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div.WordSect This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003C_01D336EE.0640C220 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Some municipalities need education in environmental awareness. The = percentage in Nova Scotia, fortunately, seems to be low. =20 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Laviolette, Lance Sent: September 26, 2017 3:14 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Insect Decline =20 Hi Nancy, =20 If you=E2=80=99re going to try this in an Urban or even village setting, = verify that there aren=E2=80=99t bylaws written preventing a = =E2=80=98wild=E2=80=99 lawn. Fighting city hall and ignoring a bylaw = officer on the issue can result in a city crew descending on your yard = and imposing a =E2=80=98groomed=E2=80=99 look. You can be left holding = an industrial sized bill and a yard that looks like a soya field after = harvest. Fortunately such bylaws are not universal. =20 All the best and good luck with your mini-meadow project, =20 Lance =20 Lance Laviolette Glen Robertson, Ontario =20 =20 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of N Robinson Sent: September 25, 2017 4:57 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Cc: Mary Macaulay <marymacaulay@hotmail.com> Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: [NatureNS] Insect Decline =20 This is exactly what I am looking for but, unfortunately, I am in = Montreal. =20 =20 Will someone be filming or taping this presentation? It will be = invaluable to have on record for consultation. I am trying to develop a = "how-to" piece on letting your lawn grow wild as many people want to do = this but don't know how to begin or when to cut or mow - perhaps once a = year or once every two years? etc. etc. And, as Mary says, we need a = "new aesthetic". Perhaps you can live-stream it on Facebook tonight? Let me know and I = will watch it. =20 Thanks, Nancy Robinson Environmentally Yours Bear River, N.S. 514-605-7186 =20 On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 4:30 PM, Mary Macaulay = <marymacaulay@hotmail.com> wrote: There will be some discussion of this important issue this evening at = the Nova Scotia Wild Flora talk at the museum of Natural History in = Halifax at 7:30 pm: =20 Building a functional mini-meadow without shocking the neighbours (too = much)..=20 Mary Macaulay wants to be pollinator-friendly and will tell us how she = is doing it. Mary, a long-time member of NSWFS, is owner and operator of = the Social Enterprise <http://rememberadventures.ca/> Remember = Adventuresin Tatamagouche. She has been raising awareness about insect = decline since 2013 via social media as Queen Bee for the global = <http://www.insectrecovery.org/en/> Insect Recovery Project.=20 Come join us at 7:30 pm, Monday Sep 25, 2017 in the auditorium of the = Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street, Halifax = <https://maps.google.com/?q=3D1747+Summer+Street,+Halifax&entry=3Dgmail&s= ource=3Dg> . All welcome! =20 With kindest regards =20 Mary (Macaulay), P.Eng. Owner, Remember Adventures B&B & Caper Cafe Bed & Breakfast, Pedal Buggy, bike, kayak, coaster & snowshoe rentals, = great bird friendly coffee, organic baking, breakfast & pasta, soups, = stews, vegan curries & chili, pollinator meadow, games & more!!=20 (Cafe/Buggies Open Wed to Sunday: 8:00 am - 3 pm; B&B 7 days a week - = please book via Airbnb) HWY 6 & Station Road & Trans-Canada Trail Tatamagouche RememberAdventures.ca & InsectRecovery.org 1-902-293-1533 <tel:(902)%20293-1533>=20 Twitter @RememberTata & @InsectRecovery On Sep 25, 2017, at 1:43 PM, Angus MacLean <Cold_Mac@hotmail.com> wrote: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/where-have-all-insects-gone <https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/where-have-all-insects-gone> = Where have all the insects gone? | Science | AAAS www.sciencemag.org Where have all the insects gone? By Gretchen Vogel May. 10, 2017 , 9:00 = AM. Entomologists call it the windshield phenomenon. "If you talk to = people, they have a gut ... This is the story in Kings County too & likely thru-out NS. Likely some = pockets where insects are still doing OK. Bad news for certain bird = species such as warblers; plants that need pollinating, etc. Very = important link in the food chain. 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