Coming Events

This summer the NTNB is offering a unique opportunity that goes well beyond our typical frog walks.  Get up close and personal with our province’s most charismatic amphibian, the Grey Tree Frog, and participate in real conservation research!  No biology degree required!

Join us on a tour of Hyla Park.  Learn about the amphibians that call Hyla Park home, the secrets frogs hold, and why we care so much about them!  A great day for the whole family!

Hosted in partnership with students from
Renaissance College in Fredericton, NB, the New Brunswick Youth in Nature
Campaign (NBYNC) is a multidisciplinary strategy that aims to promote
engagement from youth in the province using a combination of creative arts and
skill development with traditional methods of outdoor recreation (i.e. hiking,
wildlife and plant interpretation). The
NBYNC has the primary objective of bringing youth outdoors by inviting them to
NTNB nature preserves to participate in three separate project initiatives: Art
in Nature, Music in Nature and Skills in Nature.

An exerpt from the NBYNC:

"Are you a painter? Musician? Maybe sciences are more your thing. The big idea here
is that you don’t already have to be a ‘nut’ for nature to get into it! We at
the New Brunswick Youth in Nature Campaign know that there is a lot to be
gained from taking our indoor selves out. We’re giving you the chance to
showcase your skills, meet like-minded people, and help promote New Brunswick’s
protected wilderness!"

For more information - visit the NBYNC website at www.nbync.ca

Many events are planned this summer in celebration of the Nature Trust of New Brunswick's 25th Anniversary!

Who:
Sure-footed hikers and trail blazers

What: Two
work days are scheduled to further clear, mark and establish viewpoints on the
trail up Chickahominy Mountain

Where:
Meeting on the north side of Route 127 at the Caughey-Taylor Nature Preserve
(call 506-457-2398 for directions)

 When: May
26^th and 27^th, 10 am to 3 pm each day

What to
Bring: Please
bring a lunch & lots of water. Wear work appropriate attire and prepare for
a rigorous day!

Why: To
help make some the preserve’s unique ecosystems more accessible for the public.

Please
RSVP to Greg at 506-457-2398 or staff@ntnb.org

The Caughey-Taylor Nature Preserve has an array of interesting
ecosystems; from coastal forest, to fresh water marshes, to mountains. Most famously,
this preserve near Bocabec encompasses Sam Orr's Pond, a brackish pond created
from glacial movements 30,000 years ago. Bird and plant diversity is astounding
at Caughey-Taylor. Don't miss your chance to experience this breathtaking
preserve!

Hosted by the Fredericton Trails Coalition and Fredericton's Recreation Department, the Access Your Trails! event encourages everyone to get outside and enjoy the trail systems in Fredericton, NB. This events offers interative tours, skill building, demonstrations, displays and a BBQ. Events are taking place all day long 7:30am-6:00pm.

Be sure to join the Nature Trust of NB at the Visitor Centre (180 Station Rd.) from 3:00pm until 6:00pm.

Check out the full list of activities at: http://www.frederictontrailscoalition.com/Access-Your-Trails.html

To Be Announced

Researchers around the world are working hard to curb the loss of incredible species like the Grey Treefrog, and now you can help.  Attend one of our Amphibians Workshops and learn about the fascinating world of frogs and some of the research techniques that biologists use to study them.  Following the workshop you’ll have the chance to get your hands dirty, experiencing what being a field biologist is all about.  You will help contribute to an actual study on the Grey Treefrogs in Canada’s premiere Amphibian Reserve:  Hyla Park in Fredericton. 

Workshop and Frog Survey Schedule 2012

Workshops: 10:30am - 12:00pm

Frog Survey:  9:30pm

June 16, 2012

June 23, 2012

June 30, 2012

July 7, 2012

July 14, 2012

Join the NB Youth in Nature Campaign for

"We get to see this!"

a FREE! outdoor drawing workshop with Jennifer Pazienza

June 16th, 2012

9am-12pm

James C. Yerxa Nature Preserve

Keswick, NB

All are welcomed, but space is limited.

Please RSVP by emailing:

Join the NB Youth in Nature Campaign for

"This is my studio!"

an initiation to Plein Air painting with Chantal Richard

This FREE! acrylic painting workshop is for all skill levels. 

Learn about technique, composition, colour and values.

June 23rd, 2012

10am-1pm

James C. Yerxa Nature Preserve

Keswick, NB

All are welcomed, but space is limited.

Please RSVP by emailing:

nbync1@gmail.com

To Be Announced

Order your copy of The Green Guardian & the EcoSquad by Sheila McPhee. Partial proceeds ($8) from total price of $29.95 will be donated to Nature Trust. Contact Sheila McPhee to order your copy: (506)450-2197; info@galleryopaque.com; http://www.thegreenguardian.ca

Celebratory event marking the bridge crossing completion and grand opening of trails, at Blueberry Hill.  More details to be announced. 

The Nature Trust is also partnering with the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design (NBCCD) and the University of New Brunswick to produce and present Encounters with Unfettered Nature.  The project will showcase an exhibition of works created by students of NBCCD and the UNB BAA program, all inspired by an experience by the students at one or more of the Trust’s nature preserves.  The project  will bring two communities together, allowing them to learn from each other, young artists will have the opportunity to understand Nature in a new way, and naturalists also understanding Nature in a new way: through the eyes of the artists. The hidden landscape will be explored and the young artists will be challenged to pursue visual research, using art not simply as decoration, but as a tool to discover the less obvious and to connect with other disciplines. Watch for details of the final exhibit in December!