Black River bog; was Re: [NatureNS] Mustard White Butterfly

Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:25:37 -0300
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Dear All,            July 28, 2007
    This topic of Mustard White has brought to mind a question that has 
bothered me for some decades; the status of Black River bog (s. of 
Strathlorne Station), the connection being that the native variety of _C 
 pratensis_ is found in the bog along with many rare plants. An excerpt 
from a private e-mail, which drew no reply, will save typing--

START OF EXCERPT
               May 6, 2006
    From your vantage point you may be able to give me news of Black
River Bog. This, if I recall correctly, is between Strathlorne Station
and MacCormicks Corner.  When I last saw it about 50 years ago, it was a
tiny speck (~ 2 acres) of Black Spruce bog with widely spaced trees,
many of which were dead, between the railway and a narrow gravel road
and a bit south of the Black River. I don't have the list at hand but it
is a unique habitat in that it had many rare plants all in an even
smaller area of the bog (~100 x 200 paces) most of which would be
destroyed if the highway were to be widened and paved.
END OF EXCERPT

    Does anyone know the state of this bog ?

    If by chance some it has survived, more or less intact, then 
protection by NS Nature Trust, or some like agency, would seem highly 
desirable.

    I would prefer to fund that sort or enterprise than say studies of 
how to undrain a bog or how to roll off of a log or even a project to 
watch trees grow older.

Yours truly, Dave Webster, Kentville
 
   


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