New Brunswick gears up for the City Nature Challenge Nature NB and the provincial community of naturalists are leading the 2024 City Nature Challenge in New Brunswick. Well-known as an international initiative to highlight and record biodiversity, the CNC takes place in April 26th-29th. Using iNaturalist, participants are encouraged to get out into their backyards …
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Nature NB Renames Annual Award in Memory of Roger Leblanc Nature NB’s annual award that recognizes a naturalist at our AGM has been renamed. The Roger Leblanc Memorial Naturalist of the Year Award will now not only recognize the accomplishments of our members from year-to-year, but will also serve to preserve the legacy of avid …
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In the fall of 2023, Nature NB embarked on the journey of installing a living shoreline in the Chaleur Region to combat coastal erosion, in collaboration with Birds Canada, Helping Nature Heal, Chaleur Bay Watershed, and Regen Media. However, there was a catch: Bank Swallows in the area relied on the eroding cliff face for nesting. Our Program Manager, Lauren Stead, takes us through a day of hard work on a pilot project that integrates Bank Swallow habitat preservation with living shoreline restoration techniques.
Open Farm Day 2023 – A look into riparian restoration on farms in NB Ben Whalen, Executive Director of the Kennebecasis Watershed Restoration Committee In September, the Kennebecasis Watershed Restoration Committee (KWRC) and Nature NB hosted an Open Farm Day to help showcase the important work local watershed organizations and farmers play in protecting species …
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Monarch Butterfly Moves from Special Concern to Endangered under Federal Species at Risk Act On December 8, 2023, amendments to the Species at Risk Act (SARA) were announced by the federal government. As part of the changes, the status of the Monarch Butterfly was changed under Schedule 1 of SARA, the legislation that officially declares …
Baie des Chaleurs Seabird Survey 2023 Spring 2022 It’s a chilly spring morning as I look out over the Baie des Chaleurs in Dalhousie, peering through my binoculars in search of Black Scoters. As I scan slowly across the horizon, I see Northern Gannets, Long-tailed Ducks, and Double-crested Cormorants amongst the small chunks of floating …
Remembering Roger Leblanc (1954-2023) It is with a heavy heart that Nature NB shares the obituary of Roger Leblanc, our longtime friend and member who passed away on June 3, 2023. Roger was in Saint John for our Festival of Nature, preparing to lead a birding outing that very morning. In addition to being a …
2023 Mary Majka Scholarship Recipients Nature NB and the Mary Majka Scholarship Fund committee are pleased to announce the four winners of this year’s Mary Majka Scholarship, awarded to students at any stage of their education who will be pursuing projects and programs in the realms of environmental science, conservation, biology, or other subjects that …
Update : Read the Radio-Canada article (in French only) all about the achievements of Louis-Émile Cormier! Naturalist of the Year: Louis-Émile Cormier Nature NB was pleased to present Louis-Emile Cormier with the Naturalist of the Year award at the 2023 Festival of Nature Celebration Banquet, which was held at the Meenan’s Cove Beach House in …
A sustainable agriculture is one which depletes neither the people nor the land. Wendell Berry NOVEMBER 16, 2022 — In 2019, Nature NB along with 14 other partners – including NGOs, Indigenous Nations, government agencies, and academic partners – formed an initiative called Species at Risk Partnerships in Agricultural Landscapes (SARPAL). In the three years …
