Location: South Wolf Island Nature Preserve

Meeting Location: Blacks Harbour

Date: August 20th, 2022

Rain date: August 21st, 2022

Time: 8:00am - 3:00pm

Cost: Free

Leader: Nature Trust of New Brunswick Staff

Registration: Online

Number of Available Registrations: 18

Help restore the coastal ecosystem by participating in this cleanup at the South Wolf Island Nature Preserve!

South Wolf Island is the southernmost island in the Wolves Archipelago, in the lower Bay of Fundy, roughly 12 km from Blacks Harbour.

The Wolves Archipelago has received international recognition as part of an Important Bird Area and is an Environmentally Significant Area for birds. The islands are a wintering site for harlequin ducks and purple sandpipers, and are also home to a variety of seabirds including breeding populations of black legged kittiwakes, common eiders, great black-backed gulls, herring gull, and razorbills. The land bird species include song sparrow, black-throated green warblers, American crows, and ravens. Two extremely rare plants, marsh felwort (Lomatogonium rotatum) and round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia var. comosa) are also found here.

At this cleanup, teams will work together to identify and remove debris along the shorelines of the preserve. Participants should be prepared for travel by boat, collecting garbage, and some bushwhacking.

More details will be circulated to participants upon registration and in advance of the cleanup event.

This is an outdoor event so please dress according to the weather.

What to Bring:

- Personal Flotation Device (mandatory)

- Closed toes shoes or rainboots

- Appropriate clothing for weather

- Water

- Lunch and snacks

- Sunscreen

- Bug spray and/or bug net

- Work gloves (optional)

- Camera (optional)