NB Naturalist Feature: Improving our Understanding of Freshwater Mussels in New Brunswick By Kerstyn Dobbs and Sarah Cusack Freshwater mussels are bivalves that inhabit the benthic zone of freshwater ecosystems, but they are most commonly found in rivers and lakes. New Brunswick historically had 11 different species found all throughout the province, but unfortunately one …
Preorder Your Commemorative Copy of the NB Naturalist 50th Anniversary Edition Today! In 2022, Nature NB celebrated its 50th anniversary! In the upcoming edition of our magazine, the NB Naturalist, we put together the story of our 50 years (and counting!) of accomplishments, field trips, club meetings, advocacy, and more. We are doing a limited print run …
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NB Naturalist Feature: Newly Recorded Tapeworms Infecting Fishes of New Brunswick and the Need for Citizen Science! By Megan Fraser Parasites are organisms that live on or inside of a host organism; the host suffers some level of harm and the parasite benefits (Loker & Hofkin 2015). Parasitism is a common symbiotic lifestyle, and parasites …
MAY 26, 2022 — The Festival of Nature is an important part of Nature NB’s mission to celebrate New Brunswick’s natural heritage as naturalists from around the province gather together to learn from each other and explore the diversity of nature in New Brunswick. Each year, the Festival of Nature is kicked off with Nature …
By Jim Wilson APRIL 29, 2022 — Mary Majka was one of very few famous people that I ever met and the only one I can say was a personal friend. Aside from being a remarkable naturalist, teacher, and visionary she was also a warm humanitarian who knew first-hand what it was like to be …
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25 MARCH 2022 — In 1983, the New Brunswick legislature officially adopted the Black-capped Chickadee as the provincial bird. What was the catalyst for this decision? A contest conducted by the New Brunswick Federation of Naturalists (NBFN). The NBFN asked New Brunswickers to participate in the decision process by sending in their votes. Ballots were …
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25 FEBRUARY 2022 — In celebration of the organization’s 50th anniversary, Nature NB debuted a new logo in January 2022. This new iteration is actually the 4th logo the organization has had since its foundation. The New Brunswick Federation of Naturalists/Fédération des Naturalistes du Nouveau-Brunswick, or NBFN, was formed at the end of 1972. By …
By: Donald MacPhail, with Dr Marc Trudel For the last couple of years, my wife and I and a few friends have tried to keep a couple of beaches on Deer Island in the Bay of Fundy clear of human-made debris. When we started, there were large rope balls, tangled up nets and big plastic …
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By: Adam Cheeseman Summer 2021 Greeted by mosquitoes and the rising sun, Nature NB’s Adam Cheeseman starts his walk along a dyke in the Tintamarre National Wildlife Area near Sackville, his focus trained on the marsh — listening and watching for wetland birds as part of Birds Canada’s Maritime March Monitoring Program. The marsh comes …
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July 7, 2021 — My name is Kenzie and I am one of the summer students with Nature NB, working alongside my co-worker Dani as a nature educator. One part of our job this summer is spending time monitoring natural milkweed fields for evidence of Monarch butterfly development and nesting. We wanted to share some …
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