MTRI – Sit Back Seminar – The Family Forest Network – March 31
MTRI is hosting another of their Sit Back Seminars, scheduled for Thursday, Mar 31, 2022. All are virtual (Zoom seminars). Details below:
Are the warmer temperatures and extra sunlight giving you a spring in your step? Got the urge to get outside and reconnect with the wildlife around you? Well, we have you covered all without the black flies and ticks! Join us on the last Thursday of the month for our Sit Back Seminars. Each month we will host local researchers, naturalists and knowledge holders, all sharing the biodiversity of Kespukwitk, SW Nova Scotia.
The Family Forest Network: Building the Foundation for Ecologically Sensitive Forest Management, March 31
This Thursday, March 31, our Sit Back Seminar will feature Andrew Kekacs, Executive Director of Nova Scotia Woodlot Owners & Operators Association, to discuss The Family Forest Network: Building the Foundation for Ecologically Sensitive Forest Management.
Andrew will introduce the Family Forest Network and how new partnerships among organizations that serve forest stewards in Nova Scotia are bringing ecologically sensitive practices to private lands.
Family Forest Network Seminar Registration (Zoom)
Developing Environmental DNA into a Biodiversity Monitoring Tool, April 28
On April 28, we will host Developing Environmental DNA into a Biodiversity Monitoring Tool, using the Atlantic Whitefish by MSc candidate Samantha Beal (Dalhousie University).
Environmental DNA Seminar Registration (Zoom)
How Humans are Impacting Baleen Whale Distributions, May 26
On May 26, our seminar will be on How Humans are Impacting Baleen Whale Distributions by MSc Candidate Hannah Soley (Dalhousie University).
