Maritimes Butterfly Atlas

Presentations	Workshops

Check here regularly for the latest Atlas news, including the dates and locations of planned butterfly workshops.

Presentations at Naturalist Clubs

Club: Fredericton Nature Club
Date: February 3, 2010
Start Time: 7:00 pm
Description: 40 minute presentation on New Brunswick Butterflies and the Maritimes Butterfly Atlas

Club: Club les Ami(e)s de la Nature du sud-est Inc.
Date: March 3, 2010
Start Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Rotary Park, Dieppe
Description: 40 minute presentation on New Brunswick Butterflies and the Maritimes Butterfly Atlas

Club: Halifax Field Naturalists
Date: April 1, 2010
Start Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Auditorium of the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street, Halifax.
Description: Brief 10 minute introduction to the Maritimes Butterfly Atlas

Club: Natural History Society of PEI
Date: April 6, 2010
Start Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Farm Centre, 420 University Avenue, Charlottetown
Description: 40 minute presentation on PEI Butterflies and the Maritimes Butterfly Atlas

Club: St. John Naturalist Club
Date: April 12, 2010
Start Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Auditorium of the New Brunswick Museum at Market Square
Description: 40 minute presentation on NB Butterflies and the Maritimes Butterfly Atlas

Club: Club de Naturalistes de la Péninsule Acadienne
Date: May 5, 2010
Start Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Club de l'Âge d'Or, Landry
Description: Présentation d'une durée de 40 minutes sur les papillons du Nouveau-Brunswick et l'Atlas des papillons des Maritimes

Club: Miramichi Naturalist Club
Date: May 10, 2010
Start Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Friendly Neighbour Senior Citizen Centre
Description: 40 minute presentation on New Brunswick butterflies and the Maritimes Butterfly Atlas

Club: South Shore Naturalists
Date: May 12, 2010
Start Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Bridgewater High School Library
Description: 40 minute presentation on Nova Scotia Butterflies and the Maritimes Butterfly Atlas

Club: Blomidon Naturalists’ Society
Date: May 17, 2010
Start Time: 7:00 pm
Location: K.C. Irving Environmental Centre at Acadia University in the Auditorium in the lower level of the building.
Description: 40 minute presentation on Nova Scotia butterflies and the Maritimes Butterfly Atlas

Club: Pictou Co. Naturalists
Date: May 18, 2010
Start Time: 7:00 pm
Location: New Glasgow Library
Description: Approximately 1 hour long presentation briefly discussing Nova Scotia butterflies and introducing the Maritimes Butterfly Atlas. Details such as how to submit records will be discussed. Atlas kits, including butterfly nets, will be available. No prior knowledge of butterflies is required and there is no charge, though donations will be accepted for the butterfly kits.

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Butterfly Atlas Workshops

Host: Nova Scotia Nature Trust
Date: August 7, 2010
Start Time: 1:00 pm
Location: K.C. Irving Environmental Centre at Acadia University in the Auditorium in the lower level of the building.
Description: At the workshop you’ll receive specific instruction on how to participate in the Maritimes Butterfly Atlas. You’ll be taught how to prepare voucher specimens and document butterfly occurrence through photography, and how to collect and submit data for the Atlas. All participants will receive an Atlas kit including a butterfly net and a participants’ manual. The workshop is open to anyone interested in participating in the Atlas. No prior knowledge of butterflies is required and there is no charge, though donations will be accepted for the butterfly kits. If it is a warm sunny day we can proceed outside where hopefully we will be able to document some early flying species and fill out some Atlas datasheets. The workshop will last approximately three hours.
How to Sign Up: Please contact Shannon MacDonald at shannon@nsnt.ca

Host: New Brunswick Museum
Date: August 13, 2010
Location: Jacquet River Gorge Protected Natural Area
Description: From August 6 to 19, the New Brunswick Museum is hosting the second annual bioblitz at the Jacquet River Gorge Protected Natural Area south of Dalhousie. On August 13 there will be a workshop on the Maritimes Butterfly Atlas at the bioblitz. At the workshop you’ll receive specific instruction on how to participate in the Maritimes Butterfly Atlas. You’ll be taught how to prepare voucher specimens and document butterfly occurrence through photography, and how to collect and submit data for the Atlas. You will gain hands-on experience catching butterflies and making specimen and photographic vouchers. Participants will receive an Atlas kit, including a butterfly net and materials necessary for collecting specimens and submitting data.
For more details on logistics and to register for the workshop please contact Donald F. McAlpine, PhD, New Brunswick Museum at (1-888-268-9595) or Donald.McAlpine@nbm-mnb.ca.

Host: Blomidon Naturalists Society
Date: June 5, 2010
Time: 1:00- 4:00 pm (weather allowing a short field trip will take place during the latter half of the presentation and may go longer than 4 pm)
Location: Room LL14 in the KCIrving Centre, Acadia University Campus, Wolfville, NS
Description: At the workshop you’ll receive specific instruction on how to participate in the Maritimes Butterfly Atlas. You’ll be taught how to prepare voucher specimens and document butterfly occurrence through photography, and how to collect and submit data for the Atlas. All participants will receive an Atlas kit including a butterfly net and a participants’ manual. The workshop is open to anyone interested in participating in the Atlas. No prior knowledge of butterflies is required and there is no charge, though donations will be accepted for the butterfly kits.

Host: Nature Moncton
Date: April 24, 2010
Time: 1:00- 4:00 pm + another hour or so outside after the workshop (weather allowing)
Location: Tankville Schoolhouse, 1665 Elmwood Drive (Irishtown Road)

Description: At the workshop you’ll receive specific instruction on how to participate in the Maritimes Butterfly Atlas. You’ll be taught how to prepare voucher specimens and document butterfly occurrence through photography, and how to collect and submit data for the Atlas. All participants will receive an Atlas kit including a butterfly net and a participants’ manual. The workshop is open to anyone interested in participating in the Atlas. No prior knowledge of butterflies is required and there is no charge, though donations will be accepted for the butterfly kits. The workshop will last approximately three hours. If it is a warm sunny day we can proceed outside where hopefully we will be able to document some early flying species and fill out some Atlas datasheets.

Host: Fredericton Nature Club
Date: April 28, 2010
Time: 6:00- 9:00 pm
Location: The Old Forestry and Geology Building (adjacent to the New Forestry Building)
Description: At the workshop you’ll receive specific instruction on how to participate in the Maritimes Butterfly Atlas. You’ll be taught how to prepare voucher specimens and document butterfly occurrence through photography, and how to collect and submit data for the Atlas. All participants will receive an Atlas kit including a butterfly net and a participants’ manual. The workshop is open to anyone interested in participating in the Atlas. No prior knowledge of butterflies is required and there is no charge, though donations will be accepted for the butterfly kits.

Host: Nova Scotia Museum
Date: May 1, 2010
Time: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Weather allowing participants can meet up at a nearby location after the workshop for some butterfly field experience.
Location: Nova Scotia Museum
Description: Would you like to be positioned to make a significant contribution to a Maritime-wide conservation effort and learn about Maritime butterfly species at the same time? Then join John Klymko, zoologist at the Conservation Data Centre in Sackville New Brunswick, and Jim Edsall, independent naturalist, for a workshop on the Maritimes Butterfly Atlas (MBA). Launched this spring, the MBA is a five-year systematic survey of all Maritime butterfly species powered by volunteer naturalists like you. The Atlas will greatly improve our understanding of the distribution and status of all butterfly species occurring in the region, including those of conservation concern. At the workshop you’ll be introduced to the great variety of butterflies that occur in the region, and receive specific instruction on how to participate in the project. You’ll be taught how to prepare voucher specimens and document butterfly occurrence through photography. All participants will receive an Atlas kit including a butterfly net and a participants’ manual. The workshop is open to anyone interested in participating in the Atlas. No prior knowledge of butterflies is required and there is no charge, though donations will be accepted for the Atlas kit.

Host: New Brunswick Museum
Date: May 8, 2010
Time: 1:00- 4:00 pm + a short field trip after the workshop (weather allowing)
Location: Auditorium of the New Brunswick Museum at Market Square

Description: At the workshop you’ll receive specific instruction on how to participate in the Maritimes Butterfly Atlas. You’ll be taught how to prepare voucher specimens and document butterfly occurrence through photography, and how to collect and submit data for the Atlas. All participants will receive an Atlas kit including a butterfly net and a participants’ manual. The workshop is open to anyone interested in participating in the Atlas. No prior knowledge of butterflies is required and there is no charge, though donations will be accepted for the butterfly kits. The workshop will last approximately three hours. If it is a warm sunny day interested participants can meet-up after the meeting at a local natural area to document some early flying species and fill out some Atlas datasheets.

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