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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_3216_521287688.1436456625878 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable For those of us who live between Wolfville and Kingston, is there a meeting= place there without having to backtrack? Richard Stern sternrichard@gmail.com Sent from my iPhone On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 6:31 AM -0700, "Patrick Kelly" <Patrick.Kelly@dal.ca= > wrote: Saturday, 11 July =E2=80=93=C2=A0Kingston Sand Barrens=C2=A0=E2=80=93=C2=A0= Leader: Ruth Newell (902 542-2095;=C2=A0ruth.newell@acadiau.ca).=C2=A0 Sand Barrens are one of the most rapidly changing, disappearing and endange= red=C2=A0ecosystems in Nova Scotia. =E2=80=9CAs recently as the 1960s mile = after mile of the Evangeline Trail was surrounded by extensive open heathla= nds with scattered Red Pines. In presettlement times the=C2=A0actual area of heathland is believed to have encompassed an= area of approximately 200 square kilometres. Today it appears that less th= an 3% of the original heathland remains=E2=80=9D (Catling et al. 2004:=C2= =A0http://www.cba-abc.ca/bulletin/vol_37_1.pdf). The Kingston Sand Barrens are home to a number of the Province=E2=80=99s p= lant and animal Species at Risk including Rockrose (Helianthumum canadense;= =C2=A0Endangered 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. Meet at the Wolfville=C2= =A0waterfront at 9:00 a.m. Patrick Kelly 159 Town Road Falmouth NS=C2=A0=C2=A0B0P 1L0 Canada (902) 472-2322 ------=_Part_3216_521287688.1436456625878 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head></head><body><div>For those of us who live between Wolfville an= d Kingston, is there a meeting place there without having to backtrack?<br = /><br /><div class=3D"acompli_signature">Richard Stern<br /><a href=3D"mail= to:sternrichard@gmail.com" x-apple-data-detectors=3D"true" x-apple-data-det= ectors-type=3D"link" x-apple-data-detectors-result=3D"1">sternrichard@gmail= .com</a><br />Sent from my iPhone</div><br /></div><br /><br /><br /> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 6:31 AM -0700, "Patr= ick Kelly" <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:Patrick.Kelly@dal.c= a" target=3D"_blank">Patrick.Kelly@dal.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br /> <br /> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div dir=3D"3D"ltr""> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-1= 252" /> Saturday, 11 July =E2=80=93 Kingston Sand Barrens =E2=80=93 = Leader: Ruth Newell (902 542-2095; <a href=3D"mailto:ruth.newell@acadi= au.ca">ruth.newell@acadiau.ca</a>). <div><br /> </div> <div>Sand Barrens are one of the most rapidly changing, disappearing and en= dangered ecosystems in Nova Scotia. =E2=80=9CAs recently as the 1960s = mile after mile of the Evangeline Trail was surrounded by extensive open he= athlands 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 th= an 3% of the original heathland remains=E2=80=9D (Catling et al. 2004: = ;<a 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 Barrens are home to a number of the Province=E2=80=99s p= lant and animal Species 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. Meet at the Wolfville&nbs= p;waterfront at 9:00 a.m.</div> <div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-varian= t: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal= ; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: n= one; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-hori= zontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-dec= orations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stro= ke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style= =3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;= font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: no= rmal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent:= 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0= px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing= : 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "> <div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line= -break: after-white-space; "> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color:= rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;= font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-he= ight: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-spa= ce: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing= : 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-ef= fect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;= "> <div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line= -break: after-white-space; "> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color:= rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;= font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-he= ight: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-spa= ce: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing= : 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-ef= fect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;= "> <p style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-= left: 0px; "> <font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal 12px/= normal Courier; "><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline" /> Patrick Kelly</font></