From coordinator at blomidonnaturalists.ca Thu Aug 17 12:49:13 2023 From: coordinator at blomidonnaturalists.ca (Caroline Beddoe) Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 14:49:13 -0300 Subject: [BNS_members] Volunteer Opportunity: Invasive Species Pull in Kentville Message-ID: <165af1bce2d0d15b065209244144576f@blomidonnaturalists.ca> Good day, Our friends at the Nova Scotia Invasive Species Council are looking for volunteers to help with an invasive species weed pull on Monday, August 21 in Kentville from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. This should be a satisfying and helpful project! They will be removing Dog Strangling Vine (DSV) from Sesame St. in Kentville NS. DSV is a highly invasive plant that is a significant threat to biodiversity! (Learn more here: https://nsinvasives.ca/dog-strangling-vine/ [1]) Some trowels and gloves will be provided at the weed pull. If possible, please bring a trowel and gloves. Refreshments will be provided. Please bring a refillable water bottle. If you have any questions, please, email Hughstin at hughstin[at]nsinvasives[dot]ca Link to the Facebook Event for more information: https://fb.me/e/1f0bh9J1N -- 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: ------ [1] https://nsinvasives.ca/dog-strangling-vine/?fbclid=IwAR0hz9JwtwPJLfBiBqgxrawFtL0Hisr-aWN6OZasE1ApjeY2kAlHp6oL-1M -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Production dates are weather-dependent planning to film August 22nd-24th. *FULL DAY* Family (two parents + two kids + grandmother) - must be into picnics, kites, ducks, camping, marshmallows, sunsets, and each other - Acadian connection/history is a bonus *HALF DAY* Couple (retired) - must be into birding, outdoors, site seeing, and each other Couple (25-35 years old) - must be into biking, outdoors, ice cream, and each other BIPOC LGBTQ2+ welcome **PAID** Feel free to share with those who might be interested. Email wes at canopycreative.ca for more details! Thanks so much! Cheers, WB -- Wes Booth *He/Him* Founder + Producer | Canopy Creative 11 Orchard Avenue Wolfville | Nova Scotia | B4P 2H9 902-300-7335 canopycreative.ca We acknowledge that we are located and operate in Kjipuktuk, in Mi?kma?ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi?kmaw People. This territory is covered by the ?Treaties of Peace and Friendship? which Mi?kmaw, W?last?kwiyik (Maliseet), and Passamaquoddy Peoples first signed with the British Crown in 1726. The treaties did not deal with surrender of lands and resources but in fact recognized Mi?kmaw and W?last?kwiyik (Maliseet) title and established the rules for what was to be an ongoing relationship between nations. We are all treaty people. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From coordinator at blomidonnaturalists.ca Thu Aug 17 15:30:35 2023 From: coordinator at blomidonnaturalists.ca (Caroline Beddoe) Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 17:30:35 -0300 Subject: [BNS_members] Media Inquiry - Mycoblitz Participants Message-ID: <928ae9c3a60bf057cc2dac16512a6aa5@blomidonnaturalists.ca> Hi all, Are there any members participating in the Summer Continental Mycoblitz event this week that would be interested in doing a media interview with the CBC sharing their perspective? Please contact Rianna Lim rianna.lim at cbc.ca -- It isn't too late to participate - happening until August 20th. The 2023 Continental Mycoblitz is open to anyone who is willing to make scientifically valuable collections of mushrooms - including photography, field notes, and submitting a dried specimen. Any individual or organization can submit their most unique/interesting/exciting collections from the foray week to the project. Mycologists and foray partners will examine each collection and will perform DNA sequencing on thousands of the specimens that are submitted. For general information about the Mycoblitz see: https://mycota.com/2023-continental-mycoblitz/ How to Participate in this week's Continental Mycoblitz, in NS! 1. Download Voucher Slips - Download [1] and print your collection slips. These slips ensure the basic data is collected and help you to organize your collections. 2. Download the iNaturalist Mobile App - Both Android [2] and IOS [3] versions are available. Check your preferred app store for the download. You can also participate by utilizing the web interface [4] to report your observations. 3. Join the "Summer Continental MycoBlitz 2023 [5]" project on iNaturalist - You can join from the mobile app or from your favorite web browser. You can join this project at any time. During The Foray Dates 1. Create new observations of mushrooms you encounter. This can be done through the iNaturalist mobile app or web interface. With each new observation, be sure to select the project for your event and whether you collected the specimen. The mobile app uploads the photos to the reports online. 2. Take multiple photos of the mushrooms with your cell phone or camera. Take a nice image near ground level from the side, as well as an image of the top, the stem, and the spore bearing surface (this gills or pores on the underside of the cap). 3. Take an image of the field data slip with the specimen. 4. Enter the field data slip number into the "Voucher Number(s)" field in the mobile app or desktop browser. 5. Collect the specimen. Store your field slip (or the portion with the number) with the specimen. Fill out your field slip completely before you dry your specimens. 6. Back at home, dry the specimens with a dehydrator or fan. Once they are cracker dry (usually 1-3 days) put the voucher slip and the specimen in a Ziplock bag. 7. Please put the iNaturalist number (e.g. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34842407 [6]) and the species name (if know, a genus name plus "sp." is fine) on the voucher slips. This will save us a huge amount of time once we receive the collections. 8. Record the basic information for each collection in an excel file (using the template provided). 9. Once all specimens are dried, mail them to Allison Walker Dept of Biology Acadia University 33 Westwood Ave, Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6 Dried specimens or fresh specimens can also be dropped off at Acadia U for drying (email Allison allison.walker at acadiau.ca to coordinate) or at the Natural History Museum in Halifax between 10 am and 2 pm Mon through Fri during the Mycoblitz. Email your excel file with all the collection information to allison.walker[at]acadiau[dot]ca. A second Mycoblitz will happen in the fall (October 13 - 22, 2023) and we will put out a second call closer to those dates. -- 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. 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URL: From soren at bondrup.com Mon Aug 21 14:34:43 2023 From: soren at bondrup.com (Soren Bondrup-Nielsen) Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 16:34:43 -0300 Subject: [BNS_members] Call for pictures for the 2024 BNS Calendar In-Reply-To: <51A008EF-986E-4205-B636-9259CBF9D883@dal.ca> References: <51A008EF-986E-4205-B636-9259CBF9D883@dal.ca> Message-ID: * Call for Photos* 2024 BNS Natural History Calendar Photo submissions are invited for possible use in the 28th edition of the Blomidon Naturalists Society's Natural History Calendar. Submissions should be in electronic form: JPEG format, with file size between 500 kB and 3 MB. Photos should be of natural history interest, preferably taken in Nova Scotia. Please submit no more than ten (10) images. The deadline for submissions is *Friday, September 8, 2023.* Suitability involves technical quality (sharp focus, not under- or over-exposed), composition (object of interest nicely positioned, no distracting background), and content (a photo that calendar users will enjoy looking at for a month). The committee tries to match images to the months, so pictures from "not summer" are appreciated! The committee tries not to reuse subjects which have appeared in the past several years of calendars. To that end, here is a listing of the subjects used in the calendars from 2020 to 2023: 2020: Hooded Merganser, Coastal Ice, Star-tipped Reindeer Lichen, Seals, Garter Snake, Red Trillium, Wilson's Snipe, Black-and-White Warbler, Luna Moth, Rattlesnake Plantain, Semi-palmated Sandpiper, Veinless Freckle-pelt Lichen, Northern Harrier. 2021: White-breasted Nuthatch, Great Horned Owl, Purple Sandpiper, Honey Bees, Freshwater Mussel, Frog, Blackburnian Warbler, Hummingbird Moth, Hudsonian Godwit, Ghost Pipes, Wharf and Salt Marsh, Pear-shaped Puffballs, Pileated Woodpecker. 2022: Yellowlegs, Varying Hare, Eastern Coyote, Spring-beauty, Common Grackle, Red-winged Blackbird, Red Fox, Common Tern, Summer Milky Way, Choke Cherries, Black Bear, Short-eared Owl, Rising Moon. 2023: Northern Mockingbird, Leucistic Robin, Moon Snail, Sora, Saw-whet Owl, Yellow Lady?s Slipper, Tree Swallow, Blue Flag Iris, Crane Fly, Dragonfly, Bullfrog, Turkey Vultures, Christmas Anemone. 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We are wondering why the NS government is sending out this survey as we understood they had already agreed to protecting 20% of NS by 2030. We may be back to the drawing board! So please encourage or demand protection of all crown lands with trees over 80 years old, use of only sustainable forestry practices with elimination of clear cutting, protection of wetlands, etc. Our environment cannot sustain putting economic and political gains ahead of a sustainable future for our province. I could go on but I will stop at this point and strongly encourage all members of the BNS fill out the survey so that our voices are heard to guarantee a viable future for this province. Thank you. John ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Joanne Cook Date: Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 10:53 AM Subject: [NNS Board] Collaborative Protected Areas Strategy Engagement | Collaborative Protected Areas Strategy To: NatureNS Board CAUTION: This email originated from outside of UPEI. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. If you are uncertain, please forward to phishing at upei.ca and delete this email. I thought we already HAD a protected areas strategy. Oh wait, this is Nova Scotia. Of course we need a new version of what we already have. I?ve not looked at this yet, but I'm going to keep a sharp eye out for any proposals that will benefit the forestry, land development, and mining sectors. Cheers, Jo https://ns20by2030.ca/cpas-engagement ___________________ Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and taste good with hot sauce. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "board" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to board+unsubscribe at naturens.ca. -- John F. 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Learn about our regional "keystone" pollinators and plants and how we can support and document their life cycles. Find out about resources for monitoring, and other citizen science. Hear some tips for success in photographing wildlife and then spend time in a certified wildlife habitat garden to apply what you have learned. See more details in the attached poster or by following the registration link, below. Registration is limited to ensure a great learning experience, and required. There is a cost of $20 for this event. If you have any questions about accessing this workshop, please don't hesitate to reach out. See more details & register here: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/blomidon-naturalists-society/events/looking-closer-pollinators-plants-and-photography/ [1] -- 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. 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Please see here: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/blomidon-naturalists-society/events/looking-closer-pollinators-plants-and-photography/ On 2023-08-29 13:53, Caroline Beddoe via Butterflyway wrote: > Good day, > > On behalf of our Butterflyway Project, I'm excited to share an great > workshop that is coming up! > > At "Looking Closer: Pollinators, Plants, & Photography," learn all > about native plants, wildlife-friendly gardening, pollinators, and how > to monitor and photograph nature with Carolyn Green, Pam Heron & Garry > Conway on September 10th from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm in Black River. > > This one day workshop offers you the opportunity to become more closely > engaged with our local pollinators and native plants. Learn about our > regional "keystone" pollinators and plants and how we can support and > document their life cycles. Find out about resources for monitoring, > and other citizen science. Hear some tips for success in photographing > wildlife and then spend time in a certified wildlife habitat garden to > apply what you have learned. > > See more details in the attached poster or by following the > registration link, below. > > Registration is limited to ensure a great learning experience, and > required. There is a cost of $20 for this event. If you have any > questions about accessing this workshop, please don't hesitate to reach > out. > > See more details & register here: > https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/blomidon-naturalists-society/events/looking-closer-pollinators-plants-and-photography/ > [1] > > -- > 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: ------ [1] https://us7.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.canadahelps.org%2Fen%2Fcharities%2Fblomidon-naturalists-society%2Fevents%2Flooking-closer-pollinators-plants-and-photography%2F&xid=94a5bb8a83&uid=149145254&iid=50690a590b&pool=cts&v=2&c=1692547489&h=6565b8219d2ec65399d3deb150e711a843bbaa9aee703237d19c4a931c971aca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Looking Closer Course - GOOD Poster.png Type: image/png Size: 2154782 bytes Desc: not available URL: