by NatureNS Executive Director, Becky Parker The pewee is a small olive-coloured flycatcher found in intermediate and old growth mixed forests from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island westward to Saskatchewan. It winters in dry and wet forests of South America, from Columbia and Venezuela to Peru, Bolivia, and into the Brazilian Amazon, and uses […]
We are very happy to see the Canada-Nova Scotia Nature Agreement announced on Tuesday, including $28.5 million in funding from the federal government so Nova Scotia can protect 82,500 hectares by no later than 2026. We recently wrote a joint letter with friends at Nature Canada to the Premier and Minister of Environment encouraging them
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Ash species compared. For a good comparison chart, see: https://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity-old/herbarium/trees/Fraxinus_comparison01.htm The black ash tree (Wisqoq / Frêne noir / Uinnseann duhb) is a long-lived, slow-growing hardwood native to the Wabanaki-Acadian forest and found throughout the Dawnlands as well as interior Eastern North America. It has significant cultural value as a source of flexible wood strips,
