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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_009F_01CE30B8.D5AFB160 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Five Bridges Wilderness Heritage Trust (FBWHT) would like to = encourage you to participate in two important public consultations that = will have a significant impact for Nova Scotia=92s parks and protected = natural areas. Public Consultations on Western Crown Land=20 When: Monday, April 8, 5p.m. =96 8p.m. Where: Black Point Fire Hall, 8579 St. Margaret's Bay Rd., Black Point This open house meeting is part of a series of public consultations, = which provide an opportunity to offer ideas on the best ways to use the = 1.5 million acres of Crown land in the western region. The consultations = will help develop a sustainable plan for the land, which includes = roughly 30,000 acres of lands bought from Bowater Mersey Ltd. that have = been previously promised by government for protection that are now = listed as =93conditional=94 pending the results of public consultations. The Department of Natural Resources will set up at least one pilot = Community Forest project in the western region. Details about the planning process are available at: = http://novascotia.ca/natr/land/western-land/. You are also invited to submit written comments at: = https://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/land/western-land/comments-western-land.asp.=20 Public Consultations on the Nova Scotia Parks and Protected Areas Plan When: Tuesday, April 9, 2p.m. - 5p.m., and 6p.m. - 9p.m. Where: Pier 21 Immigration Museum, 1055 Marginal Road, Halifax The province has prepared a draft Parks and Protected Areas Plan to = manage and protect Nova Scotia's natural spaces. The plan would = preserve more than 13% of lands and create four new provincial parks.=20 These two open house meetings on April 9 are the final public = consultations on the proposed Parks and Protected Areas Plan. Written = comments can also be submitted before May 1, 2013. For more information about the plan and how to submit comments, please = visit http://www.novascotia.ca/parksandprotectedareas/.=20 One final reminder that the Council of Community Organizations (COCO) = will meet on April 4, at 7p.m. at the Hubley Centre. Special guest Ken = Donnelly will present the Community Monitoring Committee's position on = HRM's proposed changes to the environmental and community protection = elements of the Otter Lake Landfill. If you are interested in learning = more about these issues, please follow the Community Monitoring = Committee on Facebook at Facebook.com/OtterLakeCMC. Yours truly, Afton Doubleday, Secretary, FBWHT ------=_NextPart_000_009F_01CE30B8.D5AFB160 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dwindows-1252" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19403"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN lang=3DEN><FONT size=3D3><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT = face=3DCalibri>The Five=20 Bridges Wilderness Heritage Trust (FBWHT) would like to encourage you to = participate in two important public consultations that will have a = significant=20 impact for Nova Scotia=92s parks and protected natural=20 areas.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3 face=3D"Times New = Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt" = lang=3DEN><FONT=20 color=3D#000000 face=3DCalibri></FONT></SPAN></B> </P><FONT = color=3D#000000=20 size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt" = lang=3DEN><FONT=20 color=3D#000000><FONT face=3DCalibri>Public Consultations on Western = Crown Land=20 </FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3=20 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt" = lang=3DEN><FONT=20 color=3D#000000 face=3DCalibri>When:</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN = style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt"=20 lang=3DEN><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT face=3DCalibri> Monday, April 8, = 5p.m. =96=20 8p.m.<BR><B>Where:</B> Black Point Fire Hall, 8579 St. Margaret's Bay = Rd., Black=20 Point</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3=20 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=3DEN><FONT color=3D#000000 = size=3D3=20 face=3DCalibri></FONT></SPAN> </P><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3=20 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3D3><FONT = color=3D#000000><FONT=20 face=3DCalibri><SPAN lang=3DEN>This open house meeting is part of a = series of public=20 consultations, which provide an opportunity to offer ideas on the best = ways to=20 use the 1.5 million acres of Crown land in the western region. The = consultations=20 will help develop a sustainable plan for the land, which includes=20 </SPAN><SPAN>roughly 30,000 acres of </SPAN><SPAN lang=3DEN>lands bought = from=20 Bowater Mersey Ltd.</SPAN><SPAN lang=3DEN> </SPAN><SPAN>that have been = previously=20 promised by government for protection that are now listed as = =93conditional=94=20 pending the results of public consultations.</SPAN><SPAN=20 lang=3DEN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3 = face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=3DEN><FONT color=3D#000000 = size=3D3=20 face=3DCalibri></FONT></SPAN> </P><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3=20 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3D3><FONT = color=3D#000000><FONT=20 face=3DCalibri><SPAN lang=3DEN>The Department of Natural Resources will = set up at=20 least one pilot Community Forest project in the western = region.</SPAN><SPAN=20 lang=3DEN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3 = face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=3DEN><FONT color=3D#000000 = size=3D3=20 face=3DCalibri></FONT></SPAN> </P><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3=20 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3=20 face=3DCalibri>Details about the planning process are available at: = </FONT><A=20 href=3D"http://novascotia.ca/natr/land/western-land/" = target=3D_blank><FONT=20 color=3D#0000ff size=3D3=20 face=3DCalibri>http://novascotia.ca/natr/land/western-land/</FONT></A><FO= NT=20 color=3D#000000 size=3D3 face=3DCalibri>.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></P><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3=20 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3 = face=3DCalibri>You=20 are also invited to submit written comments at: </FONT><A=20 href=3D"https://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/land/western-land/comments-western-lan= d.asp"=20 target=3D_blank><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D3=20 face=3DCalibri>https://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/land/western-land/comments-west= ern-land.asp</FONT></A><FONT=20 size=3D3><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT face=3DCalibri>.=20 </FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3=20 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT=20 color=3D#000000></FONT></SPAN> </P><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3=20 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt" = lang=3DEN><FONT=20 color=3D#000000 face=3DCalibri></FONT></SPAN> </P><FONT = color=3D#000000 size=3D3=20 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 14pt"><FONT=20 color=3D#000000><FONT face=3DCalibri>Public Consultations on the Nova = Scotia Parks=20 and Protected Areas Plan</FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P><FONT = color=3D#000000 size=3D3=20 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=3DCalibri><FONT = color=3D#000000><B><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt">When:</SPAN></B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 14pt"> Tuesday,=20 April 9, </SPAN></FONT><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: = 14pt"=20 lang=3DEN>2p.m. - 5p.m., and 6p.m. - 9p.m.</SPAN></FONT></P><FONT = color=3D#000000=20 size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=3DCalibri><B><SPAN=20 style=3D"COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 14pt" = lang=3DEN>Where:</SPAN></B><SPAN=20 style=3D"COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 14pt" lang=3DEN> Pier 21 = Immigration=20 Museum, </SPAN><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: = 14pt">1055 Marginal=20 Road, Halifax</SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 14pt"></SPAN></FONT></P><FONT=20 color=3D#000000 size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3=20 face=3DCalibri></FONT> </P><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3=20 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3D3><FONT = face=3DCalibri><FONT=20 color=3D#000000>The province has prepared a draft Parks and Protected = Areas Plan=20 to </FONT><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)" lang=3DEN>manage and = protect Nova=20 Scotia's natural spaces.</SPAN><FONT color=3D#000000><SPAN> = </SPAN>The plan=20 would preserve more than 13% of lands and create four new provincial = parks.=20 </FONT></FONT></FONT></P><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3=20 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3=20 face=3DCalibri></FONT> </P><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3=20 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3D3><FONT = color=3D#000000><FONT=20 face=3DCalibri>These two open house meetings on April 9 are the = final public=20 consultations on the proposed Parks and Protected Areas = Plan.<SPAN> =20 </SPAN>Written comments can also be submitted before May 1,=20 2013.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3=20 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3=20 face=3DCalibri></FONT> </P><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3=20 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3 = face=3DCalibri>For more=20 information about the plan and how to submit comments, please visit = </FONT><A=20 href=3D"http://www.novascotia.ca/parksandprotectedareas/"><FONT = color=3D#0000ff=20 size=3D3=20 face=3DCalibri>http://www.novascotia.ca/parksandprotectedareas/</FONT></A= ><FONT=20 size=3D3><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT face=3DCalibri>. = </FONT></FONT></FONT></P><FONT=20 color=3D#000000 size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3=20 face=3DCalibri></FONT> </P><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3=20 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3 = face=3DCalibri>One=20 final reminder that the Council of Community Organizations (COCO) will = meet on=20 April 4, at 7p.m. at the Hubley Centre. Special guest Ken Donnelly will = present=20 the Community Monitoring Committee's position on HRM's proposed changes = to the=20 environmental and community protection elements of the Otter Lake = Landfill. If=20 you are interested in learning more about these issues,=20 please follow the Community Monitoring Committee on Facebook at = </FONT><A=20 href=3D"http://facebook.com/OtterLakeCMC" target=3D_blank><SPAN=20 style=3D"COLOR: rgb(0,102,204)"><FONT size=3D3=20 face=3DCalibri>Facebook.com/OtterLakeCMC</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT = size=3D3><FONT=20 color=3D#000000><FONT = face=3DCalibri>.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><FONT=20 color=3D#000000 size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3=20 face=3DCalibri></FONT></SPAN> </P><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3=20 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><FONT size=3D3><FONT = color=3D#000000><FONT=20 face=3DCalibri>Yours truly,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><FONT = color=3D#000000=20 size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3=20 face=3DCalibri></FONT></SPAN> </P><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D3=20 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><FONT size=3D3><FONT = color=3D#000000><FONT=20 face=3DCalibri>Afton Doubleday,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><FONT = color=3D#000000=20 size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3D3><FONT = color=3D#000000><FONT=20 face=3DCalibri><SPAN>Secretary, FBWHT</SPAN><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P><FONT = color=3D#000000=20 size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_009F_01CE30B8.D5AFB160--
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