Chris Miller @NSwilderness Twitter profile

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Chris Miller

8 years

I'm Chris. I'm an #actuallivingscientist who designs systems of protected areas to conserve biodiversity and save species from extinction.

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

I'm in lockdown, so might as well post a few photos of the 61 new protected areas announced in Nova Scotia yesterday.

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

4 years

Nova Scotia announced 20 new protected areas today. Let me take a moment to show you some of these places. #NSpoli

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

5 years

Today I put a machine in my front yard that will suck carbon out of the atmosphere for the next 100 years hopefully. It runs entirely off-grid, looks nice, and there's plenty of them available at my local nursery.

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

1 year

Nova Scotia is so beautiful 😍😍

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

4 years

Don't make this guy famous. Never mention his name. Take down his fucking picture. Focus on the victims.

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

2 years

This is a park. Not a golf course. #SaveWestMabouBeach #NSpoli

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

1 year

BREAKING: Nova Scotia government says NO to golf course development at West Mabou Beach Provincial Park!!! Excellent decision. 👏 Thank you @TimHoustonNS and @ToryRushton #SaveWestMabouBeach #NSpoli

N.S. government says no to golf course in West Mabou Beach Provincial Park | CBC News

In an interview on Thursday, Natural Resources Minister Tory Rushton said officials from his department informed the company last week that even if a formal request were submitted, it would not be...

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

I'm so excited to share this bit of good news. During @CPAWSnovascotia expedition to Owls Head last week, we had a confirmed sighting of an endangered leatherback sea turtle!! It was feeding on jellyfish very close to shore. Watched it for ~25 minutes. #SaveOwlsHead #NSpoli

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

4 years

BREAKING: Nova Scotia creates 20 new protected areas, including Sackville River - Lewis Lake. More to come...

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

I got a few days off, so I’m going hiking in the Cape Breton Highlands!! 😍😍

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

BREAKING: Nova Scotia to create 61 new protected areas. More to come... #NSpoli #EarthDay2021

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

1 year

BREAKING: Federal government has decided to proceed with a National Urban Park designation for Halifax's Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes wilderness and will commit $2.1 million in funding for planning establishment. Awesome news!! 😀👏

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

4 years

The beach was not crowded

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

4 years

Yes!! Halifax Regional Council votes unanimously to add a walking/biking greenway along the Bedford Highway to link-up with peninsula. Very glad about this. I bike along there all the time and it's very dangerous now.

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

1 year

Please spare a thought for those who had to flee from their homes, and to those who have not yet reached safety. Tantallon, Yankeetown, Hammonds Plains, Lucasville

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

4 years

Ahhhh, Nova Scotia. You are so lovely!!! 💚

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

2 years

Today, I received the Platinum Jubilee Medal for my work to protect Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes. I’m honoured to receive this award and was so pleased that the ceremony was held at the trailhead.😁. Thank you @RafahDiCostanzo 🙏

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

2 years

BREAKING: Sackville River Wilderness Area officially protected!!! Woohoo!! More to come...

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

2 years

I’ve worked 25 years to protect this near urban wilderness, and I’m not done yet. Let’s make it a national park. Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes 💙💚

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

2 years

Approving a golf course in a provincial park that's full of rare and endangered species is such a bad, bad idea. (cartoon: @CH_Cartoon ) #SaveWestMabouBeach #NSpoli

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

BREAKING: Nova Scotia government commits to legally-protecting Owls Head!!! via @HfxExaminer . Thank you @TimHoustonNS @ToryRushton @TimothyHalman #SaveOwlsHead #NSpoli

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

That warm tropical air that bathes over Nova Scotia in September is quite the thing. I wish you all could experience it.

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

Yesterday, I walked amongst the giants. 300 year old trees in the Mi'kma'ki forest. #SaveIngramRiver

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

2 years

BREAKING: Owls Head designated as a Provincial Park!! #SaveOwlsHead #NSpoli 😀😀😀

Nova Scotia Gov.

@nsgov

2 years

Owls Head Provincial Park Designation

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

5 years

BREAKING: Federal government pulls out of controversial land deal at Owls Head. Offer of federal land to @nsgov now rescinded. The cracks are appearing. Thank you @JustinTrudeau and @JonathanWNV !! #NSpoli #SaveOwlsHead

Feds end talks that could have seen N.S. buy land for golf course development | CBC News

Lighthouse Links Development Company wants to build as many as three golf courses in Little Harbour on the province's Eastern Shore. As part of that proposal, the company is trying to buy Crown land...

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

1 year

This is a big FU to the planet and Nova Scotians.

CBC Nova Scotia

@CBCNS

1 year

According to documents filed in its latest capital spending application, Nova Scotia Power intends to convert three coal-fired units at the Lingan Generating Station in Cape Breton to heavy fuel oil in 2030 and keep them operating until 2050.

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

2 years

Strolling thru Montreal this evening. And it is perfect.

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

4 years

Nearly 3% of all Nova Scotians got tested THIS WEEKEND. Tell me again that our low Covid numbers are just a fluke.

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

A national park, right in the city. Let's make it happen!! #BirchCoveLakes #Halifax #MakeItANationalPark

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

In Cape Breton, you can book a vaccine appointment TODAY and get your jab TODAY!! Lots more availability for tomorrow and the next day too. Don't let these timeslots go to waste.

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

To everyone who organized, wrote a letter, talked to their MLA, put up a sign, donated to the cause, supported local voices, attended a protest, boosted social media, did research, visited the site, spoke up, signed the petition, refused to go away...you did it!! #SaveOwlsHead 😊

CBC Nova Scotia

@CBCNS

3 years

Developer drops controversial plans for golf courses at Owls Head

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

Good news!!! Nova Scotia's protected areas target has now been officially increased from 14% to "at least" 20% of the provincial landmass. Thank you @TimHoustonNS for following through on your commitment. I look forward to working with you.

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

1 year

Sometimes I’m just so blown away by how beautiful it is here. Mi’kma’ki 🙏

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

4 years

It’s so beautiful, how could I not post it. #BirchCoveLakes #Halifax #NearUrbanWilderness

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

4 years

Climate change is happening whether you believe in it or not. Failure to acknowledge that climate change is real means that you have removed yourself from reasoned debate and evidence-based decision making. Good luck with that.

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

The anti-vaxxer protests at the border needs a hashtag. #TantramarTantrum

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

5 years

At some point in your life, go to the community of Francois. You won’t be disappointed

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

6 years

Quite the view of The Narrows.

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

The forests of Mi’kma’ki 🙏

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

2 years

BREAKING: New species discovered in Nova Scotia at West Mabou Beach Provincial Park. This super rare plant grows in sand dunes where golf course development is proposed. #SaveWestMabouBeach

Acadia biologist excited at discovery of rare fern at West Mabou Beach | CBC News

A rare fern has been identified on the land in the park, which is at the centre of a contentious proposal for a new golf course by Cabot Cape Breton.

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

Can’t even begin to tell you how nice it is to pick wild blueberries by the ocean. Listening to the waves. The smell of the sea. The saltiness on the berry before that warm delicious fruit explosion. 🤣🤤

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

2 years

Dear @TimHoustonNS . Please don't destroy this place. Thank you. West Mabou Beach Provincial Park.

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

1 year

Halifax is getting a National Urban Park!!! A few thoughts from me today at Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes 💙💙💙

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

4 years

Quite the view

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

4 years

Public launch of a 21 foot ocean going birch bark canoe at Kejimkujik today!! @toddlabrador77 @Mel7Labrador

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

8 months

Hanging out in the coolest little airport. I’ve gone back in time.

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

There's a lot of COVID coming into Atlantic Canada right now because infection rates are so high outside Atlantic Canada. These sparks cause outbreaks. So please, if you are coming here, respect our mandatory 14-day quarantine rules. It keeps us safe.

Nova Scotia Gov.

@nsgov

3 years

Seven New Cases of COVID-19

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

4 years

So many pictures of Peggy's Cove, but rarely do you see it looking like this.

TJ Maguire

@tjhfx

4 years

Peggy’s under a blanket of snow this morning.

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

4 years

Please help me thank @JonathanWNV for his decision to protect the ecologically-significant federal lands at Owls Head, rather than turning them over to a golf course development. Thank you!!

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

1 year

Big conservation news in Nova Scotia today!! Canada and Nova Scotia finalized a Nature Agreement to protect more land. A big thank you to @s_guilbeault and @TimothyHalman for making this happen.

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

2 years

Yesterday, a humpback whale swam within maybe 20feet of where I was standing on shore. Quietly gliding by. Some little fish jumping out of the water. Seals not too bothered. All under a setting sun. It was beautiful.

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

5 years

They held secret meetings for at least two years. They delisted the park without any public consultation. They are attempting to sell-off the coastal public lands to a private developer, but got caught. Shame!! #SaveOwlsHead

CBC Nova Scotia

@CBCNS

5 years

'We are against backroom deals': Eastern Shore group against golf resort proposal

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

Show us the modelling. Explain the assumptions. Don't just say hospitalizations look good. We know that's a lagging indicator. Compare with schools open vs. online learning. Show us the actual data. Transparency and openness builds confidence. We can handle it. #NSpoli

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

2 years

Of course they were going to take another run at West Mabou Beach Provincial Park. So we pre-emptively did some fieldwork there and found 17 rare species. Four of those are listed under the Endangered Species Act. #SaveWestMabouBeach #NSpoli

Ecologist says 17 rare species found in West Mabou park a red flag for golf development | SaltWire

The executive director of the Nova Scotia chapter of a national parks and wilderness society has come up with 17 sound reasons to dismiss the idea of a ...

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

1 year

Great news!! Canada-Nova Scotia Nature Agreement signed today. Provides $28.5M investment to create 82,500 hectares of new protected areas by March 2026. 💚

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

Things are a little tense in the Maritimes right now 😬

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

6 years

Ain't no place I'd rather be than the East Coast!!!

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

2 years

It's wild that the NS government is inviting this controversy upon itself, by not nipping this proposal in the bud. Nova Scotians are not going to stand for protected land being turned into a golf course. That much should be obvious after Owls Head. #SaveWestMabouBeach #NSpoli

CBC Nova Scotia

@CBCNS

2 years

Opposition to proposed golf course at Cape Breton's West Mabou Beach is growing

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

4 years

Wearing my Nova Scotia tartan. I love the people here so much. #NovaScotiaRemembers

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

5 years

Please don't make us Maritimers have to swear like this. #StayTheBlazesHome

Stephen McNeil

@StephenMcNeil

5 years

#StayTheBlazesHome .

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

9 months

I'm going to protect more of Nova Scotia's beautiful natural areas in 2024

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

Actually, the safety of our community comes first. @IainTRankin made the right call.

CTV Atlantic

@CTVAtlantic

3 years

Former national team captain says Premier Iain Rankin owes players an apology for cancelling world championship. Paul Hollingsworth reports.

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

Random tweet just to say I hope you are doing well, I hope you are coping okay, and I hope something today gives you a little joy. Wishing you well. 🙏

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

Meat Cove

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

4 years

Great news!!!! Halifax Regional Council votes in favour of Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes. The municipality will help fund @NSNatureTrust land purchase. Thank you to everyone who spoke up.

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

2 years

Sitting on a rock by the ocean at sunset with colleagues, watching the dolphins and bald eagles, when a humpback appears and then a couple of sharks and seals of course. Truly magical. Unama’ki 💙

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

Kearney Lake this evening

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

Climbed a mountain Found a rainbow 😁

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

Photo of Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes, posted for no particular reason 😊😊

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

Nova Scotia is hunting down the virus, doing more testing than any province has ever done. The more cases we find, the quicker this outbreak will be squashed.

Kevin Wilson

@WilsonKM2

3 years

Here's the nightly look at NS testing numbers. As of yesterday, NS was testing more per capita than any province ever has in the entire pandemic. Test positivity running average is 0.73%

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

2 years

Absolutely this should be a National Park. Such a huge opportunity for Halifax!! Let’s make it happen!! Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes today 💙💚

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

Went for a walk in the woods before dark.

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

4 years

Decades in the making, St. Mary's River finally receives its protected status. 👏

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

2 years

The Grand Staircase

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

McCallum, NL

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

8 years

Boston sent a trainload of doctors and nurses to Halifax when my city needed help the most. #TellAmericaItsGreat #NotGonnaForget

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

4 years

Is this place even real?? 🤣 #EasternShoreIslands

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

1 year

Canada-Nova Scotia Nature Agreement signed today. What’s it mean? A quick update from @CPAWSnovascotia .

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

4 years

It's pretty straightforward. Our provincial parks should NOT be for sale. Full stop. #SaveOwlsHead #NSpoli

Judicial review sought after Crown land removed from list of pending protected areas

The lawyer for a retired biologist and an environmental group is seeking judicial review of Nova Scotia's decision to remove a section of Crown land along the province's Eastern Shore from a list of...

atlantic.ctvnews.ca

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

Cape Breton Highlands National Park

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

4 years

This is a very nice thing to do. Thank you Newfoundland and Labrador. ❤️

Premier of NL

@PremierofNL

4 years

With flags flying at half mast since yesterday, today we raised the Nova Scotia Flag to half mast. The thoughts of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians remain with our neighbours, friends and family in Nova Scotia. @StephenMcNeil #NovaScotiaStrong

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

2 years

The Nova Scotia government announces 14 new and expanded protected areas, as well as $20M in new funding, during COP15 today. Exciting stuff. Thnx @TimothyHalman

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

5 years

I find myself taking this exact same picture every year

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

So nice living in a place that has prioritized testing. My free, rapid take home Covid test is negative! 👏

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

2 years

How big is that new marine conservation area off the coast of Nova Scotia? Well, it's almost the same size as Nova Scotia. 44,000km2 vs. 55,000km2 (map: @CBCNS )

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

1 year

Newfoundland 😍😍

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

4 years

Cheticamp Island Nature Reserve. One of Nova Scotia’s newest protected areas Established February 2021

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

5 years

In Nova Scotia, much of our forest has been cut down by industry several times, but every now and then you find a real beauty. #Kespukwitk

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

2 years

The entire known population of this vulnerable plant - Upswept Moonwort (Botrychium ascendens) - in the Canadian Maritimes is entirely within the sand dunes of West Mabou Beach Provincial Park, exactly where the golf course development is proposed. #SaveWestMabouBeach #NSpoli

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

2 years

Just because the park is beautiful doesn't mean you have to put a golf course there and make profit off of it. Yuck.

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

4 years

It’s time to protect this wilderness area. Sackville River - Lewis Lake

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

1 out of every 50 Nova Scotians was vaccinated yesterday!! 👏

Tim Bousquet

@Tim_Bousquet

3 years

Yesterday, a whopping — a single day record �� 21,161 doses of vaccine were administered.

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

This is Owls Head. The actual headland called Owls Head for which the entire area gets its name. Photo from our expedition there on Tuesday. #SaveOwlsHead

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@NSwilderness

3 years

Unanimous vote to officially increase the protected areas target in Nova Scotia to at least 20% of the provincial land and water mass by 2030. 👏

michael gorman

@MichaelTGorman

3 years

Bill 57 has passed unanimously @nsleg #NSpoli

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

Look at that beautiful forest!! Island Lake Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia Currently under public consultation for a new protected area. 👏

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

Stunning!! 😍😍

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

3 years

The tropical island of Cape Breton

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

9 months

This island has been added to the protected area. This perfect little island.

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Chris Miller

@NSwilderness

4 years

There's a beaver in the lake. I'm watching the fog come over the hill. A kingfisher just flew by. I can hear a hermit thrush off in the distance. The rhodora are in full bloom. Damn, I'm lucky.

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