[BNS_members] Upcoming Events: Monthly Meeting, Field Trips & More

[Caroline Beddoe]

Good sunny afternoon,

A reminder of some upcoming events!

Monthly Meeting

Our monthly meeting is on Monday March 20th (NB - the calendar lists the 
meeting as tonight, March 13th, but that is not the case! Apologies for 
any confusion)

March Meeting Presentation: "Flowing Under the LIDAR: The Challenge of 
Conserving Nova Scotia's Smallest Wetlands"

Join us for the monthly meeting of the Blomidon Naturalists Society, 
which will be held on Monday March 20th at 7:30 pm in-person in 
Wolfville at the Wolfville Curling Club (upstairs) and online on Zoom.

Wetlands biologist John Brazner will join us to give a talk about vernal 
pools in Nova Scotia. He will provide a bit of background about what 
vernal pools are, their ecology, a bit about important ecosystem 
services they provide including what critters live there, what we know 
about their distribution in Nova Scotia, why they are hard to map, what 
research and monitoring is currently going on and some ideas on how we 
might do a better job of protecting them.

At 7:30 pm meeting commences, with introductions and updates followed by 
the presentation. 7:00 pm open social for those in-person prior to the 
talk. In-person upstairs at the Wolfville Curling Club (22 Elm Ave) or 
online on Zoom (registration here: 
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUpceChqTktGdVkKpGgNL3OUynU3w67_53H 
[1])

Field Trips & Outings

We have a field trip on March 26th!

Miner's Marsh Early Spring Stroll

Join BNS member and secretary John Burka & other naturalists for a field 
trip to explore early spring in Kentville!
Sunday March 26th at 10:00 AM.

Meet at Eaves Hollow [2] at 10:00 am and walk along the Jijuktu'kwjek 
River and the rail trail to Miner's Marsh and back.
Explore signs of early spring in the landscape, birds, and the 
ever-changing marsh.
If it is icy this field trip will be postponed.

And Flying Squirrel Adventures have organized another Nature for 
Newcomers event on March 18th...

Nature for Newcomers: Maple Tree Farm Visit & Syrup Sampling
_Getting to know the Valley in all seasons!_

Saturday, March 18th, 2:00 - 4:00 pm, Kentville
We have been invited to a local family's farm to learn from them and 
experience the process of making maple syrup. From collecting sap (the 
"sweet water"), to chopping wood for the fire, to boiling down buckets 
of sap to a dark thickened sweet syrup.
This is a winter activity that is both fun and delicious. There will be 
fun in the forest, around a campfire, and more! Visit the Nature for 
Newcomers webpage [3] to learn more or register for this event.

-- 
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://blomidonnaturalists.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0dbe0d10c2ef002331c94c4f9&id=893866a6c7&e=10eafed8a9
[2] 
https://blomidonnaturalists.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0dbe0d10c2ef002331c94c4f9&id=718546e918&e=10eafed8a9
[3] 
https://gmail.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=20d4fcb0c723a502ca6a2bf60&id=c65d9a8f7f&e=66051c004c
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