Guided Nature Walk for Pathfinders and Rangers in Yarmouth

Yarmouth Pathfinders and Rangers with Biosphere staff: Emily Dawe (on the far left), and Maria Roy (on the far right).

What better way to experience nature than a guided nature walk. In late May 2025, Biosphere staff, Emily Dawe and Maria Roy, led Yarmouth Pathfinders and Rangers, and guide leader Crystal George, on a 1.5 hour nature walk on Tkipok trail in Arcadia. Emily is the Restoration and Outreach Technician at the Biosphere. Maria wears the Project Coordinator hat. 

During the walk, the group learned tree identification, noting a serviceberry in bloom, and alder catkins. Staff highlighted the importance of forests for carbon sequestration and how the SW Nova Biosphere works to protect and restore forests.

How are your bird identification skills? We worked on that too. With binoculars borrowed from Acadia University, the group identified a number of birds: mallards, great blue herons, northern parula, chestnut-sided warbler, and American robin.

It was a delight to share our passion for nature with this young naturalists!

Identifying birds on the Tkipok Trail: mallards, great blue herons, northern parula, chestnut-sided warbler, and American robin

Would your group be interested in a guided walk? Biosphere staff would be pleased to organize an outing for a school, or community group, within the Biosphere region of: Annapolis, Digby, Yarmouth, Shelburne or Queens counties. Guided activities would be approximately 2 hours.

Promoting nature through education is one of the objectives of the Southwest Nova Biosphere Region. Send your questions to: emily@swnovabiosphere.ca