2001 - June 1-3 - Lunenburg - South Shore Naturalists

Federation of Nova Scotia Naturalists Annual General Meeting
2001 A South Shore Odyssey

12th Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
June 1, 2 and 3
Hosted by the South Shore Naturalists

AGM REGISTRATION FORM
Field Trips and Speakers


Program

- Friday - June 1 -

6:30-9:00 pm Registration: New Luneburg Fire Hall, Medway Street
7:00 pm Welcome: Town of Lunenburg, FNSN and Announcements
7:15 pm Wine & Cheese Reception and Displays
8:30 pm A Walking Tour of Historic Lunenburg with Eric Croft (fee: a "Toonie")

- Saturday, June 2 -

6:00-8:00 am Early Morning Outings, Birding, Botany, Photography
8:00-8:45 am Continential Breakfast, St. John's Aglican Church Hall, Cornwallis Street
8:00-9:00 am Registration: New Fire Hall
9:15 am Wendy Muise & Merrill Heubach: Kingsburg Coastal Conservancy
Land Conservation - Anyone Can Do It
Dr. Bill Freedman - A Naturalist's Perspective of Gaff Point
10:00 am Break
10:30 am Dr. Howard Donohoe - How does Gold Get in the Rocks, Get Discovered and then Used?
11:15 am Dr. Martin Willison - Preservtion of Nova Scotian Cold Water Corals
12:15 pm Brown Bag Lunch available at Fire Hall
1:15 - 5:00 pm FIELD TRIPS - Leaving from Fire Hall parking lot
A - Gaff Point Hike with Eric and Anne Mills: A Walk on the Wild Side
B - Gold Panning & Geology at the Ovens Natural Park with Howard Donohoe
C - Cherry Hill Beach with Bob Taylor: How Barrier Beaches Can Turn Themselves Inside Out
D - A Woodland Walk to Bayport Plant Farm with Jean McKiel
E - LaHave Islands Boat Tour
7:15 pm Banquet, Riverport Community Centre
9:00 pm Night Sounds or Sky Watch

- Sunday - June 3 -

6:00-8:00 am Early Morning Outings: Birding, Botany, & Photography
8:00-8:45 am Continential Breakfast, St.Johh's Anglican Church Hall
9:00 am Announcements - New Fire Hall
9:15 am Leif Helmer: Landscapes of Learning - UNESCO Biosphere Principles in Practice the Nova Scotia Experience
Jennifer Higgins: Southwest Nova Biosphere Project
Tom Young: Fundy Biosphere Project
10:15 am Break
10:45 am Annual General Meeting of the FNSN
12:30 pm Lunch - Fire Hall
1:15-5:00 pm FIELD TRIPS - Leaving from Fire Hall parking lot
F. Gaff Point
G. LaHave River Valley with Gary Selig
H. Medicinal Plant Walk & Gold Mining Remains with Laurie Lacey
I. Visit Windhorse Farm with Jim Drescher: Learn the Principles of Ecoforestry
J. LaHave Island Boat Tour

- Monday - June 4 -

All Day ----------- Birding and Deep Sea Coral Field Trip to Cape Sable Island


Conference Contact:

Catherine Pross at mcpross@yahoo.com

or Phone (902) 766-4667