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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 […]

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

Nature PEI’s Species-at-Risk on Prince Edward Island Travelling Museum is now on view at Carr’s Wildlife Centre in Stanley Bridge for the month of September. The exhibit consists of two major display cases, one with rotating cubes with photos highlighting 24 species at risk, and the other with several carvings of species done by local

Due to Hurricane Lee’s storm forecast, the PEI Woodlot Owners Association changed the date of the seminar and woodlot walk featuring Woodlot Biodiversity at 1:00 pm on Saturday, October 21st, led by Nova Scotian Biologist Mark Pulsifer. The location is tentatively set for the Bonshaw Hall, 9 Green Rd, Bonshaw, followed by a woodlot walk at Jon Hutchinson and Lyette

Join Nature PEI Past President Rosemary Curley for a collecting \”blitz\” at the Trout River Natural Area near Coleman in Western PEI this Saturday, August 19th, from 1:30-4:30PM. (RAIN OR SHINE) Trout River Natural Area 36927 Rte2, Carleton, PEI. Western Prince County, PEI —————————————–Nature PEI is participating in the 2023 Continental Mycoblitz, from now until

Nature PEI will be participating in the 2023 Continental Mycoblitz, between August 11-20, 2023. Mycologists in the three Maritime Provinces will coordinate the Mycoblitz efforts in our region, to try sequence over 1,000 collections of mushrooms from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. This Mycoblitz is a unique opportunity to officially document PEI\’s

The International Monarch Blitz is now underway! It runs from July 28- August 6. Check out https://www.mission-monarch.org/ for more details on the project. Visit your local milkweed patch and record your Monarch sightings on iNaturalist (https://inaturalist.ca/). Thank you for your contributions to Monarch conservation!

Basin Head Fisheries Museum east of Souris is the current stop for the Nature PEI Species at Risk Travelling Museum! The display was set up Thursday with the help of the dynamic staff, including Site Manager Elizabeth MacDonald (in photo with banner) and PEI Museum and Heritage Curator of History Samantha Kelly (on the ladder!).

The Nature PEI Species-at-Risk Museum is on the move! It\’s in Tryon at the Tryon Museum (47 Rte 10) TODAY (July 12), 11AM – 4PM, and tomorrow packs up for Basin Head Fisheries Museum near Souris for three weeks (July 14th-August 4th). After August 7th, it will be back in Prince County at the Bedeque

Nature PEI is pleased to expand awareness of species at risk of extinction on Prince Edward Island. A travelling museum display featuring over 30 species is now open at the Tryon Museum with future summer dates at Basin Head Fisheries Museum, Bedeque Historical Society, and Carr’s Wildlife Centre in time for school opening. The display