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From: Anne Mills <ocotillo8@gmail.com>
Sent: February 26, 2017 11:51 AM
To: Eric Mills
Subject: NSWFS February meeting
Monday, February 27, 2017:
The Forested Wetlands Project
Presentation by Logan Gray and Sydney Bliss
All welcome.
NS Museum of Natural History, Summer Street, Halifax 7:30 p.m.
(Enter by Parking Lot entrance.)
Forested wetlands are an important part of the broad coastal landscape of t=
he Atlantic provinces. Although these habitats are likely to be as sensitiv=
e to disturbance as other wetlands, they have been overlooked and understud=
ied. Because of the presence of trees and their more complex vegetation str=
ucture, forested wetlands are likely very diverse and have distinctive aspe=
cts to their ecosystem functioning. However, they may also be threatened fr=
om harvesting and other development as they often resemble non-wetland fore=
sts. They may also be more sensitive to changes in precipitation due to cli=
mate change because soil moisture levels may be closer to the threshold req=
uired for maintaining wetlands. Different types of forested wetlands (e.g.,=
spruce peat bogs, alder swamps) may differ in their role in carbon storage=
and sensitivity to biodiversity loss and climate change.
The Forested Wetland Project, funded under the Atlantic Ecosystems Initiati=
ve, was initiated in 2016 under the direction of Karen Harper and Cindy Sta=
icer (Dalhousie), Gavin Kernaghan (MSVU) and Yolanda Wiersma (Memorial). It=
s objectives are to characterize biodiversity of different types of wetland=
s (structural, plant, bird, lichen, fungal diversity); relate different asp=
ects of biodiversity in forested wetlands to assess their vulnerability to =
biodiversity loss; and to determine the role of forested wetlands in the ca=
rbon cycle by monitoring tree decomposition.
The Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society is one of the NGO partners in the projec=
t who are asked to provide input on locations of forested wetlands, identif=
y interesting features and challenges and assist in the dissemination and d=
iscussion of results. It is early on in the project and this presentation w=
ill help to engage NSWFS members and others in the project. Logan Gray is t=
he Project Manager for the Nova Scotia team, Sydney's focus is on birds.
Sydney Bliss is a wildlife biologist by training with a focus on avian ecol=
ogy. She received her BSc from Mount Allison in 2015 (Morphometrics and dis=
tribution of Semipalmated Sandpipers in the upper Bay of Fundy). She has pr=
ovided technical support to studies of Atlantic Sturgeon in NB, Bicknell's =
Thrush in NS, and forestry in BC. She has also worked as an interpretive na=
turalist for the NCC. Sydney will be starting her MSc at Dalhousie in 2017 =
with Cindy Staicer studying the fine-scale habitat associations of three la=
nd bird species at risk in NS: Olive-sided Flycatcher, Rusty Blackbird, and=
Canada Warbler.
Logan Gray's training is mostly in microbial and molecular biology. He rece=
ived a BSc from Acadia in 2012 (A survey of potential bacterial zoonotic pa=
thogens in shrew feces). He completed a MSc at Saint Mary's under Gavin Ker=
naghan (Changes in root associated fungal communities during fine root deco=
mposition in Red Spruce and Balsam Fir). Logan conducted some preliminary v=
egetation surveys for the Forested Wetlands in the summer of 2016 and is cu=
rrently the Project Manager for the NS team. Logan instructs introductory b=
iology labs at SMU and is on the executive (Secretary/Events coordinator) o=
f the Nova Scotia Mycological Society.
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>Monday, February 27, 2017:</b></font><br>
<b>The Forested Wetlands Project</b><br>
Presentation by Logan Gray and Sydney Bliss<br>
<i>All welcome. </i><br>
NS Museum of Natural History, Summer Street, Halifax 7:30 p.m.<br>
(Enter by Parking Lot entrance.)<br>
<br>
Forested wetlands are an important part of the broad coastal landscape of t=
he Atlantic provinces. Although these habitats are likely to be as sensitiv=
e to disturbance as other wetlands, they have been overlooked and understud=
ied. Because of the presence of
trees and their more complex vegetation structure, forested wetlands are l=
ikely very diverse and have distinctive aspects to their ecosystem function=
ing. However, they may also be threatened from harvesting and other develop=
ment as they often resemble non-wetland
forests. They may also be more sensitive to changes in precipitation due t=
o climate change because soil moisture levels may be closer to the threshol=
d required for maintaining wetlands. Different types of forested wetlands (=
e.g., spruce peat bogs, alder swamps)
may differ in their role in carbon storage and sensitivity to biodiversity=
loss and climate change.<br>
<br>
The Forested Wetland Project, funded under the Atlantic Ecosystems Initiati=
ve, was initiated in 2016 under the direction of Karen Harper and Cindy Sta=
icer (Dalhousie), Gavin Kernaghan (MSVU) and Yolanda Wiersma (Memorial). It=
s objectives are to characterize
biodiversity of different types of wetlands (structural, plant, bird, lich=
en, fungal diversity); relate different aspects of biodiversity in forested=
wetlands to assess their vulnerability to biodiversity loss; and to determ=
ine the role of forested wetlands
in the carbon cycle by monitoring tree decomposition.<br>
<br>
The Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society is one of the NGO partners in the projec=
t who are asked to provide input on locations of forested wetlands, identif=
y interesting features and challenges and assist in the dissemination and d=
iscussion of results. It is early
on in the project and this presentation will help to engage NSWFS members =
and others in the project. Logan Gray is the Project Manager for the Nova S=
cotia team, Sydney's focus is on birds.
<br>
<br>
<b>Sydney Bliss</b> is a wildlife biologist by training with a focus on avi=
an ecology. She received her BSc from Mount Allison in 2015 (Morphometrics =
and distribution of Semipalmated Sandpipers in the upper Bay of Fundy). She=
has provided technical support
to studies of Atlantic Sturgeon in NB, Bicknell's Thrush in NS, and forest=
ry in BC. She has also worked as an interpretive naturalist for the NCC. Sy=
dney will be starting her MSc at Dalhousie in 2017 with Cindy Staicer study=
ing the fine-scale habitat associations
of three land bird species at risk in NS: Olive-sided Flycatcher, Rusty Bl=
ackbird, and Canada Warbler.<br>
<br>
<b>Logan Gray's</b> training is mostly in microbial and molecular biology. =
He received a BSc from Acadia in 2012 (A survey of potential bacterial zoon=
otic pathogens in shrew feces). He completed a MSc at Saint Mary's under Ga=
vin Kernaghan (Changes in root associated
fungal communities during fine root decomposition in Red Spruce and Balsam=
Fir). Logan conducted some preliminary vegetation surveys for the Forested=
Wetlands in the summer of 2016 and is currently the Project Manager for th=
e NS team. Logan instructs introductory
biology labs at SMU and is on the executive (Secretary/Events coordinator)=
of the Nova Scotia Mycological Society.
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