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A Nature Destination with a big view: Maddox Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador
![Iceberg off of Maddox Cove, NL (Photo by Ronald Stone/Stone Island Photography)](https://www.natureconservancy.ca/assets/images/land/nl/Maddox-Cove-NL-Ronald-Stone-Stone-Island-Photography-thumb.jpg)
Iceberg off of Maddox Cove, NL (Photo by Ronald Stone/Stone Island Photography)
I’m going to be honest, I’m not a bushwhacker at heart. I’ve done field work for more than a decade, including coring trees, assembling plant inventories and digging soil pits in all types of forests, all over Atlantic Canada....
What a difference a year makes
![The summer-blooming showy goldenrod, being visited by a bee fly, was less abundant than the spring-blooming flowers. (Photo by Diana Robson)](https://www.natureconservancy.ca/assets/images/blog/The-summer-blooming-showy-goldenrod-being-visited-by-a-bee-fly-was-less-abundant-than-the-spring-blooming-flowers-thumb.jpg)
The summer-blooming showy goldenrod, being visited by a bee fly, was less abundant than the spring-blooming flowers. (Photo by Diana Robson)
One of the first papers on pollination I tried to publish was rejected because it contained data from only one field season. I withdrew the paper, and did another year of research. Why is having two years of data so important, you may ask?...
Strong and free: Releasing a red-tailed hawk at Bunchberry Meadows
![Red-tailed hawk (Photo by Bill Hubick)](https://www.natureconservancy.ca/assets/images/species/bird/red-tailed-hawk-on-bill-hubick-thumb.jpg)
Red-tailed hawk (Photo by Bill Hubick)
This fall, WILDNorth (formerly the Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Edmonton) staff were invited by the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) to release a red-tailed hawk at NCC’s Bunchberry Meadows property in Alberta — an absolutely...
Coming home to NCC
![Teamwork makes the dream work (Photo by NCC)](https://www.natureconservancy.ca/assets/images/cv/on/teamwork-cv-ontario-ncc-thumb.jpg)
Teamwork makes the dream work (Photo by NCC)
I don’t claim to be an expert on every inch of Ontario's Frontenac Arch. One summer as a conservation technician with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is nowhere near enough time to explore everything, but in 2016, the wetlands, rock...
A laid-back Nature Destination on the Atlantic Ocean
![Thomas Island, PEI (Photo by Mike Dembeck)](https://www.natureconservancy.ca/assets/images/land/pei/thomas-island-pei-mike-dembeck-thumb.jpg)
Thomas Island, PEI (Photo by Mike Dembeck)
Visitors to PEI often comment about the laid-back, friendly nature of the people who live here, and in the Maritimes in general. I’ve given this some thought, and concluded this attitude is not only because of generations of inherently...
The ABCs of Conservation Volunteers
![A young CV capping the posts with post caps provided by Mosaic potash. (Photo by NCC)](https://www.natureconservancy.ca/assets/images/blog/young-cv-potash-caps-ncc-thumb.jpg)
A young CV capping the posts with post caps provided by Mosaic potash. (Photo by NCC)
Over the years, the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s (NCC’s) Conservation Volunteers (CV) have helped protect habitat for many species, all while creating a budding community among nature lovers across Canada. Since 2006, NCC’s CV...