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May 27-29, 2022: Nature NS Celebration of Nature

Posted on May 13, 2022 by admin

‘Received from Nature NS: The Celebration of Nature is our big annual event, a talk and hike series as well as our AGM, and it always falls on the last weekend in May. Pre-COVID when the event took place entirely … Continue reading →

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Next Member’s Meeting – Outdoors, Eisner’s Cove Wetland, Dartmouth – May 30

Posted on May 7, 2022 by Bob Kennedy

Our next members meeting will NOT be on Zoom, but instead will be live outdoors at Eisner’s Cove wetland. This will be on May 30, which is the FIFTH Monday of the month (usually we meet on the fourth Monday). … Continue reading →

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AGM & Sean Blaney Presentation – Monday Apr. 25, 2022

Posted on April 19, 2022 by Bob Kennedy

Epigaea repens (Trailing arbutus) – Photo: Bob Kennedy Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society Annual General Meeting  Our 2022 AGM will take place Apr 25 at 7:00pm via Zoom. See the attached agenda. Following the AGM, Sean Blaney of the Atlantic Canada … Continue reading →

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Saturday Apr 9, 2022: Rally in Support of Eisner Wetland (Dartmouth, NS)

Posted on April 8, 2022 by admin

The Protect Eisner Wetland folks are holding a rally on Saturday Apr 9, 2022 1-3 pm by the block of land that includes the Eisner Wetland in Dartmouth, a favourite local site for field trips by NSWFS. David Patriquin from … Continue reading →

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Proposed NSWFS Field Trip to Cape Breton July 25-July 31 (or Aug 3)

Posted on March 29, 2022 by Bob Kennedy

   Lookoff on Aspy Trail, Broad-Lipped Twayblade, View to Scaterie Island – Photos Bob Kennedy We are planning a botanical themed field trip to Cape Breton for the period of July 25 to 31, with the possibility for an extension … Continue reading →

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Botany Course at Acadia May 9-27

Posted on March 29, 2022 by Bob Kennedy
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3 locations for iNaturalist City Nature Challenge in NS this year

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Bob Kennedy

The annual world-wide City Nature Challenge for 2022 is being hosted again by iNaturalist from April 29 to May 8. This year we have three separate NS sites participating: HRM, the Annapolis Valley (Kings and Hants counties) and CBRM. You … Continue reading →

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Jan 24 Online Members Meeting: Member’s Slide Show

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Bob Kennedy

NS Wild Flora Society is inviting all members to participate in our Members Slide Night, which is part of the scheduled NS Wild Flora January Zoom meeting on January 24. If you have 10 or so slides that you would like … Continue reading →

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Field Trip to Maguma Falls – Sat. Nov 20

Posted on November 15, 2021 by Bob Kennedy

Photo Hayden Breau The NSWFS is hosting a Field Trip to Maguma Falls and selected associated trails on Saturday, Nov. 20.  This is a preparation for another trip to this area in the spring of 2022. From Halifax and area, … Continue reading →

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Results of 2 week iNaturalist Bio-Blitz in SW Nova Scotia

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Bob Kennedy

  A 2-week bioblitz was just held in Southwest Nova. This is the second year for this competition in Kespukwitk, one of the seven traditional districts of Mi’kma’ki. This area includes the nine Southwest Nova municipalities that are in Kespukwitk today: … Continue reading →

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