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The Seed Sitters — Swamp Milkweed Grow-Along Chapter 4

Last time in Chapter 3, we tried Alysha’s hack for germinating Milkweed in less time, and now there’s a video on YouTube explaining the process.

Now that our Milkweed has germinated, let’s look at the next steps. And for the occasion, we have a special announcement to make. Say hello to the Seed Sitters Club!

5 Questions with Brad Perry

5 Questions with Brad Perry With the 2024 total solar eclipse right at our doorstep in New Brunswick, we are all suddenly interested in looking up at the sky (and to do it safely!). But Brad Perry, based in Fredericton, has been interested in night sky photography for more than a decade. Now an accomplished …

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Acting to Help Pollinators : Swamp Milkweed Grow-Along, Chapter 2

As we learned last month with the first chapter of our adventure, January-February is the ideal time to start the process of stratifying (winterizing) native plant seeds, including milkweed. In this second chapter, we talk about practical actions to get involved in the movement to help the pollinators.

Swamp Milkweed Grow-Along, Chapter 1: An intro to winter sowing for Monarchs

Swamp Milkweed Grow-Along, Chapter 1: An intro to winter sowing for Monarchs By Samuel LeGresley, Communications Coordinator at Nature NB A lot of our native plants need a little special care to germinate, but it’s nothing too complicated if you have the space and time to experiment. Embark on this grow-along journey with Nature NB …

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5 Questions with Mélanie Ouellette

5 Questions with … Mélanie Ouellette Mélanie Ouellette, from Saint-Basile in New Brunswick, is the founder of the Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library. Many native plants have sprung to life thanks to this initiative, as well as a variety of events that have been organized in the national capital. Last year, over 1,300 individuals and community …

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5 Questions with Carli le Roux

5 Questions with Carli le Roux The Appalachian Hardwood Forest APRI 28, 2023 — Did you know that Appalachian Hardwood Forests (AHF) house the greatest species diversity of all New Brunswick’s forests? Nature NB caught up with Carli le Roux, Conservation Manager with the Nature Trust of New Brunswick, to learn more about AHF and …

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6 Questions with Meghan Oliver

6 Questions with Meghan Oliver Tracking New Brunswick’s “Skunk Bird” APR 13, 2023 — The Bobolink, a species at risk listed as threatened in New Brunswick, is a grassland-nesting bird that spends time on New Brunswick farmlands each year for nesting and breeding. In early summer, male Bobolinks are black with a distinctive yellow nape …

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A surf scoter, one of the coolest birds Ashley has seen when surveying

5 Questions with Ashley Brown

5 Questions with Ashley Brown Nature NB has been working with local birders to survey waterbirds in the Port of Saint John region since 2019. The goal of this work is to learn more about the various waterbirds in the area and to inform oil spill preparedness, environmental impact assessment, etc. In 2021, we began …

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Gulf of St. Lawrence Aster

7 Questions with David Mazerolle

7 Questions with David Mazerolle New Brunswick is home to many species at risk including several at risk coastal plants. One of these plants is the Gulf of St. Lawrence Aster (Symphyotrichumlaurentianum). This plant is only found in the southern part of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. At present, the species is currently listed as …

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