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Tantallon Halifax ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 4933000 ! Peggys Cove Duncans Cove Terence Bay ! Brookside ! ! ! Bayside ! ! CTB! Property Boundary Forest Cover Open Water Softwood ! Whites Lake ! Shad Bay ! Rivers and Streams Mixedwood ! Hardwood ! Roads Divide Highway Non-Forest Land Use Arterial Brush ! Collector! Clear Cut ! ! ! Paved Road Wetland ! ! 4930000 TCH Rock Barren ! Unpaved Road Barren ! Railroad Urban ! ! Lanes / Driveways Beach ROAD ruin/inactive/abandoned ! Cart Track / Footpath ! Ferry ! ! Misc ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 4927000 ! ! Ketch Harbour ! ! ! ! Sambro Head ! ! ! Sambro ! Terence Bay ! ! ! ! Sambro Creek ! ! ! ! ! ! Prospect ! ! ! West Pennant Chebucto Terence Bay ! ! ! Sandy Cove Wind Farm ! ! ! ! Bald Rock ! ! ! 4924000 Figure 4.3 ! ! ! East Pennant Lower Prospect ! ! ! ! Regional Land Cover ! ! ! Drawn: JHR Date: 20/06/2014 ! ! Checked: CBCL Project # 121216.00 ! ! ! Approved: Scale @ 11"x17" 1:60,000 ! ! ! 0 0.5 1 2 km ! 4921000 ! ! ! [ ! ! ! Data Sources: Map Parameters: NSGC 1:10,000 Topo Coordinate System: NAD 1983 UTM Zone 20N NSDNR Projection: Transverse Mercator ! ! NTDB Datum: North American 1983 ! False Easting: 500,000.0000 False Northing: 0.0000 ! Central Meridian: -63.0000 Scale Factor: 0.9996 Latitude Of Origin: 0.0000 ! Units: Meter ! ! 437000 440000 443000 446000 449000 452000 455000 ! L:\121216.00 RESL Terrence Bay\GIS\LAYOUT\FINAL REPORT FIGURES\121216.00 FIG 4-3 Regional Landcover Types.mxd ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Waverley Lake Echo Long Lake Tantallon Halifax Provincial Park Herring Cove Mill Cove Five Bridges Lake Non-Designated Hatchet Lake Wilderness Area Harrietsfield Park Peggys Cove Duncans Cove Herring Cove Terence Bay CTB Property Boundary (Approx) Roads Open Water Divide Highway Terence Bay Rivers and Streams Arterial Wilderness Area Significant Habitat Features Collector Migratory Bird Paved Road Blind Bay Non- Species at Risk TCH Designated Park Species of Concern Unpaved Road Brookside Other Habitat Railroad Protected Areas Lanes / Driveways Bear Cove Bayside Wilderness Areas ROAD ruin/inactive Whites Lake Nondesignated Prov. Parks & Reserves Cart Track / Footpath Shad Bay Designated Prov. Parks & Reserves Ferry Lake Frederick 12% Lands Misc 12% Lands McGraths Cove East Dover Ketch Harbour Sambro Head Terence Bay Sambro Chebucto Terence Bay Sambro Creek Wind Farm Prospect West Pennant Sandy Cove Figure 4.4 Bald Rock East Pennant Protected Areas and Lower Prospect Significant Habitat Crystal Crescent Drawn: JHR Date: 20/06/2014 Beach Povincial Park Checked: CBCL Project # 121216.00 Approved: Scale @ 11"x17" 1:75,000 0 0.75 1.5 3 km [ Data Sources: Map Parameters: NSGC 1:10,000 Topo Coordinate System: NAD 1983 UTM Zone 20N NSDNR Projection: Transverse Mercator Datum: North American 1983 False Easting: 500,000.0000 False Northing: 0.0000 Central Meridian: -63.0000 Scale Factor: 0.9996 Latitude Of Origin: 0.0000 Units: Meter L:\121216.00 RESL Terrence Bay\GIS\LAYOUT\FINAL REPORT FIGURES\121216.00 FIG 4-4 Protected Areas in Vicinity of Project Site.mxd Again, this park is popular with hikers, but has no camping facilities. There are no federally protected areas on the Chebucto peninsula. The Government of Nova Scotia has committed to protect 12% of the provincial land base by 2015 (Environmental Goals and Sustainable Prosperity Act, 2007). As such, the Province has identified areas being considered for protection in order to reach the 12% goal. Two such areas are in close proximity to the Project site. These areas are located on the east and south‐west shores of Frederick Lake and together make up approximately 87 ha (NSE, 2011b). It is not yet clear under which designation these lands will be protected. The coastal region adjacent to the Project site is designated as significant habitat by the NSDNR (NSDNR, 2012b). This designation is given to areas known to be habitat for species at risk/species of concern, special habitats, sites of high biodiversity, or sites of natural history interest. The coastal region directly south and south‐east of the Project site (including Lower Prospect, East Pennant and Bald Rock) is designated because of migratory bird use. The designated area begins at the coast and extends 700 m seaward. To the south‐east of the Project site, coastal regions and islands are designated as significant habitat based on the presence of species at risk. There is no legislation associated with the significant habitat designation. 4.3 Species of Conservation Concern A screening of the ACCDC list resulted in a shortlist of 161 species that have been sighted within 25 km of the Project site (Appendix H). This list was reduced to include only species that have been legislated either provincially under the Endangered Species Act or federally (SARA). The resulting 20 species are listed in Table 4.4. Sections 4.3.1 through 4.3.7 provide additional information on these species. Table 4.4: Species at risk sighted within 25 km of the Terence Bay wind site NSDNR Nearest # of Scientific Name Common Name General SARA NSESA SRANK Sighting Sightings Status (km) BIRDS Calidris canutus rufa Red Knot, rufa At risk E E S2S3M 23 ± 0.5 1 subspecies Chaetura pelagica Chimney Swift At risk T E S2S3B 20 ± 5 3 Charadrius melodus Piping Plover At risk E E S1B 18 ± 0.1 4 melodus melodus ssp Chordeiles minor Common Nighthawk At risk T T S3B 7 ± 5 10 Contopus cooperi Olive‐sided At risk T T S3B 7 ± 5 9 Flycatcher Dolichonyx oryzivorus Bobolink Sensitive V S3S4B 23 ± 5 3 Euphagus carolinus Rusty Blackbird May be SC E S2S3B 7 ± 5 9 at risk Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow Sensitive E S3B 4 ± 5 19 CBCL Limited Chebucto Terence Bay Wind Farm 44 NSDNR Nearest # of Scientific Name Common Name General SARA NSESA SRANK Sighting Sightings Status (km) Histrionicus histrionicus Harlequin Duck ‐ At risk SC E S2N 9 ± 10 3 pop. 1 Eastern pop. Sterna dougallii Roseate Tern At risk E E S1B 12 ± 10 3 Wilsonia canadensis Canada Warbler At risk T E S3B 4 ± 5 15 REPTILES Glyptemys insculpta Wood Turtle Sensitive T T S3 16 ± 1 3 INVERTEBRATES Danaus plexippus Monarch Sensitive SC S2B 15 ± 0 3 LICHENS Degelia plumbea Blue felt lichen Secure V S2 2 ± 0.1 4 Erioderma pedicellatum Boreal felt lichen ‐ At risk E E S1S2 13 ± 1 1 (Atlantic pop.) Atlantic pop. MAMMALS Alces americanus Moose At risk E S1 7 ± 10 2 Myotis lucifugus Little brown bat Sensitive E S1 29 ± 10 1 VASCULAR PLANTS Clethra alnifolia Sweet pepperbush Sensitive SC V S1 19 ± 0.1 1 Fraxinus nigra Black ash S2S3 29 ±10 Sensitive V 1 Helianthemum Rockrose May be E S1 19 ± 1 1 canadense at risk Under SARA, E=Endangered, T=Threatened and S=Special Concern. Under NS ESA, E=Endangered, T=Threatened and V=Vulnerable. 4.3.1 Birds of Conservation Concern 4.3.1.1 RED KNOT (CALIDRIS CANUTUS RUFA) The Red Knot rufa subspecies is listed as ‘endangered’ both federally and provincially. This bird takes part in large migrations from winter grounds in southern and central USA to breed in the Canadian Arctic. During the non‐breeding season, red knots are primarily marine shorebirds and