The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) Newfoundland and Labrador is pleased to invite you to the launch of the NL Nature Atlas!
The NL Nature Atlas is an interactive website that showcases Labrador’s unique natural landscapes. Using the Atlas you can explore information about the region’s plants and animals, make maps, download spatial information, and collaborate with others. This is the first geographical tool of its kind in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the result of a collaboration between NCC and Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Join us as guest speakers share their experiences with Labrador nature while taking you on a live geo-tour using the NL Nature Atlas. You will also have the opportunity to win prizes by taking our interactive trivia challenge. Snacks and refreshments will be served.
We hope you can join us in telling the story at one of the following events.
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY

Tuesday 2 December, 4:00 pm
Gymnasium
Labrador Institute

CORNER BROOK

Thursday 4 December, 4:00 pm
Arts & Science Atrium
Grenfell Campus

ST. JOHN’S

Friday 5 December, 4:00 pm
The Landing
Memorial University Centre

Please RSVP by November 24 to events@natureconservancy.ca and specify the day you will attend.
For more information call 709-753-5540
Or visit http://www.natureconservancy.ca or http://www.grenfell.mun.ca/epi

The November WISE NL-Statoil Speaker Series lecture features Dr. Laura C. Halfyard, Gen. Mgr. Sunrise and Connaigre Fish Farms Inc. In her talk titled ‘Aquaculture – Balancing Science, Engineering, Business and Socioeconomics’, Dr. Halfyard will focus on environmentally sustainable aquaculture practices in Newfoundland and Asia. She will talk about her family’s commercial organic mussel farming operation in rural NL, with discussion of the importance of balancing socioeconomic impacts on communities, global market trends, and the need for investment in science and engineering technology to improve efficiencies. Other sustainable farming practices in Asian countries, such as rice-fish-animal integrated systems, will show the role of women, men and children in maintaining these farms and reaping the benefits. Sustainable farmed (i.e. salmon and mussels in NL) and wild fisheries will be critical to our future global food supply and our NL economy. Dr. Halfyard will also discuss her life choices in science and education career pathways that began with growing up in outport NL, to working with the coastal ocean environment and a life of travel.

Join us on November 19th, from 7:15 – 8:30pm at The Fluvarium. All are welcome and the event is free. For more information and to register visit: http://wisenl.ca/programs-and-events/wise-nl-statoil-speaker-series/

Krista Baker, Canadian Wildlife Service – Environment Canada

7:30 P.M. Thursday November 20, 2014

Memorial University, Science Building Room SN 2067

Since the federal Species at Risk Act (SARA) was passed in 2002, seven landbird species found in Newfoundland and Labrador have been listed as Endangered, Threatened, or Special Concern and three others are assessed as at-risk by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC), but not yet listed under SARA.  One additional landbird species is listed provincially under the NL Endangered Species Act. The presentation will briefly introduce each species, describe the status of its recovery planning, outline proposed and ongoing recovery implementation, and summarize preliminary results. It will also identify ways that citizens can become involved with research and population recovery initiatives.

Krista Baker is a Species at Risk Biologist with Environment Canada – Canadian Wildlife Service in St. John’s and has been working in various roles related to conservation for more than 10 years.

Visit our website (naturenl.ca) for more details.

With much gratitude,

 Sister Mary Tee

4th Annual Spawning Festival

at The Suncor Energy Fluvarium

Come join us and celebrate the beginning of the city’s brown trout’s lifecycle as they move into their fall spawning grounds!

Saturday Nov. 15^th and Sunday November 16^th

12:00 to 4:30 each day

Activities Include:

• Indoor River tours on the Hour – Watch the spawning activity of the brown trout.
• Children’s Crafts/Games/Story Time all day long.
• Feeding Time at 4:00 daily

On Saturday, November 15’th we are pleased to have Bridgette Abbot, Miss Newfoundland and Labrador join us.

Regular admission rates apply.

For more information please contact

Robert Piercey

754-3474

education@fluvarium.ca

Members and friends of Humber Natural History Society are invited to a
public presentation on Tuesday, Nov 18, 2014.
We will meet in AS2026, Grenfell Campus, MUN  at 7:30 PM. (see attached poster)

Feral and Free-roaming Cats in Newfoundland and Labrador: Conservation
Concerns and Management Strategies
Presentation by: Darroch Whitaker, Newfoundland and Labrador Landbird
Recovery Team

All are welcome.
Sent by Lois Bateman, HNHS Program Director

https://wecnl.wordpress.com/projects/ebike/

MUN Botanical Garden would like to welcome the public to the 37^th Annual Garden and Nature Art Exhibition, on display at the Field Centre at 306 Mount Scio Road from November 7 – 30. An opening reception for the show will take place on Thursday, November 6 from 7-9 pm. All are invited to attend.

For more information, please contact our visitor services staff:


Phone: (709) 864-8590

e-mail: bgprograms@mun.ca

Come along to an inaugural meeting to establish the first provincial Newfoundland and Labrador Beekeepers Association

When: Thursday, November 6, 2014
Time:  7 pm – 9 pm
Where: Fortis Building, 4 Herald Ave, Corner Brook

*** A teleconference option is available if you are unable to make it person.

To confirm your attendance or to register for the teleconference, please contact Gerard Smith at gandmprojectmgnt@hfx.eastlink.ca