[NatureNS] BNS December meeting: Monday Dec. 8. (EARLY THIS MONTH)

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The regular monthly meeting of the Blomidon Naturalists Society will take p=
lace at 7:30 PM on Monday, December 8 in Room BAC241 of the Beveridge Arts =
Centre, Acadia University, Wolfville.

Note that this is the SECOND Monday of the month! The meeting is being held=
 early due to the holiday season.

All are welcome

The main speaker will be:

Big Meadow Blues and the Road to Recover one of Canada's Rarest: The Endang=
ered Eastern Mountain Avens by Nicholas Hill

The Eastern Mountain Avens is a globally rare (G2) Arctic-Alpine plant that=
 only grows in alpine New Hampshire and in fens and swamps at sea level on =
the Digby Peninsula. There its stronghold is the fens around Big Meadow Bog=
, however, we are fast losing this habitat, the delayed reaction to a faile=
d agriculture that made a series of deep ditches running the length of the =
bog in 1958. Nick will speak on current collaborative work to recover the E=
astern Mountain Avens which promises to hold many benefits for the species,=
 the peatland ecosystem and the village community.

Nick Hill is a plant ecologist at the Fern Hill Institute for Plant Conserv=
ation - an ecological consultancy that specializes in wetland and plant con=
servation issues. Its mission is to better understand and protect the diver=
sity and integrity of native Nova Scotian ecosystems with particular attent=
ion to wetland functions. http://fernhillns.ca/fernhillnsWP/

For more information about the society, visit: http://blomidonnaturalists.c=
a/


Patrick Kelly
RR#2  159 Town Road
Falmouth NS  B0P 1L0
Canada

(902) 472-2322



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The regular monthly meeting of the Blomidon Naturalists Society will take p=
lace at 7:30 PM on Monday, December 8 in Room BAC241 of the Beveridge Arts =
Centre, Acadia University, Wolfville.
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<div><b>Note that this is the SECOND Monday of the month! The meeting is be=
ing held early due to the holiday season.</b></div>
<div><br>
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<div>All are welcome</div>
<div><br>
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<div>The main speaker will be:</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><i>Big Meadow Blues and the Road to Recover one of Canada's Rarest: Th=
e Endangered Eastern Mountain Avens</i>&nbsp;by Nicholas Hill<br>
<br>
The Eastern Mountain Avens is a globally rare (G2) Arctic-Alpine plant that=
 only grows in alpine New Hampshire and in fens and swamps at sea level on =
the Digby&nbsp;Peninsula. There its stronghold is the fens around Big Meado=
w Bog, however, we are fast losing this
 habitat, the delayed reaction to a failed agriculture that made a series&n=
bsp;of deep ditches running the length of the bog in 1958. Nick will speak =
on current collaborative work to recover the Eastern Mountain Avens which p=
romises to hold many&nbsp;benefits for the
 species, the peatland ecosystem and the village community.&nbsp;<br>
<br>
<i>Nick Hill is a plant ecologist at the Fern Hill Institute for Plant Cons=
ervation - an ecological consultancy that specializes in wetland and plant =
conservation issues. Its&nbsp;mission is to better understand and protect t=
he diversity and integrity of native
 Nova Scotian ecosystems with particular attention to wetland functions.&nb=
sp;<a href=3D"http://fernhillns.ca/fernhillnsWP/">http://fernhillns.ca/fern=
hillnsWP/</a></i></div>
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<div>For more information about the society, visit:&nbsp;<a href=3D"http://=
blomidonnaturalists.ca/">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/</a></div>
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