroft:
Time to think about our wildlife
January 20, 2013. Alain Belliveau:
Getting your feet wet in southwest Nova Scotia
December 16, 2012. Mark Elderkin
A resilient symbol of Canada returns from the brink of extinction
November 25, 2012. Bob Bancroft:
Broken Rivers
Oct. 21, 2012: David Patriquin:
Casting a colourful fall spell in our forests
Sep. 23, 2012. Mark Elderkin:
Voluntary stewardship vs environmental laws
Aug 12, 2012. Matt Miller:
Developing new approaches to ‘silver-culture’
July 8, 2012. Donna Crossland:
How fire has changed our forests
June 10, 2012. Jamie Simpson:
A sublime moment of joy on the shore of a small lake