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Plant propagation workshops to build capacity for watershed groups working on climate change adaptation measures for coastal and shoreline protection.

Alysha McGrattan from NatureNB leads this workshop on the life history of monarch butterflies and how to identify their life stages! You will gain valuable skills for helping to monitor monarchs which will help us continue to create favourable habitats our preserves for this species.

Join Mary Sollows from the New Brunswick Museum and learn about these amazing creatures, how to identify them and how to recognize and report the presence of any zebra mussels.

Isaac MacLean from the NB Nature Trust will lead this workshop on invasive species removal. You will gain valuable skills in monitoring for invasive species on nature preserves and the methods used to remove them. Together with Isaac, the group will also install an invasive species solarization box and stain the bridge on the preserve.

Are you curious about the work that goes into restoring a natural habitat? Join us as our friends from the Nashwaak Watershed show us the importance of restoring and maintaining floodplain habitat. We will be planting trees and shrubs to assist in the restoration efforts along the Marysville Flats in Fredericton.

We are looking for volunteers to participate in the Shorebird Conservation and Education Project held at Irving Nature Park!

Do you find raptor identification to be a challenge? You are not alone; hawks, falcons, harriers and the other members of this group test the skills of even experienced birders. Come learn from NB’s preeminent raptor expert, Todd Watts, Official Counter at the Greenlaw Mountain Hawk Watch, in this SJNC workshop at the Rockwood Park Interpretation Centre.

Join local birders Delaney Brooks and Cassandra Colwell as they teach us how to identify different waterfowl species at the beautiful Saints Rest Marsh Nature Preserve. Cassandra will start the event by leading an interactive explanation of the Maritime Marsh Monitoring Program with Birds Canada, and will be followed-up by an exploration of bird identification skills with Delaney.

Join Irving Nature Park staff and Hank Scarth, with the Saint John Naturalists' Club, for a talk about the amazing life histories of migrating shorebirds and learn tips on how to identify between the various species that make their way to the Irving Nature Park!

The National Film Board of Canada is proud to contribute to the 2022 National Truth and Reconciliation Week program with a webinar on its new online learning platform: Media School. Students will be able to learn each step in the production of a digital story and use this medium to express their personal relationship to reconciliation.