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Latest limnological profiles confirm long term trend of decline in the health of Sandy Lake (Bedford, NS), a major new development on its headwaters could do it in, data continue to be ignored 18Aug2025

Posted on August 18, 2025 by admin

Long time Sandy Lake volunteers Ed G and Derek S performed the late summer/Aug monitoring of Sandy Lake on Aug 8, 2025 in collaboration and with the support of the Halifax LakeWatchers program as we have been doing since Aug … Continue reading →

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Wetland Appreciation Week 2025: Aug 9 to 17

Posted on August 2, 2025 by admin

From EAC Announcement: Wetlands Appreciation Week 2025 will be taking place from Aug. 9 to 17, 2025! Join the Ecology Action Centre, Birds Canada, CARP, Cole Harbour Parks & Trails, The Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq, Ducks Unlimited Canada, East Coast … Continue reading →

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Citizen launches legal action against Mount Hope Development Ltd, re: damage to wetland 1Aug 2025

Posted on August 1, 2025 by admin

View: Zebedee files legal action against Eisner Cove Wetland development project by By Francis Campbell for Saltwire/Chronicle Herald Aug 1, 2025 News Release by Bill Zebedee July 31, 2025: PRIVATE PROSECUTION CASE FILED AGAINST CLAYTON DEVELOPMENTS, DARTMOUTH At an August … Continue reading →

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Community Studies for Sandy Lake (Bedford, NS) Special Planning Area “ignore” critical data on water quality 25Jul2025

Posted on July 25, 2025 by admin

By David Patriquin The critical data have to do with very low deep water oxygen and evidence for “Internal Phosphorous Loading” in Sandy Lake. Recent monitoring and research reveal that such conditions now exist in more than a few lakes … Continue reading →

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Hemlock Wooly Adelgid found at Sandy Lake 20May2025

Posted on May 20, 2025 by admin

Hemlock Wooly Adelgid (HWA), a highly destructive pest on hemlock trees, was observed on a single tree on the drumlin just past Sandy Lake Beach Park last fall. HRM folks with assistance from the CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) and … Continue reading →

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“Community studies are complete for the Sandy Lake special planning area” – NS Gov 16May2025

Posted on May 17, 2025 by admin

So we learn from a NS Gov News Release “Minister Designates New Special Planning Area; Two Major Studies Complete – NS Growth & Development, 16 May 2025. Some excerpts from that document follow (brown text, bolding inserted). ——————– More homes … Continue reading →

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Bedford West Surface Waters exceeded phosphorus thresholds in 2024 9May2025

Posted on May 9, 2025 by admin

From Item No. Info 2, North West Community Council May 12, 2025: Bedford West Water Quality Status: A water quality monitoring program has been ongoing in the Bedford West Secondary Plan area since 2009, through Development Agreements executed under the … Continue reading →

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The Kingswood Ratepayers Association concerned about Sandy Lake 14Apr2025

Posted on April 14, 2025 by admin

Saving Sandy Lake was the lead item on the 6 pm Global News Maritimes for Apr 13. It begins with a a statement by Chris Bryant of the Kingswood Rate-payers Association: “You’ve got an area like this one were standing … Continue reading →

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Unusually late BGA bloom in Sandy Lake (Bedford) reported in Harmful Algal News (UNESCO) 20Feb2025

Posted on February 20, 2025 by admin

It’s hardly the kind of publicity one would like to see for Sandy Lake. The now confirmed, unusually late bloom of BGA (Blue-Green Algae or Cyanobacteria) in Sandy Lake, besides being another warning sign that we can’t take the seemingly … Continue reading →

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HRM Regional Council adopts recommendations related to LakeWatchers Report 14Nov2024

Posted on November 14, 2024 by admin

View Item No. 15.3.2, Halifax Regional Council November 12, 2024 This document includes a Staff Report dated Apr 22, 2024, and the full LakeWatchers State of the Lakes Report, 2022-2023 SAMPLING YEARS “Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee received a staff … Continue reading →

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