Parks and protected areas: public consultation

https://novascotia.ca/parksandprotectedareas/

Nova Scotians are invited to provide their comments on these proposed provincial park, and wilderness area lands:

Dunns Beach Provincial Park, Antigonish County
Eastern Shore Islands Wilderness Area (expansion), Halifax Regional Municipality
Economy River Wilderness Area (expansion), Cumberland and Colchester counties
Eigg Mountain – James River Wilderness Area (expansion), Antigonish
Five Islands Provincial Park (expansion), Colchester County
Medway Lakes Wilderness Area (expansion), Annapolis County
Middle River-Framboise Wilderness Area (expansion), Cape Breton Regional Municipality
Monks Head Provincial Park, Antigonish County
Pomquet Beach Provincial Park, Antigonish County
Portapique River Wilderness Area (expansion), Cumberland and Colchester counties
Sackville River Wilderness Area, Halifax Regional Municipality
Wentworth Valley Wilderness Area (expansion), Cumberland County

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Re: Wentworth
“Adding these parcels to the wilderness area will protect additional old and mature forest and add a well-known access point, simplifying management of the wilderness area. This also complements non-government efforts to protect private land in the Wentworth Valley and develop expanded, four-season trail and tourism opportunities.”
This statement looks good to me. Does anyone have any other info as to how this might effect existing or planned MTB trails there?

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@WentworthMTB might have some info.

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Ingram River didn’t make the list.

HI @Rolls , yes we are engaged in discussion with major landowners on developing expanded trail (multi use) networks. This is all good news for the MTB community. The Province requires all bordering private landowners to align on trail usage so that is going to be the heavy lifting that needs to be completed in the coming years.

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Would also be nice if Owl’s head became a provincial park, and not a golf course.

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