If you have photos of Owls Head Provincial Park that you’d like to share, please send them to info@saveowlshead.org. They will be credited (or not) according to your wishes.
Thank you to biologists Caitlin Porter and Dr. Jeremy Lundholm for sharing photos and videos from their fieldwork at Owls Head Provincial Park.
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Eutrophication: the process by which a body of water becomes enriched in dissolved nutrients (such as phosphates) that stimulate the growth of aquatic plant life usually resulting in the depletion of dissolved oxygen
– Merriam Webster
When fertilizers get washed into lakes or rivers, it can lead to eutrophication. In these photos, we see that eutrophication has led to a suspected algal bloom on the Nine Mile River (adjacent to Links at Brunello Golf Course in Timberlea).
(more…)Thanks to photographer David Sorcher for sharing these great photos of the rally and march, where concerned citizens protested the delisting of Owls Head Provincial Park.
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Thanks to photographer Peter Barss for capturing the march and rally to “Save Owls Head.” Please click to enlarge.
(more…)Eastern Shore resident Susan Vickery sent us this video footage of eider ducks at Owls Head Provincial Park. Susan points out that salt marshes, including at Owls Head Provincial Park, are “unique and vital habitats for millions of migrating birds. They are a protective feeding and rest area for many shorebirds and seabirds.”
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Owls Head Provincial Park is part of Halifax’s Green Network Plan. The plan has identified an “essential ecological corridor” between Owls Head Provincial Park and Tangier Grand Lake Wilderness Area. Also known as a green corridor or wildlife corridor, these connecting spaces are essential for our wildlife and biodiversity.
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“Few people have actually walked the land and the shore other than locals gathering berries in the many bogs. The aerial photos on Google Earth show a gently rolling landscape where the last glacier raked its fingers across the exposed granite, leaving long rows of furrowed granite with boggy areas in between the rows.”
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Thank you to Steven Gallant for sharing his photos and videos with us.
The first photo faces East, the second faces South, and the third faces West. Please click to enlarge.
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