Received from SRA:
TITLE: Outdoor Nature Wellness: how intentional time outdoors can enhance mental health.
Wil Brunner will be giving this talk this Thursday November 4 via ZOOM.
Please send an email to:
sackvillerivers@ns.sympatico.ca to obtain the ZOOM link details.
About Wil Brunner
Wil Brunner is from Port Sydney, in the Muskoka Region of Ontario, where he grew up around a lake fishing, swimming and walking through the woods.
Google Map showing location & settlement for Sandy, First and Second Lakes
View Tender Details
Bids Opening and Closing on Tuesday, November 9, 2021
View Tender and Additional Documents (Zip File)
Contents:
– 21-418.pdf (Request for Proposal Doc)
– Bathymetric profiles of First Lake.pdf
– D_Tymstra Thesis_A Paleolimnological Record of Anthropogenic Impact on Water Quality in First Lake, Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia.pdf
– HRM_Final Report Draft_Beach Water Quality.pdf
– Kinap Beach Closures 2010-2019.pdf
– RFPAppendixB-MSAforProfessionalServices2020-06-30.pdf
– SupplierQuestionnaire-2021-09-20.pdf Continue reading
Presentation by Karen Robinson, Chair, Sandy Lake Regional Park Coalition
A Zoom Meeting, begins at 7 pm.
Register by e-mail to sackvillerivers@ns.sympatico.ca
Phone (902) 865-9238
A welcome initiative by Councillor Kathryn Morse (District 10: Halifax Bedford Basin West):
Wetlands to the southwest of Sandy Lake along the watercourses feeding the lake are vital to the health of Sandy Lake
UPDATE Jul 8, 2021:
Join us for an afternoon at Sandy Lake Beach, we are hosting an interpretive event to commemorate the final day of the Treasured Wetlands Bioblitz 2021. All are welcome from 12:00 – 3:30 pm on Monday July 12th, 2021.
Come take a peek into our specimen collection with the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park; learn about the importance of our wetlands, species at risk, and what you can do to help!
If you’re feeling extra adventurous register for the guided hike up to Marsh Lake at 1:30pm! Register soon as spots are limited. Click the link to register and to learn more about the guided hike.
https://forms.gle/t3vHbrbBvViD92HL7
An unpleasant algal bloom in Sandy lake in early August of 2019 was an “early warning sign” that the lake is in a precarious state. View DRAFT Report On the State of Sandy Lake, the Historical Trends and its Future Trajectory (David Patriquin, Feb 23, 2021)
Good News!!! Yesterday, this motion was approved by the Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee:
That the Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee recommend that Halifax Regional Council direct the Chief Administrative Officer to adopt and implement a detailed water quality monitoring program based on Framework 1 as outlined by AECOM in their Water Quality Monitoring Policy and Program Development Report, as outlined in the Discussion section of the staff report dated May 6, 2021.
From the Report:
This document, the Themes and Directions Report, is the first deliverable of the Regional Plan Review. The purpose of this document is to explain the scope of the Regional Plan Review to the public, stakeholders and Regional Council, and to seek feedback. This document shares ideas about key planning issues and provides details of the work that will be completed during the review. The feedback we receive will help provide focus and direction for future work during the Review.
There will be opportunities for feedback, TBA.
View document as PDF (117 pages)
View by section under Regional Plan Review Continue reading
Loon on Sandy Lake at dusk
On Monday April 19th, Ed G and I lowered a probe to the deepest part of Sandy Lake and found that the lake had “turned over” and was well oxygenated from top to bottom. View the limnological limnological profile.
That was normal for a “dimictic” lake, but I had some concern that rising salt inputs could at some point inhibit spring turnover. So this was good news, at least for 2021.
It was approaching dusk as I prepared to leave and the call of a loon provided some further good news. Continue reading
An example of the data: Historical Electrical Conductivity (salt) values for selected Halifax-area lakes including Sandy Lake (enlarged in inset). From Clement, P.M. and D.C. Gordon. 2019, Fig. 5 (Conductivity readings as measured by Environmental Services Laboratory) in Synoptic water quality survey of selected Halifax-area lakes: 2011 results and comparison with previous surveys. Can. Manuscr. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3170: xi + 98 p.
From HRM:
Helicopter to collect water quality samples at municipal lakes
Posted: March 26, 2021 – 12:00 pm52 lakes within the Halifax Regional Municipality will be tested for water quality on Wednesday, March 31 weather pending. These water quality samples will be collected by helicopter and by boat. Residents should be advised that the helicopter will be travelling at low altitude to obtain these samples.
Testing in this method is conducted every 10 years to test for nutrients, chlorophyll a and heavy metals. This work is separate from the supervised beach water quality testing program, which is completed weekly in July and August at all municipally-supervised beaches.
For more information on water testing locations, view the list.
