Trail Maintenance Event on Grand Manan Island

Join us as we do some trail maintenance to the existing trail system on the nature preserve. We will be clearing the trail on this preserve of brush and debris. You can also choose to help us create a list of plants that we see along the way and participate in geocaching as we place our geocache policy in the caches!

ACORN Farm Tours

Tatamagouche

ACORN will be hosting Farm Tours (and potlucks) in July and August all around the Atlantic Provinces.

Invasive Species Removal: Japanese Barberry Event (Thomas B. Munro)

Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) is an invasive shrub that is commonly sold at greenhouses, and continues to be a great threat to natural forest biodiversity. You will learn how to identify and effectively remove Japanese barberry, which are skills that can be put into practice on nature preserves, or in your own backyard!

International Monarch Monitoring Blitz: Virtual Training Session

Online

join us for a virtual training session on Thursday, July 28 from 7:00PM – 8:00PM to learn how to document the presence of milkweed and monarchs, and how to submit them to Mission Monarch to help the scientific community save this endangered species..

Healthy Coasts Chaleur Tour with Les Projets Aulnes

Beresford Beach and Beresford Sportplex

Exploration of the Dorn Ridge Unique Site

Dorn Ridge, York County

This trip will take us for a walk through a mature hardwood stand, where we’ll be paying close attention to species which serve as good indicators of site richness