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Community Foundation of NL Grant

The Community Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador is now accepting grant applications for a wide variety of community projects. Grants of up to $2,000 are available for projects in arts and culture, health, education, environment, and community capacity, with special grants for projects that support women or that celebrate the Newfoundland and Labrador fishery. All projects must have a special component that recognizes Canada’s 150th anniversary in 2017.

Registered charities, municipalities, and other qualified donees are eligible to apply. The deadline for applications is October 31, 2016. Find out more and apply online at: http://www.cfnl.ca

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Halloween Party at The Fluvarium

“Halloween Party at The Fluvarium”

 

A special Halloween event at The Suncor Energy Fluvarium

 

Sunday October 30th, 2016, 1:00pm – 4:30pm

 

Join us here at The Fluvarium for a day of Halloween fun! There will be exciting activities for the whole family including a special visit from the St. John’s Storytelling Festival Tellers, stories will be told throughout the day.

 

This Halloween Party includes games, crafts, Critter Talks, fish feeding time at 4:00, and of course goodies served at 2:30!

 

Don’t Forget to Come in Costume!

 

Cost of the event is $6 per person (children 2 and under are free).

 

For more information contact:

754-3474 or email kids@fluvarium.ca

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The Failure of International Law to Protect Pacific Coast Salmon: Lessons For Marine Policy on the East Coast

Coastal Matters: The Failure of International Law to Protect Pacific Coast Salmon: Lessons For Marine Policy on the East Coast

Part of ACAP Humber Arm’s ongoing Coastal Matters Speaker Series

October 20th,  12:30 – 1:20pm

Room 2014, Forest Centre, Grenfell Campus

The Pacific Salmon Treaty between the United States and Canada has failed to adequately manage and conserve Pacific Coast Salmon.  A new international agreement that accounts for the uncertainties of climate change and binds stakeholders to implement the precautionary principle and ecosystem based management is needed.  ACAP Humber Arm invites you to join our next Coastal Matters presentation where Mason Goulden with the Marine and Environmental Law Institute, Dalhousie University will discuss the potential form of this new agreement and its implications for East Coast fisheries.

As with all Coastal Matters presentations this session is free of charge and open to the public. RSVP’s not required.  Tea and coffee will be available; feel free to bring your own bagged lunch.

ACAP Humber Arm wishes to thank Grenfell Campus for ongoing support of the Coastal Matter’s Speakers Series

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Nature NL October Public Lecture: The Next New Birds

Nature NL October Public Lecture: The Next New Birds
Speaker: Ken Knowles

Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 7:30 pm
at the MUN Science Building, Room SN 2067

Four hundred species of birds have been seen in insular Newfoundland as of Aug. 2016. New species have been arriving since 1947 at the average rate of two or three a year, and this increase shows no signs of slowing down.

In this presentation Ken Knowles (Avid birder and Naturalist) will naively attempt to predict which species will show up next. What might the bird checklist consist of in the year 2040? By combining patterns of vagrancy, migratory and dispersal tendencies, range expansions, global warming and even future splits, it should be possible to forecast most, but never all, of our new arrivals.

Ken has been birding and photographing birds in Newfoundland for over 30 years. As well as birds, his nature interests include wildflowers, butterflies, and recently dragonflies. After a career as a Trombonist and Professor of Music at Memorial, he retired in 2004 in order to be free as a bird.

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Feedback Opportunity re: Species at Risk Public Registry

The following is direct from the Species at Risk Secretariat:

On September 19, 2016, the Government of Canada posted seven draft policies on the Species at Risk Public Registry (sararegistry.gc.ca). These policies listed below support the predictable, clear and consistent implementation of the Species at Risk Act.  As an individual, community, or organization which may be directly affected by these policies, we wanted to notify you of the opportunity to provide input.

We would welcome any comments you may have and are particularly interested in your response to the following:

  • Do you find the policies clear and understandable?
  • Do you have any concerns or recommendations regarding these policies?

The seven draft policies include:

  1. Policy on Critical Habitat Protection on Non-federal Lands
  2. Policy on Protecting Critical Habitat with Conservation Agreements under Section 11 of the Species at Risk Act
  3. Policy on Survival and Recovery
  4. Policy Regarding the Identification of Anthropogenic Structures as Critical Habitat under the Species at Risk Act
  5. Approach to the Identification of Critical Habitat under the Species at Risk Act when Habitat Loss and Degradation is not Believed to be a Significant Threat to the Survival or Recovery of the Species
  6. Species at Risk Act Permitting Policy
  7. Listing policy for Terrestrial Species at Risk

You are invited to submit your feedback to the Species at Risk Public Registry at the following address: ec.registrelep-sararegistry.ec@canada.ca by November 18, 2016.

 For your information, related to the seven draft policies, the Government of Canada also posted the following final documents:

  1. Range Plan Guidance for Woodland Caribou, Boreal Population (Final)
  2. The Species at Risk Act Policy Principles (Final)

 Should you have any questions regarding these materials, please contact us at the e-mail address provided above.

Thank you for taking the time to provide us with your input.

Yours sincerely,

Species at Risk Secretariat

Environment and Climate Change Canada  / Government of Canada

ec.secretariatdesep-sarsecretariat.ec@canada.ca