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Butterfly Festival
Join EBC for our Annual Butterfly Festival in Tobermory this summer! Attendees will participate in capturing, tagging and releasing monarchs so we can track their migration to Mexico!
Find out more »Opening of the Stephens’ Nature Reserve
We are finally opening the Stephens’ nature reserve. After 5 years of intense work we are proud to announce that we have finally obtained all 17 properties. To celebrate this major achievement please do come and visit us at our new reserve.
Find out more »Williams Nature Reserve Opening
In 2015, Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy received a generous donation of 42 acres of beautiful forest and wetland in Stokes Bay from Joanne Davison and the Williams Family. Join us with Joanne Davison and the Williams Family to celebrate the opening of the Williams Nature Reserve. The grand opening will take place at 3:30 pm on Saturday, July 23 at 489 Stokes Bay Road. Refreshments will be served at Joanne's house next door to the nature reserve. If you plan to attend, please RSVP (rbarnett@escarpment.ca)…
Find out more »6th Annual Monarch Butterfly Festival
Join the Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy to celebrate the beginning of the Monarch migration to Mexico! The 6th Annual Monarch Butterfly Festival is on August 20 - 21 from 10 am - 4 pm. We will also host a guided bat walk and nocturnal insect viewing session at our Alvar Bay Nature Reserve Saturday at 8:30 pm. Some of the activities will take place at the Bruce Peninsula National Park while others will take place on EBC Nature Reserves nearby! The Annual Monarch Butterfly Festival is on…
Find out more »Grey Bruce Farmers Week – Ecological Day
Bob Barnett will be speaking at this year's Grey Bruce Farmers Week on Ecological Day! He'll talk to attendees about the ways we work with farmers to protect their land and the benefits of doing so!
Find out more »Preserving Biodiversity Series – Part 1
Early bird tickets for both workshops are available until March 24th! To celebrate 20 years of conservation, EBC invites you, our landowners, donors, supporters and members of the community to participate in the Preserving Biodiversity Series (PBS). PBS will promote stewardship, species at risk monitoring and invasive species control on privately owned land in the community. This celebration will promote stewardship and protection of biodiversity through education. Workshops will be led by regional and local experts. Do you have species at risk…
Find out more »Preserving Biodiversity Series – Part 2
To celebrate 20 years of conservation, EBC invites you, our landowners, donors, supporters and members of the community to participate in the Preserving Biodiversity Series (PBS). PBS will promote stewardship, species at risk monitoring and invasive species control on privately owned land in the community. This celebration will promote stewardship and protection of biodiversity through education. Workshops will be led by regional and local experts. Do you have species at risk on your property but don’t know what to do next? Our…
Find out more »Bioblitz – CAW Nature Reserve
This spring, we launched the Preserving Biodiversity Series to celebrate 20 years of conservation! This series of events promotes biodiversity and the important role of land stewardship in its protection. The series started off with two workshops on species at risk and invasive species identification, control and monitoring. The series will continue with a bioblitz on June 10th and 11th! A bioblitz is an intensive biological inventory wherein participants survey an area and identify as many things as possible! Members of…
Find out more »Bioblitz – Simmons Nature Reserve
This spring, we launched the Preserving Biodiversity Series to celebrate 20 years of conservation! This series of events promotes biodiversity and the important role of land stewardship in its protection. The series started off with two workshops on species at risk and invasive species identification, control and monitoring. The series will continue with a bioblitz on June 10th and 11th! A bioblitz is an intensive biological inventory wherein participants survey an area and identify as many things as possible! Members of…
Find out more »Annual General Meeting
Join EBC for our Annual General Meeting on Sunday, June 11th! This event will take place after our Bioblitz on the Simmons Nature Reserve just a few minutes away. Tea and coffee and some snacks will be provided. For more information, please contact us!
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