Category Archives: Wabanaki Forest

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 27Sep2024

In conclusion, our latest limnological profiles further confirm a long term trend of decline in the health of Sandy Lake (Bedford, NS), and underscore why a major new development on its headwaters could “do it in”. Update Oct 2, 2024: … Continue reading

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“The biggest White Pine I’ve ever seen” viewed at Sandy Lake” Aug 25, 2024

Wrote Ed G recently: @SandyLake_Park we discovered “The biggest White Pine I’ve ever seen ” this weekend. The same Sandy Lake forest my grandfather took me on walks through and the reason I chose to become a forester. It measured … Continue reading

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iNaturalists events x Sandy Lake: Sunday April 21 and Saturday 27th, 2024

Announced Mar 29, 2024 by The Dirt Gang, on their Facebook Page:

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Voices of spring by the shore and in the forest at Sandy Lake (Bedford) 30May2023

At times, it is completely silent by the water and in the forest by Sandy Lake, but not on May 30, 2023. When I took my usual walking route by the lake and into the forest there were two prominent … Continue reading

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Errors in the Forest Development Stage Layer for Sandy Lake area 2May2023

I have made use of the Forest DCL (Development Stage Layer) in the NS Provincial Landscape Viewer to illustrate the abundance of Mature and Muti-Aged-Old Forest in the area of Sandy Lake, e.g. see the map at the top of … Continue reading

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Our Wabanaki Forest

This item is copied from a  post published on June 21, 2022 on nsforestnotes.ca  Today, June 21, 2022, we in the northern hemisphere celebrate the summer solstice, as our ancestors have done since prehistoric times. It is also Canada’s National … Continue reading

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