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The Environmental Home Assessment Program (EHAP) is available in all areas of Nova Scotia until March 31, 2012. Homeowners with onsite septic systems and private wells can request a free environmental home assessment by calling 1-800-500-3427. The service is funded by the Nova Scotia Department of Environment and delivered by non-profit organizations providing environmental education. Homeowners can contact Clean Nova Scotia at 1-800-665-5377 to book your FREE assessment in HRM, Hants, Guysborough, Antigonish, Pictou Cumberland, Colchester counties. During the EHAP assessment, Clean Nova Scotia staff will meet with the homeowner at their home for approximately and hour and a half. The homeowner will receive information on how to manage their septic system and well water quality and how to inspect their oil tank. All information obtained during an EHAP assessment is confidential. Home owners who participate in the EHAP assessment are eligible for a $100 septic tank pumping rebate. Those who meet certain eligibility criteria may also apply for a grant of up to $3,000 from the Nova Scotia Department of Environment’s Septic Repair Grant Program. Participation in this program helps to protect our environment and the health of Nova Scotia households. Call 1-866-500-3427 (EHAP) to request your free environmental…
Wednesday, 29 June 2011 13:26
Atlantic Canada’s first Community Supported Fishery Fresh. Fair. Fish.
Written by David Adler
What is Off the Hook? Off the Hook is a Community Supported Fishery (CSF) cooperative started by 5 fishermen from the Digby area with support from the Ecology Action Centre. It aims to connect people with the fish they eat and the people who catch it. What is a CSF? A Community Supported Fishery (CSF) works the same as the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) model: subscribers pay a fee at the beginning of the season for a weekly share of food (in this case, fish). Through a CSF, subscribers buy their fish directly from the people who catch it- there are no middlemen. Fishermen get a fair price for their catch, and subscribers get fresh, sustainably caught fish. What type of fish do I get? During the summer months, most of the fish provided by Off the Hook fishermen is haddock, with the occasional hake & ocean pollock. The fish are generally 2 to 3 pounds each. This year, we will also be offering limited quantities of halibut and mackerel to our subscribers when available. How is Off the Hook fish caught? Most of the fish available at the grocery store is caught by large commercial bottom trawlers. Trawling (or…
The 2011 Prospect Road Community Clean Up this Saturday, April 30th! If you or your group would like to be part of this annual event please contact Peter Jollimore at
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or Rose Caissie at
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. The event will be held on April 30th in various communities that make up the Prospect Road. You can join in a group already working in an area or choose your own area that needs some care and attention. Groups can choose their own start times and locations for the morning. Please take part, meet your neighbours and contribute to your communities. Below is a list of groups, locations and times we are aware of. Feel free to forward this anyone you wish as the more people we have the cleaner our community will be. 8am the Prospect Road Lions Club, Citizens on Patrol, Toes In the Water youth group and other volunteers are meeting at the Irving and cleaning towards the start of the Prospect Road 9am in Terence Bay and Lower Prospect meet at the old fish plant, the leader of this location is Rose Caissie. 9am at the park off Cathy Road in Brookside. The Brookside Homeowners are leading this clean…
The Environmental Home Assessment Program (EHAP) is available in all areas of Nova Scotia. Homeowners with onsite septic systems and private wells can request a free environmental home assessment by calling 1-800-665-5377. This service is funded by the Nova Scotia Department of Environment and delivered by non-profit organizations providing environmental education. In all regions of Nova Scotia homeowners can contact Clean Nova Scotia at 1-800-665-5377 to book your FREE assessment. During the EHAP assessment, Clean Nova Scotia staff will meet with the homeowner at their home for approximately and hour and a half. The homeowner will receive information on how to manage their septic system and well water quality and how to inspect their oil tank. All information obtained during an EHAP assessment is confidential. Home owners who participate in the EHAP assessment are eligible for a $50 septic tank pumping rebate. Those who meet certain eligibility criteria may also apply for a grant of up to 1/3 of the cost to a maximum of $3,000 from the Nova Scotia Department of Environment’s Septic Repair Grant Program. Participation in this program helps to protect our environment and the health of Nova Scotia households. Call 1-800-665-5377 (EHAP) to request your free…
Friday, 26 March 2010 09:02
Western Common Wilderness Common Draft Master Plan Meeting
Written by John Charles
HRM is seeking public input on the draft Master Plan for the Western Common Wilderness Common. The Western Common is situated between Highway 103 and Highway 333 (Prospect Road) extending west from the Ragged Lake Business Park to the area around Nine Mile River.The Wilderness Common is a proposed 1600 hectare portion of the Western Common that will become a Regional Park. Copies of the plan and maps are available for download at: http://www.halifax.ca/RealPropertyPlanning/WCWA/index.html The public is also invited to comment on the plan via email. Please submit your comments to
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no later than April 14, 2010. Wednesday, April 14, 2010 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Brookside Junior High School 2239 Prospect Road Hatchet Lake, NS For further information please contact John Charles, Planner, Real Property Planning, HRM Infrastructure and Asset Management at: 490 5771.
