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Calendar of Events
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- Date: May 22, 2010 (Saturday)
Topic: Willow Walk
Leader: Rick Fournier
Location: Gagetown, along the Saint John River
Start Time: 8 : 30 am
Come and learn how to identify the 22 willow species in New Brunswick using leaves, flowers and fruits. This is an activity during the Nature NB Annual General Meeting. You must register in order to participate.
Degree of difficulty : easy
- Date: May 23, 2010 (Sunday)
Topic: Annual Spring Wildflower Walk
Leader: Jim Goltz
Location: Bell Forest Nature Preserve, Carleton County,
(NB Atlas page 59 : N 46.23 W 67.74)
Start Time: 1 pm
We will continue the annual tradition of exploring the flora of the rich hardwood forest habitats, alluvial forests and shorelines of the Bell Forest preserve of the Meduxnekeag River Association, a conservation group dedicated to the preservation of the Meduxnekeag River Valley. It is always a treat to re-visit or to see for the first time the spring flora of the Rich Hardwood Forest.
Degree of difficulty : moderate
Pre-registration for this event would be appreciated. Please contact Jim Goltz (phone : 459 - 8685 ; or Rick Fournier, if you hope to attend. This Nature Walk is sponsored by the Meduxnekeag River Association and more information on this outing will be posted on their website.
- Date: June 19, 2010 (Saturday)
Topic: Plants on Gypsum deposits
Leader: Rick Fournier
Location: Cliffs northwest (and outside) of the Wilson Creek Class 1 Protected Natural Area, near Albert Mines
(NB Atlas page 74 : N 45.86 W 64.69)
Start Time: 10 am (meeting place to be determined)
The NB Botany Club will examine this area for the rare Myrtle-leaved Willow (Salix myrtillifolia) and the Entire-leaved Mountain Avens (Dryas integrifolia).
Degree of difficulty : moderate
Pre-registration is required for this event, please contact Rick Fournier.
- Date: July 17, 2010 (Saturday)
Topic: Old-Growth Sugar Maple - Yellow Birch Forest on a 490 meter Devonian Dyke
Leader: Rick Fournier
Location: Quisibis Mountain
(NB Atlas page 22 : N 47.43 W 67.95)
Start Time: 10 am (meeting place to be determined)
Quisibis Mountain is the site of an old fire tower. The access road climbs through an undisturbed old-growth hardwood forest. This ecosite contains a rich flora and fauna.
Degree of difficulty : moderate
Pre-registration for this event would be appreciated, please contact Rick Fournier, if you wish to attend.
- Date: August 14 (Saturday)
Topic: Plants of Crocker Lake and adjacent Big Plain
Leader: Rick Fournier
Location: Crocker Lake and Big Plain
(NB Atlas page 42 : N 46.89 W 65.73)
Start Time: 10 am (meeting place to be determined)
Crocker Lake and Big Plain are situated near the confluence of the Southwest and Northwest Miramichi Rivers in wet coniferous forests. Access to the two sites will be from Route 8.
Degree of difficulty : moderate to hard
Pre-registration for this event would be appreciated, please contact Rick Fournier, if you wish to attend.
- Date: October 9, 2009 (Saturday)
Topic: Annual General Meeting
Guest Speakers: TBA
Location: Mactaquac Provincial Park Lodge
Start Time: 1 pm
The business meeting will be very short. Bring your boots and change of clothes...we will be hiking some of the trails to enjoy the colors of autumn.
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