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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_TgmGf2fYxD9Rm7e9zMaaWQ) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable NS Wild Flora Society Meeting Date: Monday , November 22, 2010 Location: NS Musuem of Natural History, Summer St. Halifax, in the = auditorium. Time: 7:30 p.m. If you study a topographical map or photo of Nova Scotia you may notice = that although there are many lakes dotted around the southern counties, = there are very few lakes of any size in the northern counties. = Historically these northern lakes were not well studied by the botanical = community; and thus Nova Scotia's Northumberland coastal plain species = was not well defined and so far, there is no protected area in this = landscape. Angevine Lake is the largest lake in Cumberland county and = the closest to the strait. A portion of the land bordering the lake = supports cottage development but most is owned by the province and a = local lumber company. Because of recent findings in, on, around and = near the lake (botanical, animal and insect) the area has been defined = as "Tier 1" (first priority for future protection). Mary Macaulay has a = cottage at the lake and has helped find some of the interesting and = unusual species there. She will bring some slides of the flora and show = the group the locations of these on an aerial photo. Some of these = species include ram's head lady slipper, hepatica, blue cohosh, and = black ash. She also has some slides that are "unknown" and hopes the = Wild Flora group will help her with these. All are welcome! www.nswildflora.ca= --Boundary_(ID_TgmGf2fYxD9Rm7e9zMaaWQ) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18975"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>NS Wild Flora Society Meeting</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Date: Monday , November 22, 2010</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Location: NS Musuem of Natural History, Summer St. Halifax, in the auditorium.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Time: 7:30 p.m.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">If you study a topographical map or photo of Nova Scotia you may notice that although there are many lakes dotted around the southern counties, there are very few lakes of any size in the northern counties. Historically these northern lakes were not well studied by the botanical community; and thus Nova Scotia's Northumberland coastal plain species was not well defined and so far, there is no protected area in this landscape. Angevine Lake is the largest lake in Cumberland county and the closest to the strait. A portion of the land bordering the lake supports cottage development but most is owned by the province and a local lumber company. Because of recent findings in, on, around and near the lake (botanical, animal and insect) the area has been defined as "Tier 1" (first priority for future protection). Mary Macaulay has a cottage at the lake and has helped find some of the interesting and unusual species there. She will bring some slides of the flora and show the group the locations of these on an aerial photo. Some of these species include ram's head lady slipper, hepatica, blue cohosh, and black ash. She also has some slides that are "unknown" and hopes the Wild Flora group will help her with these.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">All are welcome!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><A href="http://www.nswildflora.ca">www.nswildflora.ca</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_TgmGf2fYxD9Rm7e9zMaaWQ)--
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