Acadia Environmental Science – K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre and Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens

January 21, 2025

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New Book on Wetland Restoration: Compiling over a decade of research on Brier Island Nova Scotia to support Eastern Mountain Avens, A Species at Risk

January 2025 marked the publication of Wetland Restoration for Endangered Species Recovery: A Multidisciplinary Case Study of Big Meadow Bog, Brier Island, Nova Scotia, an academic book detailing efforts to restore the habitat of the endangered Eastern Mountain Avens (Geum peckii) and research...
February 16, 2022

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E.C. Smith Herbarium Helps Protect Large Tract of Land in Southwest Nova Scotia

In early 2022, the Nature Conservancy of Canada purchased nearly 1,100 hectares of old growth and mature forests, wetlands, and lakes in Upper Ohio, Nova Scotia after pulling together money from fundraising, private donors, federal and provincial governments, and the United States...