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**The Nature Moncton
February meeting will be taking place this coming Tuesday night, February 17.
All details are below. Look forward to a very interesting presentation which is
totally virtual this month with excellent audio and video. Anyone anywhere will be able to join in and easily pose queries or comments.
**Nature
Moncton February Meeting
February 17,
2026, 7:00 PM
Speaker.
Greg Jongsma, PhD, Acting Curator of Zoology at NB Museum.
Acting Head
of Natural History at the NB Museum.
Title:
Hidden Biodiversity of New Brunswick: What We’re Still Discovering in Our Own
Backyard.
New
Brunswick is far richer in species than most of us realize. Through the New
Brunswick Museum’s BiotaNB program (Bioblitz), scientists, students, artists,
and naturalists have spent over a decade documenting life in Protected Natural
Areas across the province—revealing hundreds of species previously unknown from
New Brunswick.
Since 2009,
this group of specialists in their field has camped out for a week-long session
each year in a Protected Natural Area to document everything they find
(bioblitz). On the final day of the campout,
they hold an open house to display what they have discovered over the week,
with all participants present to provide explanations. It is an amazing day for
any NB naturalist to experience, and we can all appreciate the discoveries.
This talk
explores how these discoveries are made, why they matter, and how we all play a
vital role in understanding and protecting biodiversity. Don’t miss this
important and informative insight into the surprising variety of species in our
province.
This
presentation is completely virtual for anyone, anywhere to join in at the
following link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82366927981?pwd=zzDazoGoQaFQm5m05SpH0pLiYeAJJ6.1
All are
welcome, Nature Moncton member or not.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
