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Project Details:
Background
In August 2003, the Wildlife Division of the Nova Scotia Department of
Natural Resources initiated a project to work with municipalities on
species at risk conservation and recovery. Up until now little has been
done to explore the important role that municipalities may pay in
supporting conservation and recovery of species and their habitat. This
project will raise awareness of species at risk, help build stewardship
capacity within municipalities and communities, and explore municipal
“tools” that might assist in the conservation and recovery of species at
risk.
Goals:
Overall Goal:
To contribute to the conservation and recovery of species at risk in Nova
Scotia in order to prevent species from being extirpated due to human
activities.
Year One Project
Goal:
To share information and explore the role
municipalities may play in the conservation and recovery of species at
risk and their habitats.
Project Timeline
This is the first year of a multiple year
project. This year (2003-2004) we have been contacting all regional
and rural municipalities in NS and meeting with them to present
information on species at risk, and to discuss the role municipalities may
play in conservation and recovery.
Project Coordination:
 This
project was initiated by Sherman Boates and Samara Eaton of the Wildlife
Division of the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources.
Samara Eaton is a wildlife biologist with the Wildlife Division of
the NS Department of Natural Resources and is the lead coordinator of this
project.
Sherman Boates is the
Manager of the
Biodiversity Program of the Wildlife Division of the NS Department of
Natural Resources and is co-coordinating this project.
Contact Information:
For contact information for
Samara Eaton and Sherman Boates and other key contacts, please visit the
Contact Information page on this website.
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Government of Canada
Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk |
Project Funding:
This project is funded in-part by:
The Government of Canada
Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk
and in part by:
The
Wildlife
Division of the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources.
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