[BNS_members] Pilot Participants Wanted: Appreciating the Acadian Forest Course

[Caroline Beddoe]

Good morning,

_We have an exciting opportunity for pilot participants in a new course 
that has been developed by Soren Bondrup-Nielsen. We are looking for 
keen participants to delve into this two-day forest experience! This is 
a fantastic learning experience at no cost except lunch! More details 
below:_

Appreciating the Acadian Forest: Two-Day Ecology & Connection Field 
Course

This is a full weekend pilot course (no overnight) on the Acadian Forest 
with Soren Bondrup-Nielsen

Saturday June 3 10:00 am - 4:00 pm and Sunday June 4th 10:00 am to 4:00 
pm

Ross Creek Centre for the Arts (and potentially elsewhere nearby - 
carpooling to be arranged)

The Acadian Forest Ecology course has been developed for the BNS by 
Riley Scanlan and Soren Bondrup-Nielsen. We are piloting the course on 
June 3 and 4 to determine how well it works in terms of content, length 
and location (Ross Creek Centre for the Arts). Since it is a pilot run, 
there will not be a charge for the course itself. Ross Creek is 
providing space and lunch for the two days and there will be charge for 
lunch at $35 per person for the two day.

Details & registration here. [1]

_More details pending regarding travel beyond Ross Creek.  Please see 
the information below & the attached course outline for details. _

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Details:

Appreciating the Acadian Forest

_A two-day course consisting of five modules about the Acadian Forest, 
__presented by: Blomidon Naturalists Society_

_Delivered by: Soren Bondrup-Nielsen_

The Acadian Forest covers most of Nova Scotia and consisted of more than 
fifty percent old growth before Europeans arrived. From that time, it 
has been extensively altered by clearing for agriculture, urban 
development and forestry. Extensive clear-cutting practices continue, 
and the forest is now also impacted by extreme weather events due to 
climate change and invasive species such as hemlock woolly adelgid, the 
emerald ash borer, and beech leaf miner. With these impacts it is 
important to gain an appreciation of this forest.

Traditionally, a course about nature, such as forests and other 
ecosystems, tends to focus on how to recognize and classify them, the 
species that they contain and what function they serve. As for the 
species, often just the ones important from a human perspective are 
mentioned. We live at a time of great environmental impact from humans. 
For people to really appreciate nature, it is not enough to have an 
academic and ecological understanding alone, but we must also impart an 
emotional connection, which we feel will engender a need to protect 
nature. Humans are part of nature, and nature is what sustains us. Thus, 
this course intends to engender a holistic view of the Acadian Forest 
and aims to bring about an emotional, as well as an ecological 
appreciation of the Acadian Forest, which we feel will engender a need 
to protect this highly complex and fragile ecosystem.

Module 1: Appreciating the forest

Module 2: Forest Species

Module 3: Reading the forest

Module 4: Forest types and ecology

Module 5: Humans and the forest

This course will have mostly field work and some readings, discussion 
and activities. See the attached course outline for more details.

This course will take place predominantly outside in the forest and 
trails. Participants should be willing to walk outdoors in a variety of 
terrains.

Please contact us with any accessibility questions or other questions.

More details and registration here: 
https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/blomidon-naturalists-society/events/appreciating-the-acadian-forest-two-day-ecology-connection-field-course-pilot/

-- 
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://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/blomidon-naturalists-society/events/appreciating-the-acadian-forest-two-day-ecology-connection-field-course-pilot/
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