Editorial Cartoons
Golfer vs. Plover — a Nova Scotia Classic by Bruce MacKinnon
Originally published here
Group News
Another Record-Breaking Season for Nova Scotia Provincial Parks
Originally published here by the Government of Nova Scotia on October 28, 2022 For the second year in a row, Nova Scotia’s provincial parks have broken their record for the highest number of camper nights. Camping parks hosted 99,304 paid Read more…
Articles
Cabot wants to build a golf course on West Mabou Beach Provincial Park
“I can’t think of a worse place, ecologically speaking, to have a golf course,” says local resident Nadine Hunt.
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Provincial park designation doesn’t end legal wrangling in Owls Head case
“There still remains the fact that the government, the province, made that decision in secret and we’re arguing the fact that is not a fair way to make that decision, that they should have made that decision in a transparent fashion,” said Jamie Simpson, the lawyer representing the [Eastern Shore] forest watch association.
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Articles
In the fight over Nova Scotia’s shores, Owl’s Head’s protectors push against the rising tide of development
“Owl’s Head didn’t have a voice,” said local resident and advocate Beverley Isaacs says. “So we used our voices.” Erin AnderssenThe Globe and MailJuly 31, 2022 Full article here Had it not been for the fight of Nova Scotians such Read more…
Partnerships
CPAWS-NS Field Surveys (2020-2021)
The Nova Scotia Chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS-NS) has released a valuable report documenting its field surveys at Owls Head Provincial Park. “Located on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore, Owls Head is an intact coastal wilderness of Read more…
Group News
… And it worked!
Thousands of people came together. They donated, they organized, they protested together, they put up signs everywhere. They demanded that Owls Head be protected. And it worked. The entire CPAWS-NS team was at Owls Head Provincial Park recently to celebrate Read more…
