Summer 2023 Annapolis River Festival a huge success! On Saturday, July 15 we hosted the 6th annual Annapolis River Festival at Jubilee Park, Bridgetown, Annapolis County. Over 1840 visitors joined us at the park to celebrate the Annapolis River. Despite a brief interlude of thunder and lightning, we had a full day of on-the-water events, […]
MTRI Annual BBQ Join our staff and board members for our upcoming annual BBQ at the MTRI field station, 9 Mt Merritt Road (Kempt), on Tuesday, July 4, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Please RSVP by Thursday, June 29 via email to info@merseytobeatic.ca Sit Back Seminar Salinity and the Atlantic Whitefish: Saving Nova Scotia’s Iconic […]
With summer fast approaching MTRI’s field work season is well underway and our staff are sometimes quite literally swamped! We have just finished a very busy winter finishing reports, writing new proposals and welcoming new staff. We hope you enjoy reading the latest updates from our ever-growing list of projects all dedicated to conserving, sustaining […]
Clean Annapolis River Project 2023 AGM – June 27, 6pm
Sit Back Seminar: January 31, 2023 Nothing stirs up fears of the ocean more than the thought of a shark, but what if the real monster was in the mirror? Join us today, Jan. 31, from 7-8 p.m. for our first Sit Back Seminar of 2023. We will be joined by Emily Cormier (she/her), an […]
Wishing you a Happy Solstice and time for recreation and reflection in this amazing land, Kespukwitk. The Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve Association was fortunate in having good financial and community support to carry out conservation and community work and we look forward to working with you in the spirit of netukulimk, in a balance with the […]
MTRI Autumn Events This fall, we have a whole season’s worth of events lined up to get you and your family out and immersed in all the wildlife that Kespukwitk has to offer! MTRI is proud to host the Third Annual Kespukwitk Municipal iNaturalist Competition from Sept. 16 – 25! This is a fierce […]
The Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute will be holding their virtual AGM on June 22, 2022 at 7pm. Hear staff share updates on their projects and see what MTRI has been up to! Please register here if you plan to attend. A Teams invite will follow closer to the date. See you June 22nd.
Sharing this newsletter from Clean Annapolis River Project. The 2022 City Nature Challenge (CNC) is almost here! Join us for one of our group field events and help support Team Annapolis Valley! The City Nature Challenge is a friendly annual international challenge to see which city can record and upload the most observations of wildlife […]
One of the major projects of the Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve has been the development of a prototype of an Interactive Science Atlas covering the Biosphere designated area. This ongoing project is in partnership with the Nova Scotia Community College, Centre of Geographic Sciences, and the Government of Nova Scotia. We are pleased to announce that […]
