Coastlines Natural History Column

Coastlines is a natural history column raising knowledge and awareness of native species, habitats, and human ecology in coastal Nova Scotia. The articles and illustrations focus on local topics and aim to foster a greater appreciation and understanding of coastal wildlife and habitat conservation in our province. 

Our latest articles are available here, and older articles can be found in our archives.  Some articles are also available in French. 

About Watersheds:

• Where the waters begin – a traditional view of water Provided by IKANAWTIKET (September 2009)
• Water's the Problem? Conserving Household H2O by Zak Miller (August 2009)
• Healthy Forests = Healthy Streams and Clean Drinking Water by Jamie Simpson (July 2009)
• Twisting by the pools by Amy Weston (June, 2009)
• Eels on Slippery Slope by Sadie Beaton (June, 2009)
• “Rock Snot” yucky, also threatens Nova Scotian streambeds by Sadie Beaton (April, 2009)
• Lakes, Loons and Water Quality in Nova Scotia by Benna Keoghoe (March, 2009)
• Digging Happy Clams along Nova Scotia’s Shores by Sadie Beaton (February, 2009)
• Nova Scotia’s Lakes: Life Under the Ice by Val Kendall
  (January, 2009)
• Nova Scotia’s Floodplains – Rich, Threatened, and Our Collective Responsibility by Val Kendall and Sadie Beaton 
  (December, 2008)
• Think Bottled Water Is Harmless? Not so. by Jocelyne Rankin (November, 2008)
• Getting to Know Your Watershed by Sadie Beaton
  (October, 2008)

On Nova Scotia's Beaches:

• A Day at the Beach or a Day at the Doctor's? Doing Our Part to Keep Beaches Clean by Sadie Beaton
  (September, 2008)
• Portuguese Galleys off the Nova Scotia Coast - tropical invaders or friendly visitors? by Andrew Hebda
  (July, 2008)
• The Role of Local Landowners in Protecting our Coastal Legacy by Craig Smith
  (June, 2008)
• Consider it Home by Kari Riddell
  (May 2, 2008)
• Coasting Through the Winter by Blake Maybank
  (March, 2008)
• Strandings - Lessons from the beach by Tonya Wimmer
  (February, 2008)
• You Say Barachois, I Say Barasway by John Brazner
  (January 11, 2008)

More about Coastlines

Coastlines is a project of the Ecology Action Centre and Bird Studies Canada and appears monthly in community papers around the province as well as online. Coastlines is supported by the Nova Scotia Habitat Conservation Fund. If you would like to publish Coastlines in your community newspaper, please email us.