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Nature Nova Scotia (the Federation of Nova Scotia Naturalists) is
holding its annual meeting on the weekend of *Saturday, June 13 and
Sunday, June 14*. We’ll be spending the weekend in the *Wolfville area*,
sharing some events with the Nova Scotia Nature Trust on Saturday. Later
Saturday afternoon, we have our own field trip lined up with Sherman
Boates (wildlife manager, Department of Natural Resources) to explore
some dikes and adjacent areas near Grand Pré. That evening we will count
swifts, look at the stars, and perhaps do a little owling.
On Sunday, we’ll meet at the *Grand Pré National Historic Site* for
breakfast, a talk on endangered species (Stephen Flemming, Parks
Canada), and the AGM. Sunday afternoon, we have a couple of exciting
field trips lined up.
Here’s a direct link to the weekend schedule:
</www.naturens.ca/files/AGM2009_Invite.pdf/>
Anyone interested in the natural history of Nova Scotia is welcome to
join us (bring children, parents, friends . . .). You don’t have to be a
member. Everyone deserves a day or two like this: dikes, marshes, fossil
footprints, wild orchids, stars, flying creatures, and good company!
There is *no conference fee*, but you are on your own for meals and
accommodation. Nature Nova Scotia will provide a light breakfast on
Sunday to participants. (You’re all welcome, but please let us know if
you will be attending </doug@fundymud.com/>.) We hope to get a few
tables together at a restaurant in Wolfville for Saturday supper to be
close to the Robie Tufts Nature Centre chimney for the Chimney Swift
show at sundown. And for Sunday lunch before the field trips, we
encourage you to bring a picnic lunch to enjoy on the beautiful Grand
Pré grounds.
Watch the Nature Nova Scotia website, */naturens.ca,/* for further
information on the schedule, field trips, special guests, and amenities
in the Wolfville area. Follow the link to the *2009 AGM *page. If you
need information not on the website, please contact president Larry
Bogan </larry @bogan.ca>/ or secretary Doug Linzey </doug@fundymud.com/>.
Also have a look at the Nova Scotia Nature Trust site for Saturday
events: </nsnt.ca> /(please note that there is a charge to non-members
of NSNT for lunch on Saturday).
Members of Nature Nova Scotia are either federate members (via their
[your] local naturalist club) or individual members (having joined NNS
directly at some point).
The board consists of five elected executive members and representatives
of active club members.
Our member clubs are worth checking out (note that the "inactive" ones
currently do not have a representative to the NNS board). They all have
good speaker and field trip schedules, and some have terrific
newsletters and websites:
Annapolis Field Naturalists’ Society (Representative: Jon Percy)
Annapolis Royal (website: /www.natureannapolis.ca/)
Blomidon Naturalists Society (Representative: Pat Kelly)
Wolfville (website: /www.blomidonnaturalists.ca/)
Cape Breton Naturalists Society (Representative: David McCorquodale)
Sydney
Chignecto Naturalists Club (not active)
Sackville, NB
Halifax Field Naturalists (Representative: Peter Webster)
Halifax (website: /hfn.chebucto.org/)
Les Amis du Plein Air (not active)
Cheticamp
Nova Scotia Bird Society (Representative: David Hughes)
(website: /nsbs.chebucto.org/)
Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society (Representative: Heather Drope)
(website: /nswildflora.ca/)
South Shore Naturalists Club (Representative: James Hirtle)
Bridgewater
Tusket River Environmental Protection Association (not active)
Yarmouth
Members at large (Representative: Jim Wolford)
We also strongly support non-member naturalist clubs in such places as
Truro, East Hants, Antigonish, and Pictou / New Glasgow.
Doug Linzey
Secretary, Nature Nova Scotia
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