[BNS_members] SEEKING PARTICIPANTS: Focus Groups on the Wolfville Watershed Nature Preserve

[Caroline Beddoe]

Good evening, 

In partnership with Acadia Environmental and Sustainability Studies
students in Dr. Glyn Bissix's ESST 3003 class I have a request for
participants who like nature, conservation, protected areas, and are
keen to chat! We are seeking focus group participants to talk about the
Wolfville Watershed Nature Preserve (Nova Scotia Nature Trust property)
on Forest Hill Road. 

What: Focus Group Conversations on the Wolfville Watershed Nature
Preserve

Students from Acadia University in Environmental and Sustainability
Studies are working with the Nova Scotia Nature Trust and have reached
out to me at the Blomidon Naturalists to help host two focus groups in
relation to the Wolfville Watershed Nature Preserve on Forest Hill Rd
[1]. The Watershed, as you likely know, is a protected area featuring
old-growth hemlock, Acadian forest, orchids, wetlands and more... and a
frequent location for BNS field trips. So we are hoping some BNS members
may have things to say! 

Focus groups are groups interviews featuring a small number of
participants with a common focus/experience. Focus groups are moderated,
where participants answers questions and engage in conversation in a
shared setting. 

These focus groups would: 

 	* Help determine how people feel about the Watershed, including but
not limited to its ecology and long-term conservation
 	* Determine visitor issues and concerns
 	* Explore why people do or don't visit
 	* Support the work of the Nova Scotia Nature Trust in effectively
conserving these lands
 	* Support ESST students in developing their research method and
facilitation skills.

WHO: 

The students are seeking 8-10 naturalists/nature-loving people of any
age (18+ for ethics/use of data collected in a report; though please
note that formal consent forms may be requested if you participate) who
are comfortable and keen to talk about the Watershed and help support
its conservation and contribute to understandings about land use and
access. 

Participants will be from one of two groups, which will form the two
focus groups: 

(1) those who have visited the Wolfville Watershed two (2) or more times


(2) those who are stakeholders/residents in the area but who have never
been to the Watershed 

WHEN: Through November. You would participate in one (1) focus group
session (in your relevant group) of 60-90 minutes. 

WHERE: In-person in Wolfville on Acadia's campus (with refreshments) or
online on Teams. 

SOUNDS GREAT! HOW DO I GET INVOLVED? 

Please submit your contact information and interest of participation
through this form here: https://forms.gle/hCPHRAYDV1fFZxCJ9 [2]
( [2]This information is only shared with myself and the four students
leading the focus groups).

Please reach out with any questions. 

Thanks you for considering this request, 

Caroline, on behalf of ESST 3003 students 

-- 

Caroline Beddoe
 She/her
 613-619-1098
 Program Coordinator
 Blomidon Naturalists Society
 Wolfville, Nova Scotia

_ Blomidon Naturalists Society activities take place in Mi'kma'ki, the
traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq People. We
acknowledge that we have a responsibility to honour and learn about
their histories and current cultures and to actively work in support of
reconciliation. We are committed to fostering respectful and sustainable
relationships with the Indigenous Peoples of this land, with all other
organisms, with the land and with the water._ 

Links:
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[1]
https://nsnt.ca/our-work/campaigns-and-projects/project/wolfville-watershed/
[2] https://forms.gle/hCPHRAYDV1fFZxCJ9
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