Throw on your hiking shoes and work gloves and come experience the gorgeous landscapes of NCC’s Fort Ellice Project while helping staff clean up an old yard site along Beaver Creek. Hike through the sand hills and help remove debris from along the banks of Beaver Creek, and then join NCC on a walk along the old […]
Come spend a few hours removing Common Tansy and Common Burdock from the banks of a marsh in the Riding Mountain Natural Area followed by some birdwatching on the lake. Because these pesky weeds are growing so close to the wetlands they can’t be controlled by chemical or mechanical means, so elbow grease it is! Both these species can forms dense […]
Join NCC staff in harvesting native seed in the Tall Grass Prairie Natural Area for NCC’s prairie restoration project. Volunteers will harvest everything from wildflowers to grasses using a combination of hand-picking and handheld harvesters. While much of the seed can be harvested by machine, certain species are missed due to their dispersal method, the timing of […]
You know the old saying “Reap what you Sow”, well in this case we are sowing what we reap! Join us in collecting seed from Prairie Cordgrass (a wetland species) in the Tall Grass Prairie Natural Area for our prairie restoration, then follow up by hand-planting seed in those parts of the restoration plot that were too wet to […]
For the first time in a decade, The Wildlife Society's Annual Conference is being held in Canada. Join them in Winnipeg, Manitoba for a unique and memorable TWS experience that includes more than 400 educational presentations, more than 30 networking opportunities and plenty of engagement and learning opportunities in the TWS Members Activity Center. Registration […]
SER Western Canada of the Society for Ecological Restoration