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Nature PEI’s monthly meetings are starting back up for October!  Join Nature PEI for their next monthly meeting on Tuesday, October 3rd at 7:30 pm in Charlottetown. The meeting will feature guest speaker, Gerald MacDougall, retired Head of the Provincial Fish and Wildlife Division and Nature PEI’s President. Gerald will be sharing some of his […]

Fungi by the Numbers, iNaturalist PEI Mushroom Project, as of Sept 22nd, 2023 Over 10,000 observations of mushrooms 703 species recorded vs 75 species in 2010 600 people have posted records You can too! Photo: The Brown Funnel Polypore (Coltricia perennis), Sept 25th, 2023 Wrights Creek Trail, East Royalty, RCurley October 13-22, 2023 – Continental Mycoblitz with mushroom walks.• October

Saturday, October 21, 2023: Mushroom Walk 10:00am – 1:00pm. Strathgartney Provincial Park.Participants will spread out to various different trails and habitats in the area and reconvene to go over what was found.Registration in advance is required by emailing: ken@mushroomsofpei.ca This is part of the October 13-22, 2023 – Continental Mycoblitz.

Little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) on tree Photo by Jordi Segers Join Nature PEI for their next monthly meeting on Tuesday, November 7th at 7:30 pm at Beaconsfield Carriage House, in Charlottetown. After a short meeting and fun raffle, the program will begin at 8PM. All are welcome and there is no admission. There are plans

photo by Jodi Segers The recording of the Tuesday, November 7th, 2023 Nature PEI Meeting and Presentation by Darrien Washinger on Bats of PEI is available to watch on our Facebook page for the next 30 days.The audio volume is actually OK, but not great. (Thanks to Nature President Gerald MacDougall and speaker Darrien for

The Nature PEI Species-at-Risk on PEI Travelling Museum is now at the Charlottetown Library Learning Centre! It’s free to visit, the library is open seven days a week, and there are lots of bookmarks, stickers and other informative free material to take with you! The Library hours are Sunday 12:30-5PM, Monday through Thursday 9:30AM-8:30PM, Friday

Join Nature PEI for their next monthly meeting on Tuesday, December 5th at 7:30 pm in Charlottetown at the Beaconsfield Carriage House. After a brief but informative meeting and a raffle-break, the Program will begin at 8, and feature guest speakers, The Honourable Diane Griffin and Dr. Kathy Martin. Kathy and Diane will be recounting

Nature PEI is kicking off the New Year with its Annual General Meeting on January 9th at 7:30 pm in Charlottetown. The meeting will feature guest speaker, Shannon Mader, Species at Risk Manager with Island Nature Trust (INT). Shannon will discuss INT’s work to monitor PEI’s Bank Swallow population.Shannon has worked on many of INT’s

Jason Woodside, president of Nature PEI, Julie-Lynn Zahavich, Board member and Programs and Publicity Coordinator, and Chris Ortenburger, Species-at-Risk coordinator, at the Nature PEI table at the 2024 Winter Woodlot Tour. Not pictured: Past-President Gerald MacDougall. (Morgan O. McNeil photo) Nature PEI, The Natural History Society of PEI, participated in the 2024 Winter Woodlot Tour on