{"id":4901,"date":"2020-12-09T19:37:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T19:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/?p=4901"},"modified":"2021-03-15T18:18:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T18:18:00","slug":"in-the-water-and-on-the-drumlin-by-bedford-lions-club-sandy-lake-beach-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/2020\/12\/09\/in-the-water-and-on-the-drumlin-by-bedford-lions-club-sandy-lake-beach-park\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Water and on the Drumlin by Bedford Lions Sandy Lake Beach Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some reasons to celebrate and some reasons to be concerned about Sandy Lake & Environs<\/em>
\nShort link for this page: https:\/\/cutt.ly\/ShAkAGM<\/a> (www.cutt.ly\/ShAkAGM)<\/p>\n

\"\"A presentation by David Patriquin to the Bedford Lions Club on Dec 3, 2020.<\/p>\n

View Hi-Res Video<\/a><\/strong> of presentation (1920×1080 px)
\nView on YouTube<\/strong><\/a> (Low-Res)
\nView A few of the Slides<\/strong><\/a> below for a quick overview of what’s in the talk<\/p>\n

Sandy Lake is a near-pristine lake lying within a partially developed landscape in the suburbs of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Bedford Lions Club led the way for establishing the Sandy Lake Beach Park\u00a0 in 2003\/4. <\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a wonderful spot, for children especially, with safe swimming, paddling, fishing and opportunities for diverse nature activities. Mixed Acadian forest with patches of Old Growth occurs on drumlins by the Beach and is readily accessed via old forestry roads.<\/em><\/p>\n

There is pressure to develop in an area of the watershed that provides most of the water for the lake.<\/em><\/p>\n

In this presentation to the Bedford Lions Club on Dec 3, 2020, David Patriquin describes
\n– \u00a0the benefits of\u00a0 the lake and the surrounding area for recreation and wildlife <\/strong>(0-19 min);
\n– some interesting features of old growth forest <\/strong>on the drumlin by the beach (19-32 min);
\n– \u00a0life in the lake and possible impacts of further development<\/strong> in the watershed on lake water quality (32- 67 min).<\/em><\/p>\n

Find out more about the natural history of the area at www.sandylakebedford.ca<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\n\"\"<\/a>The concluding message:\u00a0 To maintain a healthy Sandy Lake, we need to
\n(i) plan and\u00a0 manage already approved new development to minimize impacts on the lake, and
\n(ii) limit further development within the watershed, especially in the area to the west and southwest of Sandy Lake just above Hammonds Plains Road.<\/p>\n

View a few of the slides for a quick overview
\nof what’s in the talk: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Click on images for larger versions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The 2013 clearcut mobilized concerns about\u00a0 possible impacts<\/strong> of new development<\/strong> on water quality of Sandy Lake and on wildlife habitats and movement corridors.\u00a0 Others joined the Sandy Lake Conservation Association<\/a> in expressing concerns and the Sandy Lake- Sackville River Regional Park Coalition<\/a> was formed in 2017. The goal:\u00a0 a 2800 acre Regional Park (approx. 1000 acres are\u00a0 now protected from development).<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Conclusion<\/strong>: to maintain a healthy lake, we need to manage already approved new development to minimize impacts on the lake, and to limit further development.<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some reasons to celebrate and some reasons to be concerned about Sandy Lake & Environs Short link for this page: https:\/\/cutt.ly\/ShAkAGM (www.cutt.ly\/ShAkAGM) A presentation by David Patriquin to the Bedford Lions Club on Dec 3, 2020. View Hi-Res Video of … Continue reading →<\/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":[16,22,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natural-history","category-sandy-lake","category-water-quality"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4901","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=4901"}],"version-history":[{"count":76,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6717,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4901\/revisions\/6717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}