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<font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:normal normal normal 12px/n= <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org= /TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"><html xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xht= ml"><head> <meta content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-8" http-equiv=3D"Content-Type= "/> =20 </head><body style=3D""> =20 <div> Is any portion of the Kingston Sand arrens protected? Or slated for prot= ection? I doubt it, as there is very little if any public land in The Valle= y.... <br/>Dusan Soudek </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <blockquote style=3D"padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-co= lor: blue; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; position: rela= tive;" type=3D"cite"> On July 9, 2015 at 10:45 AM Nicholas Hill <fernhillns@gmail.com>= wrote: <br/> <br/>=20 <p>Super<br/> 2 weeks ago we went in via Marshall road with Young Natura= lists. This was a good public accessible though privately owned, way to go.= We were entranced by the ants and at one point found a population  of= jack pine, native not planted, where most individuals had a bank of cones = firmly closed..in the fire adapted serotinous state. <br/> I agree, this is= a wonderful landscape that should catch the imagination of the public: gre= at walking, good views, unique, and it appeals to our African savanna herit= age!<br/> Nick Hill </p>=20 <div class=3D"gmail_quote"> On Jul 9, 2015 10:31 AM, "Patrick Kelly" < Patrick.Kelly@dal.ca> w= rote: <br/>=20 <blockquote style=3D"margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; bord= er-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;">= =20 <div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word;"> Saturday, 11 July =E2=80=93 Kingston Sand Barrens =E2=80=93=  Leader: Ruth Newell=20 (902 542-2095= ;  <a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:ruth.newell@acadiau.ca">ruth.newe= ll@acadiau.ca</a>). =20 <div>   </div>=20 <div> Sand Barrens are one of the most rapidly changing, disappearing and = endangered ecosystems in Nova Scotia. =E2=80=9CAs recently as the 1960= s mile after mile of the Evangeline Trail was surrounded by extensive open = heathlands with scattered Red Pines. In presettlement times the actual= area of heathland is believed to have encompassed an area of approximately= 200 square kilometres. Today it appears that less than 3% of the original = heathland remains=E2=80=9D (Catling et al. 2004:  <a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://www.cba-abc.ca/bulletin/vol_37_1= .pdf">http://www.cba-abc.ca/bulletin/vol_37_1.pdf</a>). The Kingston Sand B= arrens are home to a number of the Province=E2=80=99s plant and animal Spec= ies at Risk including Rockrose (Helianthumum canadense; Endangered in = NS), Wood Turtle (Threatened in NS), and Vesper Sparrow (rare in NS). Ruth = Newell will take us on a tour of this incredible and sensitive ecosystem. M= eet at the Wolfville waterfront at 9:00 a.m. </div>=20 <div>=20 <div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word;">=20 <div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word;">=20 <p style=3D"margin: 0px;"><span style=3D"font: /normal Courier; fo= nt-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br/> Patrick Kelly</span></p>= =20 <p style=3D"margin: 0px;"><span style=3D"font: /normal Courier; fo= nt-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">159 Town Road</span></p>=20 <p style=3D"margin: 0px;"><span style=3D"font: /normal Courier; fo= nt-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">Falmouth NS<span> <span>&= #160;</span></span>B0P 1L0</span></p>=20 <p style=3D"margin: 0px;"><span style=3D"font: /normal Courier; fo= nt-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">Canada</span></p>=20 <p style=3D"font: 12px/normal Courier; margin: 0px; min-height: 14= px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </p>=20 <p style=3D"margin: 0px;"><span style=3D"font: /normal Courier; fo= nt-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"t= el:%28902%29%20472-2322">(902) 472-2322</a></span></p>=20 </div>=20 </div>=20 </div>=20 </div>=20 </blockquote>=20 </div>=20 </blockquote>=20 <div> <br/>  </div> =20 </body></html>
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