🍄 LEVEL II: BON PORTAGE 🐥

About

August 1-5
5 days, staying in cabins overnight
Bon Portage Island (the Evelyn and Morrill Richardson Field Station in Biology)
12 seats
Pay-what-you-can
Drop-off/pick-up times and locations to be determined
No prior knowledge needed

Bon Portage Island (also known as Outer Island) is located 20 minutes south of Barrington.

Activities

Taking a boat, we’ll travel 3 km to and from Bon Portage Island off of the Shag Harbour wharf
Assisting female biologists from Acadia University with their Leach’s storm petrel (a small grey seabird) conservation research, we’ll help “grub” the adult and petrel chicks from theirs nests to take different measurements of their health and growth
Setting motion-activated wildlife cameras around the Island, we’ll identify the Island’s wildlife and movement corridors and review the video footage
Exploring the Island’s tide pools at low tide and learning about marine invertebrates
Hiking through the Island, we’ll learn to identify local plants and fungi
Learning about different wildlife conservation organizations from around the world and making donations as Terranaut Club
Learning about careers in wildlife conservation and what it’s like to study wildlife conservation at college and university
And more!

Eligibility

This program is open to girls and under-represented genders ages 12-15 who live in the Maritime provinces (NB, NS, PEI). Participants from other areas are welcome to apply for our wait list.