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Online and mail-in balloting took place in March and April 2020 to select a lichen emblem for PEI. The clear winner was Frayed Ramalina (Ramalina roesleri). Nature PEI will be recommending the winner to the Government of PEI for consideration as an official provincial emblem. Thanks to all who reviewed the proposal and voted! Frayed Ramalina (Ramalina […]

At Nature PEI\’s upcoming meeting, Dr. Michael van den Heuvel will discuss the decline of  eelgrass in Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence estuaries. Seagrasses are salt water adapted flowering plants that are threatened by human activities around the globe. In the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, eelgrass, the native seagrass is also impacted by human activities, particularly

Nature PEI Members night is nigh! All are welcome to share in this fun and informative evening featuring nature photography and stories from members. Expect a spectacular array of photos – from bugs to birds and everything in between – with members on hand to tell the story behind their pictures. Gerald MacDougall will host

The Summerside launch of Mammals of Prince Edward Island and Adjacent Marine Waters will take place Sunday, February 2, 2020 at the Eptek Centre.  Kim Riehl will present the marine mammals and Rosemary Curley the terrestrial mammals. Books will be on sale at the launch. All are welcome.

Nature PEI will be ushering in the New Year with their Annual General Meeting (AGM) and a  special  presentation on  \”Birding Down Under\”  with local naturalists Diane Griffin and Rosemary Curley.  Diane and Rosemary  will highlight their experience with an amazing variety of habitats and birds in Australia, profiling a small slice of the 850 Australian bird

If anyone hasn\’t acquired the latest addition to their collection of Prince Edward Island books – The Mammals of PEI and Adjacent Marine Waters, published by Island Studies Press is available in better bookstores and is an excellent documentation of the mammals who have called PEI and surrounding waters home in the past and currently.

Recent research on the impact of outdoor cats on native wildlife species has been revealing and Nature PEI was pleased to share this research with the public in October 2019 when Dr. Dave McRuer, a wildlife health specialist employed by Parks Canada and based at the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) in Charlottetown, PEI, was our

We recently received this invitation: We are going to have an open house to talk about waterfowl management in PEI.  You can distribute the following invitation to your members, and other potentially interested groups and individuals. Let’s Talk Waterfowl – Open House Thursday November 28, 2019     7pm – 9pm PEI Farm Centre, 420 University Avenue,

Notice to any mammals book pre-purchaser: Your book, The Mammals of PEI and Adjacent Marine Waters, may be picked up at the Carriage House (Beaconsfield) 2 Kent Street, Charlottetown on Tuesday, December 3rd  from 2:00 – 5:30 pm and from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. We are contacting all who have pre-ordered, realizing that some of

Tuesday November 19 | 7:00PM – 9:00PM Bookmark and the PEI Adventure Initiative are pleased to present an evening with one of Canada\’s greatest living explorers, Adam Shoalts, discussing his new book, Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada\’s Arctic. Come out and enjoy a wonder filled evening of reading and conversation with Adam.