Aquatics Workshop: Anthropogenic Climate Change Impacts

Content:

• Anthropogenic climate change
• Land use & anthropogenic pollution sources
• An introduction to watershed monitoring and data collection
• Best land management practices and ways to improve anthropogenic watershed impacts

Aquatics Workshop: Biotic World: Living Things – Animals, Plants, Bacteria, Fungi, etc.

Content:

• An introduction to biota
• What is a balanced ecosystem and its carrying capacity
• Biodiversity and how it can be impacted
• Invasive and alien species

Aquatics Workshop: Abiotic: Non-Living Things – A Tale of Water and Watersheds

Content:

• An introduction to abiotic factors in aquatic environments
• What is a watershed and its features
• Processes in the water cycle
• The difference and the definitions of various aquatic habitats
• Groundwater

Aquatics Workshop: Microplastics! A Macro-problem.

Content:

• Types of plastics
• The problem with plastics
• Aquatic plastic pollution
• Monitoring microplastics

Forestry Workshop: Tree Identification and Physiology

Content:

• Parts of  a tree (tree, twigs, and leaves)
• Photosynthesis
• Dendrochronology
• Tree Identification using dichotomous key

Presentation Slides:

Tree Physiology and Identification  without notes / with notes

Handout Keys:

Softwood key for trees of the Acadian (Wabanaki) Forest

Hardwood key for trees of the Acadian (Wabanaki) Forest

Play Kahoot! with class or team – Tree ID Trivia game

Forestry Workshop: Forest Measurements

Content:

• Aerial photographs
• Measuring diameter, age, height, basal area, and stocking
• Using LIDAR for enhanced forest management

Presentation Slides:

Forest Measurements without notes / with notes

Play Kahoot in class or team- Forest Measurements

Forestry Workshop: Forest Health

Content:

• Biotic and abiotic factors
• Native insects and diseases of trees
• Exotic (non-native) insects and diseases of trees
• Adapting to climate change in Canada’s forests

Presentation Slides:

Climate Change and the Acadian Forest without notes / with notes

Forest Health: Insects and Disease without notes / with notes

Forestry Workshop: Forest Management

Content:

• Forestry in Canada
• Forestry in New Brunswick
• Even-aged forestry systems
• Uneven-aged forestry systems
• Reforestation
• Precommercial thinning
• Commercial thinning
• Annual allowable cut
• Non-timber forest products

Presentation Slides:

Forest Management without notes / with notes

Wildlife Workshop: Tracks, Scat and Skulls

Content:

• Learn how to identify what species was walking and squatting in your backyard/woodlot.
• Gain knowledge and skills on how to use a key to identify a mammal skull.
• Gain knowledge and understanding on how mammals lived by analyzing “reading” the skull.

Presentation Slides:

Tracks Scat and Skulls  without notes / with notes – study guide

Wildlife Workshop: General Bird Identification

Content:

• Tips on how to quickly and confidently identify NB’s avian species and introduction to cool apps that can help you out.

Presentation Slides:

General Bird ID Presentation with study notes

Wildlife Workshop: Small Mammals of New Brunswick

Content:

• Students will learn about the life histories of a selected number of rodents in our province as well as sampling methods to determine populations.

Presentation Slides:

Small Mammals of New Brunswick without notes / with notes

Wildlife Workshop: Wildlife Terminology

Content:

• Learn the basic terminology used in wildlife management..

Presentation Slides:

Wildlife Terminology without notes / with notes

Soils and Land Use Workshop: Properties & Characteristics

Content:

• What are soil types and how to distinguish between them
• Soil associations and soil series
• Soil landscape characteristics
• Soil physical properties
• Soil chemical properties
• Soil biological properties
• Soil Drainage
• Understanding relationships between soil properties/characteristics and soil quality and soil health

Soils and Land Use Workshop: Soil Forming Processes & Factors

Content:

• What is soil?
• Why do we study soil?
• Why is soil important?
• Functions of soil
• Soil forming factors
• Soil forming processes
• What does soil look like?
• Soil types
• Soil Erosion
• Understanding relationships between the plant community and soil

Presentation Slides:

Soil Forming Processes & Factors

Soils and Land Use Workshop: Big Ideas on the Critical Zone – Geology and Landscape

Content:

• Critical zone
• Rock cycle
• Volcanoes
• Landforms
• Types of rocks
• Climate Impact
• Soil thickness
• Resilience

Waste to Resources Workshop

Content:

• Why turn waste to resources
• Key drivers
• Solid Waste Management in NB
• Collection, Diversion, Disposal
• Regulatory Tools
• Next Steps

Waste to Biogas Workshop

Content:

• Sustainability
• Recycling
• Biomass
• Tire Recycling
• Technology
• New Uses for recycled products

Since 2009  Cavendish Farms has been transforming on-site waste into a renewable energy source (biogas).  This renewable fuel provides a major source of energy for our production and helps us to substantially reduce our greenhouse gas footprint. The webinar will outline how the process works, how we use the renewable energy and how this is an important part of our sustainability agenda. 

3^rd Learning from the Land/Weji-kino’masulti’kw maqamikek – Restigouche!

Content:

• Roberta Clowater and Anika Smithson- CPAWS – The Restigouche & Conservation English
• Jean-Daniel Savard – Restigouche River Water Management Council English
• Bernie Daigle NRCan – Wabanaki Forest & Dichotomous Key Skills English
• Fundy National Park Salmon Recovery Group English
• Kristin Elton (NB Invasive Species Council) & Steve Ginnish (MTI) English
  • Derek Gallant – Wild Wisdom English