Healthy Lakes and Wetlands For Tomorrow - Species at Risk

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Activities cont’d Agricultural Practices.................................................................................................................43 Recreational Activities...............................................................................................................47 Thinking Ahead 48 Tracking Your Progress....................................................................................................................48 Planning for the Future: Working With Your Land............................................................................48 Appendices 50 Appendix A: Identification and Range Information..........................................................................50 Appendix B: Species locations in Nova Scotia..................................................................................55 Appendix C: Contact Information....................................................................................................58 Appendix D: Permits and Developmental Restrictions.....................................................................60 Glossary...............................................................................................................................62 Steward Sketches...........................................................................................................................63 Acknowledgements........................................................................................................................64 Stewardship Stories The Turners....................................................................................................................................19 L’sitkuk Environmental Youth Group...............................................................................................22 Carter Feltham...............................................................................................................................25 Caroline Power and Phyllis Westbury..............................................................................................28 The MacInnises..............................................................................................................................34 The MacQuarries............................................................................................................................38 Pat Hudson and Lillian Perry...........................................................................................................42 The Coles.......................................................................................................................................46 PREVIOUS PAGE: Stewards searching for Blanding’s Turtles; THIS PAGE: Sweet Pepperbush along the shore.
GETTING STARTED This landowner stewardship guide is about living with species at risk, specifically the Blanding’s Turtle, Eastern Ribbonsnake, and 11 plant species that are part of a group called Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora. These species are at risk of disappearing from Nova Scotia and they need your help. Landowners like you have the unique opportunity to participate in species at risk stewardship right in your own backyard. THIS GUIDE WILL: • Provide ways to protect and preserve our wetlands and water resources. Suggest actions that people can take to help species at risk and the habitats they • depend on. Help to maintain a healthy environment for you and your family, and those who • use the land after you. Nova Scotia range for Blanding’s Turtles, Eastern Ribbonsnakes and the 11 Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora species highlighted in this guide. These species are found in similar lake shoreline and wetland habitats. They are found in southwest Nova Scotia with the exception of the New Jersey Rush (found in Cape Breton) and one Eastern Lilaeopsis population in Cumberland County. Southwest Nova Scotia is home to over 80% of the species at risk in the province. 1
Page 1 and 2: Healthy Lakes and Wetlands For Tomo
Page 3 and 4: STEWARDS IN ACTION Checking for hat
Page 5: TABLE OF CONTENTS Getting Started 1
Page 9 and 10: SPECIES AT RISK Thread-leaved Sunde
Page 11 and 12: RESEARCH and STEWARDSHIP: Working T
Page 13 and 14: SENSITIVE HABITATS Blanding’s Tur
Page 15 and 16: BLANDING’S TURTLE HABITAT Timelin
Page 17 and 18: LAKE SHORELINE HABITAT M. Crowley P
Page 19 and 20: NEW JERSEY RUSH Found along the edg
Page 21 and 22: HOW YOU CAN HELP ON YOUR LAND The f
Page 23 and 24: Do not infill, rake, or mow your la
Page 25 and 26: STEWARDSHIP STORIES: The Turners Sn
Page 27 and 28: ESTUARIES Estuaries are coastal loc
Page 29 and 30: LAWN and GARDEN Sometimes what we c
Page 31 and 32: STEWARDSHIP STORIES: Carter Feltham
Page 33 and 34: Stay well away from the water when
Page 35 and 36: Avoid This Try This ON-SITE SEWAGE
Page 37 and 38: MOTORIZED VEHICLES Motorized vehicl
Page 39 and 40: MOTORIZED WATER VEHICLES: Drive at
Page 41 and 42: WILDLIFE and PETS We appreciate our
Page 43 and 44: INVASIVE FISH and PROHIBITED BAIT S
Page 45 and 46: FORESTRY PRACTICES Forestry practic
Page 47 and 48: NOVA SCOTIA WOODLOT OWNER OF THE YE
Page 49 and 50: AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES Agricultural
Page 51 and 52: Resources: Water on the Farm: Benef
Page 53 and 54: RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES Humans are
Page 55 and 56: NSNT NSNT The Nova Scotia Nature Tr
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Eastern Ribbonsnake Thamnophis saur
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THREATENED M. Crowley S. Boates M.
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APPENDIX C: Contact Information Bla
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APPENDIX D: Permits and Development
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GLOSSARY Alien Species: Animals and
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Acknowledgements American Marten Ow
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