2016

Time and a Place: An Environmental History of Prince Edward Island Edward MacDonald, Irene Novaczek, and Joshua MacFadyen, editors Co-published with McGill-Queens University Press Table of Contents and Introduction Editors Contributors Time and a Place tracks PEI’s changes from the Ice Age to the Information Age. Putting PEI at the forefront of Canadian environmental history, […]

Nature PEI’s guest speaker on Tuesday, May 3, 2016, will be Caleb Harding, a UPEI student who studied and sorted specimens collected through the PEI Spider Project. Caleb just completed his third year in Environmental Biology at UPEI. As part of his third year studies, he was trained in spider taxonomy, specifically for the PEI

 The Messenger is a highly-regarded, important Canadian film starring Canadian birds that portrays the plight of our birds today. City Cinema in Charlottetown will be showing it for four nights from Friday April 29th til Monday May 2nd 2016.  http://citycinema.net/ Please take your family members along.

John Klymko: Maritimes Butterfly Atlas – what six years of surveying have shown us Nature PEI’s guest speaker on Tuesday, April 5th, 2016, will be John Klymko, director of the Maritimes Butterfly Atlas. John is a zoologist who specializes in insects. In addition to running the Maritimes Butterfly Atlas John has also conducted surveys for

Tuesday March 1st 2016 – If you build it, will they pass? Exploring issues of fish passage in PEI rivers and streams. Sean Landsman will be the guest speaker for the Society’s meeting which starts at 7:30 PM at Beaconsfield’s Carriage House, corner of West and Kent, Charlottetown. Not only a scientist but a photographer of note, his

April 22nd – Island Nature Trust Annual Dinner & Auction – is set for Top of the Park at Red Shores in Charlottetown with reception starting at 6 PM and meal at 7 PM. A beautiful buffet meal, raffles and auction will help to raise funds for the Trust’s ongoing land conservation and acquisition program.

Tuesday February 2nd 2016  – Nature PEI Members Night. This evening will feature pictures, stories, poetry from our members. Members are asked to submit their pictures and include a caption for each or their stories or poetry to Gerald MacDougall. The Society’s meeting which starts at 7:30 PM at Beaconsfield’s Carriage House, corner of West and Kent, Charlottetown. All

No Water, No Life – Good Water, Good Life – The presentation made by Nature PEI to the PEI Environmental Advisory Council\’s Water Act Consultation on Nov. 19, 2015, is now available.