What an incredible day in Sherbrooke at St.Mary's River in Guysborough county. The Minister of Environment and Climate Change summer tour teamed up with Minister Greg Morrow and Minister Pat Dunn for a visit with the Saint Mary's River Association.

➡️St Barbara confirms ‘commitment’ to Cochrane Hill gold mine ⏩Opponents vow to continue fight against open-pit extraction plan #NovaScotia #SaveArchibaldLake SMRA Greg Morrow MLA Guysborough-Tracadie #Guysborough guysboroughjournal.com/?page=post&ID=…

A map is now posted of Archibald Lake Wilderness Area by NS Environment and Climate Change. 684 hectares. Looks good. #SaveArchibaldLake

The Archibald Lake Wilderness Area is NOW PROTECTED!! We thank Chris Miller (Chris Miller, PhD 🇨🇦) and his team at CPAWS Nova Scotia for their help, and the support of Timothy Halman and Greg Morrow MLA Guysborough-Tracadie for making this possible. #SaveArchibaldLake (✔️😀) #NovaScotia @SMRASalmon

N.S. group vows to fight further plans for open-pit gold mines. Interview with Scott Beaver, President of the St Mary's River Association. cbc.ca/player/play/22…

Our land and our water are among our province’s most valuable resources. Bravo to the province for making this important decision to protect the environment for future generations! guysboroughjournal.com/?page=post&ID=…

Rafflebox: Help support the St. Mary's River Association 50/50 Raffle August and have a chance to win some real prizes. rafflebox.ca/raffle/smra

The St. Mary’s River in Nova Scotia is a wild salmon success story that proves the value of local leadership and public investment. Protect it. Enjoy it. It’s worth it. SMRA Nova Scotia Salmon Association | NSSA

Tickets on sale until noon today with the draw taking place at 3:00. Good luck everyone! Rafflebox: Help support the St. Mary's River Association 50/50 Raffle August and have a chance to win some real prizes. rafflebox.ca/raffle/smra

Wonderful day on the St Mary’s Nature Trail installing 3 Boreal Owl nest boxes. We return in late April to look for #nests. Birds Canada - Atlantic & Québec Region #Owls #Owl #BorealOwl #nestbox #BirdsofTwitter #BirdTwitter #Birds #Ornithology #NovaScotia #Guysborough SMRA #StFX

ASF researchers have removed 46 escaped aquaculture salmon from the Magaguadavic River fishway in southwest New Brunswick since August 1. Aquaculture escapees are a high-level threat to wild Atlantic salmon. Read more about this problem here: ow.ly/Ep3750PIu3K

1/3 Update on #Audiomoth surveys in the #StMarysRiver. Rare Hoary #Bat found: inaturalist.org/observations/1… Only 3rd #iNaturalist record in #NovaScotia inaturalist.ca/taxa/40523-Las… #tech4wildlife #bats Open Acoustic Devices SMRA

2/3 Incredibly, we also found Mouse-eared #Bats at the same time: inaturalist.org/observations/1… #LittleBrownBat were found last year about 10 km away: inaturalist.org/observations/1… Note: both #bat videos slowed by 8x normal speed.

3/3 This part of the #StMarysRiver is perfect habitat for Hoary #Bats, and is on the edge of the Barren Brook Conservation Land, protected by Nova Scotia Nature Trust Zoom in on this map: nsnt.ca/our-work/our-c… #Guysborough #NovaScotia #bat #conservation

"[It is] an all too familiar tactic used by the #MiningIndustry to get out of responsibilities & costs for decommissioning & reclaiming mines after their profitable life is over.” - Karen McKendry, senior wilderness outreach coordinator w/the EAC 👉️ bit.ly/EACinTheNewsTW

Rafflebox: Help support the St. Mary's River Association 50/50 Raffle September and have a chance to win some real prizes. rafflebox.ca/raffle/smra FINAL 50/50 of the SEASON! Draw happening Oct. 6th

A beautiful photo - thank you for sharing it!! SMRA #Guysborough #NovaScotia #StMarysRiver

1/3 #ArchibaldLake episode of #WildNovaScotia series by Eastlink is now available #NovaScotia #Antigonish #Guysborough SMRA #tech4wildlife #bats Open Acoustic Devices (#Audiomoth work starts at 22:00) youtu.be/GB7XnEU3kkc?si…

2/3 Wild Nova Scotia - S1E9 St. Mary’s River #NovaScotia #Antigonish #Guysborough #StMarysRiver youtu.be/1NQQ1pFT3uc?si…

3/3 Wild Nova Scotia - S1E13 St. Mary’s River Watershed #NovaScotia #Antigonish #Guysborough #StMarysRiver youtu.be/GchIIa8I2uo?si…