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 […]
Join us this Sunday, October 2nd in the field, from 10:00am to 3:00pm We’ll meet at the Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute (MTRI) at 10am and travel together up the Medway west branch. First stop, a harvest block with trial best management practices for at-risk birds in partnership with Dr. Cindy Staicer. Cindy and Abby Lewis […]
Sharing announcement from MTRI Second Annual Kespukwitk iNat Competition Sep 18-26, 2021 MTRI is proud to host the Second Annual Kespukwitk Municipal iNaturalist Competition from September 18-26! This is a friendly competition between the municipalities of Annapolis, Digby, Clare, Yarmouth, Argyle, Barrington, Shelburne, Lunenburg and Queens to see who can collect the most observations of […]
TVO has published a series of documentaries about the 18 UNESCO-designated biosphere reserves in Canada, on the theme of Striking a Balance. It has recently released one about the Southwest Nova Biosphere. Some Background about the TVO Series: Striking Balance Join us on a journey across Canada as we look at our nation’s breathtaking biosphere […]
SNBRA will be holding its Annual General Meeting virtually this year, on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. We are scheduling the meeting for 12:00 noon, but it will be preceded by a Board meeting which starts at 10:00. If we finish early, we will proceed with the AGM. So, you are advised to join early if […]
Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve – Annual Report 2016 This report describes the activities of the Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve in 2016, including a discussion of plans for 2017. 2016 was an active and productive year, and 2017 is shaping up to be the same. The Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve continues to build its capacity to […]
