• A girl with long brown hair uses green snips to cut a small branch off a willow tree

    Grand Pre National Historic Site is home to willow trees (Salix sp.) that are known to have been planted by Acadian settlers over 400 years ago. Parks Canada has classified these trees as cultural artifacts, due to their survival in this space...

  • For biology graduate student Kristen Noel, it’s all about the birds. Whether she’s attaching a radio transmitter to a tiny Saw-Whet Owl or studying ways to preserve sea ducks, she’s living her dream.