Links

Following are external links to Environmental Organizations in the HRM Area, or to environmental sites of municipal interest.

Please note: some of these sites are third party sites with no affiliation to HRM.

HRM Websites

• MindShift - Adventure Earth Centre

• Point Pleasant Park

• Stepping Up - Physical Activity Strategy for the Halifax Region (document)

• Trails

Not for Profit Organizations

• Atlantic Canada Electronic Stewardship

• Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society - Nova Scotia Chapter

• Clean Nova Scotia

• Community Based Environmental Monitoring Network - based at St. Mary's University

• Dartmouth Area Watershed Network

• Eco-Efficiency Centre

• Ecology Action Centre

• GPI Atlantic -- Genuine Progress Indicators

• Nova Scotia Environmental Network

• Resource Recovery Fund Board Nova Scotia

• Sackville Rivers Association

• Sierra Club Atlantic - Canada Chapter

• Soil & Water Conservation Society of Metro Halifax -- Lakes: theory and chemical/biological field data

• Woodens River Watershed Environmental Organization

Government Departments

• Nova Scotia Department of Environment

• Nova Scotia Water Portal "Water for Life"

• Environment Canada

Other Resources

• Chebucto Community Net Environment Page

• City of Guelph Residents' Environmental Handbook

• Halifax Green Map

• Search for retailers in your community who accept rechargeable batteries for recycling

• Tools of Change Web Site Case Studies:

• Halifax Regional Municipality Pesticide By-law
• Halifax Waste Resource Management Strategy

• Water Quality: Trends in Eutrophication and Acidification in the Maritimes

Watershed Management Links

• Canadian Geographic

• Centre for Sustainable Watersheds

• Center for Watershed Protection

• Clean Annapolis River Project - "Wading In" Watershed Management in Nova Scotia

• Environment Canada - Know Your Watershed

• Environment Canada - All About Watersheds

• US Environmental Protection Agency - Watersheds

• Russell Lake Watershed Management Plan

• Morris Lake Watershed Management Plan

• Protect Your Watershed - brochure for HRM residents