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The monthly meeting of Nature PEI will be held on Tuesday Dec. 6th, 2016 – The topic will be Impacts of Lead on Wildlife and the Environment. Helene Von Donnick will be the guest speaker for the Society’s meeting which starts at 7:30 PM – Please note the venue location for this meeting will be at the Farm Centre […]

Paddle the Percival River Salt Marsh Natural Area Come out for a canoe down the Percival River and enjoy its beautifully undeveloped estuarine ecosystem that locals cherish but few others have explored. We’ll learn about the INT properties that border the river and enjoy the fall colours from our canoes. Be prepared for a 3 hour

Come out for a walk across the tidal flats from Rice Point to INT’s St. Peter’s Island Natural Area and hear about the rich natural and human history associated with this place. Be prepared for a 3 hour hike. Date: Saturday, October 22nd 2016 (Rain-date Oct.23) Time: 8:00am Location: Meet at the end of Country

For those of you traveling to Brookvale in your own vehicle, it was kindly brought to my attention that you may need to take a detour, depending on your planned travel route. See the message below! \”The culvert is out at Kellys Cross, so the best way to approach Brookvale Demo Woodlot is via Rte.235

Nature PEI  Field Trip and October Meeting Notice On Tuesday evening, October 4th, Frances Anderson will be the featured speaker as Nature PEI resumes its monthly meetings this fall. The title of her presentation is “The fascinating micro- world of lichens – how to get to know them.” She will be providing a few pointers

Saturday May 14 – Allisary Creek Impoundment Birding Field Trip. Nature PEI and Birding on PEI bird field trip to fresh water marsh, saltmarsh, and field habitats in the Mount Stewart Wildlife Management Area. Participants can meet at the Indigo Parking area in Charlottetown at 8:00 AM and car pool from there to Mount Stewart or meet at

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