Nature Conservancy of Canada (“Sights and Sounds of Brier Island” at Brier Island, Nova Scotia: Complete shore and trail clean-up work)

Organization Name: Nature Conservancy of Canada
Opportunity Title: “Sights and Sounds of Brier Island” at Brier Island, Nova Scotia: Complete shore and trail clean-up work
Category: Environmental Improvement
Commitment: One Day / Special Event
Start Date: August 29, 2015
End Date: August 29, 2015

Email: NovaScotia@NatureConservancy.ca
Website: http://www.natureconservancy.ca
Details:

• Appropriate for volunteers aged between 18 and 55
• Appropriate for volunteers aged 55 and over
• Family-oriented volunteering

Opportunity Description:

Participants are invited to arrive Friday evening (Aug 28) and enjoy mingling and presentations on Brier Island natural history. Early risers can take in a bird banding tour and demonstration before we all meet at 10 am at Big Pond beach for a shore and trail clean-up. After a lunch at Westport you will have the option of: surveying seabirds while enjoying a whale-watching tour; bird surveying from the shore and mainland, or; a guided hike into Big Meadow bog where the the Endangered Eastern Mountain Avens may be found. “Sights and Sounds of Brier Island” at Brier Island, Nova Scotia August 29, 2015 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Westport (2 km) Register here: http://tinyurl.com/omxfu2y