24 FEBRUARY 2022 — On Saturday, February 26, 2022, Healthy Coasts is hosting a community engagement session for the Chaleur region. This session is the second for the region and will focus on beaches and dunes. During this session, people are encouraged to share their conservation priorities for their region and their community and will …
Marie Kryszko, Traditional Mi’kmaq Knowledge Keeper Read More »
FEBRUARY 14, 2022 (Port Rowan, Ontario) — The Canadian population of Chimney Swifts has declined by nearly 90% since 1970. Birds Canada is delighted to announce the launch of the Chimney Swift Chimney Restoration Fund, a major new initiative to help conserve important habitat for the Chimney Swift, which is listed as Threatened under Canada’s …
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FEBRUARY 11, 2022 — Despite the quieter times here in New Brunswick during the pandemic, Nature NB’s Education Department has been busy with many successful school programs and NatureKids events! December was filled with all things birds. Many schools participated in the Christmas Bird Count for Kids program, a citizen science program organized through Birds …
How important are coastal areas to you? Healthy Coasts NB has been asking this question from the get-go. The multi-year, multi-partner project works with communities to “identify and support activities along the coast of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in New Brunswick that will benefit species and coastal habitats of conservation concern and cultural importance.” …
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DECEMBER 3, 2021 — It’s December, and avid birders across the world know what that means : The Christmas Bird Count is almost here! Once again birders in New Brunswick will be bundling up and heading out to count birds. Within each Count Circle (area measuring 24 km in diameter that stays the same each …
NOVEMBER 26, 2021 — It’s the end of November and we are fast approaching the holiday season. Festive music is already playing on the radio and in stores, and soon, bright Christmas lights will make the dark drives home a little bit merrier. One must admit, despite the darker and colder evenings, decorations by candlelight …
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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2022 will mark the 50th anniversary of Nature NB! Our organization started in 1972 as the New Brunswick Federation of Naturalists. Presently, we are comprised of a dozen naturalist clubs and hundreds of members across the province. Thanks to its dedicated staff, Nature NB offers education programs, citizen science opportunities, and a yearly festival to …
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021 — New Brunswick’s leading conservation groups are asking candidates what they will do to protect NB’s nature and act on climate change if they are elected in Canada’s federal election on September 20th. In the open letter, Nature NB, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society—NB Chapter, the Conservation Council of New Brunswick and …
