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Our Member's Day event will feature several guest speakers from our membership who will share their photos and stories related to our natural world. Hear about moths, birds and more!

Snacks and refreshments will be served.

We hope to see you there!

This annual initiative encourages educators and learners to embrace the season and get outside, no matter the weather. Each year, we showcase some of the many activities that can be enjoyed outdoors, even in the very coldest months! But you don’t need to be an expert to have fun. Find inspiration through the hashtag #TMOWinterChallenge or on our online gallery and sign up today for February 13-24, 2023!

NATURE MONCTON FEBRUARY MEETING
February 21st, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Mapleton Park Rotary Lodge (speaker will be on screen via Zoom)

Birder Brain: An overview of the Birder Brain project exploring birding and mental/physical health, with an emphasis on mindful birding.
Presenter: Kelly-Sue O’Connor

Originally from Hillsborough, NB, Kelly-Sue has been a birder for 16 years now. She has been very involved in citizen science during that time starting with several Christmas Bird Counts a year, volunteering for nature organizations, fundraising and sitting on boards like the Toronto Ornithological Club, Friends of Sam Smith Park, and Bird Friendly Cities, and leading bird walks for Ontario Field Ornithologists

 

As adaptation initiatives grow in scope and complexity, the ability to monitor, assess, and improve their effectiveness and efficiency must also grow. For example, process-based indicators such as “number of total participants” cannot fully assess the impact of large multi-stakeholder adaptation efforts. What then, should practitioners use? This event is intended to build foundational knowledge about evaluation and how it can be utilized to monitor and improve adaptation work. Patricia King (Executive Vice President, Insights) and Sabrina Anderson (Qualitative Manager, Insights) of Dig Insights will lead the session. There will be presentations on evaluation basics, breakout group discussions, and case study examples from Dig Insights’ work with organizations such as CLIMAtlantic, ClimateSense, and Government of Prince Edward Island on evaluation of climate adaptation training, programs, service delivery, etc.

Tuesday, March 21st, CLIMAtlantic will launch our Coastal Adaptation Toolkit (CAT), an online toolkit which provides Atlantic rural coastal communities and property owners with adaptation options to address the impacts from climate change. 

Join our launch via webinar on Tuesday, March 21st at 1pm ADT for our launch!

 

Nature Miramichi’s guest speaker at the April 4^th meeting is David Mazerolle, an ecosystems scientist and botanist with Parks Canada.

“My talk will focus on climate change adaptation approaches in the conservation of species at risk in coastal and forested habitats. The title would be ‘Impacts of Climate Change and Related Major Storm Events on our Rare Plants & Lichens: Conservation Approaches in a Rapidly Changing Environment’.

As an added bonus side-show, I could also present some nice spring wildflower photos if we have time.”

See the link below to read a CBC article about the David Mazerolle’s work at Kouchibouguac National Park to restore the presence of the Gulf of St. Lawrence Aster:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/gulf-of-st-lawrence-aster-kouchibouguac-park-1.6779773


Nature Miramichi's event page.

Nature Moncton April Meeting
April 18, 2023, at 7:00 PM
Mapleton Rotary lodge

How colonial history has changed breeding patterns of the Acadian Nelson’s Sparrow
Presented by Kiirsti Owen, PhD student at the University of New Brunswick (with Joe Nocera) and Acadia University (with Mark Mallory)

Save the date! CONFERENCE: Advancing Adaptation Action in Atlantic Canada

WHEN: Wed. May 24, 2023, 9am-5pm AST

WHERE: Crowne Plaza, 1005 Main St., Moncton, NB (in person and online)

WHO: This conference is for those interested in and working on climate adaptation in the Atlantic. It is a bilingual event

COST: $35. Please let us know if cost is a barrier ([email protected])

Join us for our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on June 21st at 7:00pm via Zoom. This event is a fantastic opportunity to reflect on our achievements, discuss upcoming initiatives, and make important decisions for the future of our club.

AGENDA

Welcome

Approval of Minutes from the 2022 AGM

Presentation of all reports:
Treasurer’s Report
Point Lepreau Bird Observatory Annual Report
Greenlaw Mountain Hawk Watch Annual Report
Shorebird Conservation and Education Project Annual Report
Program Committee Report
Program Coordinator Report
President’s Report

Approval of all reports

Nominating Committee Report and Elections

Other Business
By-law #1 Vote*
SJNC Monthly Meeting Times (Poll)

Adjournment

To attend the meeting, please register using the following link:

https://form.jotform.com/231543298601253

Once registered, you'll receive a confirmation email with the Zoom meeting details.

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