{"id":2609,"date":"2019-06-05T00:18:59","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T00:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/?p=2609"},"modified":"2019-06-05T22:29:13","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T22:29:13","slug":"guided-walks-at-sandy-lake-sun-june-16-and-sun-july-14-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/2019\/06\/05\/guided-walks-at-sandy-lake-sun-june-16-and-sun-july-14-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Guided walks at Sandy Lake Sun June 16 and Sun July 14, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Forest_looking_up_David_Patriquin.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Forest_looking_up_David_Patriquin-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Forest_looking_up_David_Patriquin-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Forest_looking_up_David_Patriquin-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Forest_looking_up_David_Patriquin.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;The incredible Sandy Lake (Bedford) and surrounding forest is an oasis in the city. Come and discover the area\u2019s mature forests, lakes, and hiking opportunities. More wilderness could be protected here if only more people knew about the area\u2019s conservation value, and what it will take to keep it wild.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Join us for a 3 hour guided hike on the informal trails of the Jack Lake side (owned by Halifax Regional Municipality) of the proposed Sandy Lake &#8211; Sackville River Regional Park, where we\u2019ll talk about and see the land that could be protected to bring the vision of a Sandy Lake \u2013 Sackville River Regional Park to fruition. You\u2019ll also have a chance to learn about the plants, mosses, lichens, birds, insects, and more that inhabit the area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_2613\" style=\"width: 211px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Sandy-Lake-hike-poster-2019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2613\" src=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Sandy-Lake-hike-poster-2019-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Sandy-Lake-hike-poster-2019-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Sandy-Lake-hike-poster-2019-768x1144.jpg 768w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Sandy-Lake-hike-poster-2019-687x1024.jpg 687w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Sandy-Lake-hike-poster-2019.jpg 833w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poster &#8211; click on image to enlarge<\/p><\/div>These hikes are co-hosted by the Ecology Action Centre, the Sandy Lake Conservation Association, and the Sandy Lake &#8211; Sackville River Regional Park Coalition.<\/p>\n<p>Read more and register on <a href=\"https:\/\/ecologyaction.ca\/biodiverse-city\">EAC Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Cost: Free, but please register as space is limited)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The incredible Sandy Lake (Bedford) and surrounding forest is an oasis in the city. Come and discover the area\u2019s mature forests, lakes, and hiking opportunities. More wilderness could be protected here if only more people knew about the area\u2019s conservation &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/2019\/06\/05\/guided-walks-at-sandy-lake-sun-june-16-and-sun-july-14-2019\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-talks-walks"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2609"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2615,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609\/revisions\/2615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}