Picture Courtesy of Hike Nova Scotia
An upcoming Hike Nova Scotia course in Mahone Bay will teach the necessary skills to become a certified hiking group leader.
The Field Leader Hiking Course which is being held in partnership with the Outdoor Council of Canada is being held from 9am-5pm, May 15th and 16th.
Janet Barlow, Executive Director for Hike Nova Scotia said the course teaches important group and risk management skills.
“If something does go wrong you’ve got this situation but you’ve also got this group of people you need to take care of,” said Barlow.
She said that anyone can register for the course, although it is best suited to those who already have hiking experience.
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Mud Lake has been called the gem of the west end, a magnet for birds and birders, naturalists and trail runners, photographers and shinny-playing teenagers on its glassy winter ice.
This summer, a black bear settled in, occasionally startling early-morning trail walkers until conservation officers trapped and relocated it. The Britannia Conservation Area Mud Lake’s formal name has been home to eagles and ospreys, a big-horned buck, waves of migrating warblers and waterfowl, several families of beavers, minks, snapping turtles and hundreds of other creatures, great and small.
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