Webinars for BTC Members
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Recordings & Slides of Past Webinars:
- What's that plant? Botany on the Bruce Trail (June 11, 2020)
- The Bruce Trail Inspires (June 4, 2020)
- Ancient Seas, Glaciers & Waterfalls: The Geologic History of the Niagara Escarpment (May 28, 2020)
- Getting started with eBird (May 21, 2020)
- Exploring Canada Along The Great Trail (May 14, 2020)
- Tips on Hiking the Bruce Trail End-to-End (May 7, 2020)
- Volunteer Vacations on the Sendero Pacifico (April 30, 2020)
- Rare Species of the Niagara Escarpment (April 23, 2020)
- Native & Invasive Plants in Your Backyard (April 16, 2020)
What's that plant? Botany on the Bruce Trail
JUNE 11, 2020
Presenters: Brian Popelier & Adam Brylowski (BTC Land Stewardship Coordinators & Ecologists).
Join us for a virtual walk to learn about some of the native flora found along the Bruce Trail and how to identify it. This webinar focusses on common growing season ID features such as leaves, flowers and fruit as well as some dormant characteristics such as buds, branching and bark. We also explore some common “look-alike” plants and how to tell them apart.
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The Bruce Trail Inspires
JUNE 4, 2020
Meet 3 artists who have been inspired by the Niagara Escarpment on their explorations along the Bruce Trail: Suzanne Dyke (suzanne-dyke.wixsite.com/portfolio), Kristina Maus (www.kristinamaus.com), and Victoria Pearce (www.victoriapearce.ca) Take a stroll through a virtual gallery of their paintings and learn a bit more about their work, their process, and how the Bruce Trail has become their muse.
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Ancient Seas, Glaciers & Waterfalls: The Geologic History of the Niagara Escarpment
MAY 28, 2020
Presented by: Dr. Carolyn Eyles and Rebecca Lee, School of Geography & Earth Sciences, McMaster University.
In this webinar we explore the fascinating geological history of the Niagara Escarpment. The rocks we see exposed along the Escarpment today were deposited in an ancient tropical sea that covered large parts of Ontario between 400 and 450 million years ago. The sea teemed with marine life and these ancient animals are now preserved as fossils within the limestones, dolostones and shales that accumulated on the sea floor. These ancient sedimentary rocks have been eroded over time as glaciers and rivers repeatedly scoured the landscape; the steep Escarpment face we see today continues to evolve as waterfalls cascade over its edge.
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Getting started with eBird
MAY 21, 2020
Host: Amanda Bichel (Ontario Important Bird and Biodiversity Area Coordinator, Birds Canada)
Join Amanda for a live demo of eBird and learn how our own bird observations can contribute to scientific understanding of Important Biodiversity Areas (IBAs). She'll share insights from her work at Birds Canada and reveal how we can each start our own life list of birds.
For more great info, subscribe to Bird Canada's Ontario IBA Newsletter.
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Exploring Canada Along The Great Trail
MAY 14, 2020
Hosts: Sonya Richard and Sean Morton
Sonya and Sean are long-time BTC members and End-to-Enders who've begun a #hike4birds along The Great Trail, formerly the Trans Canada Trail, promoting diversity in outdoor activities and striving to inspire youth to reconnect with nature through birding and Citizen Science. In this webinar, they share stories of their time on The Great Trail, and highlight how Citizen Science can be a way to bridge the divide between our digital landscapes and our natural ones.
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Tips on Hiking the Bruce Trail End-to-End
MAY 7, 2020
Get advice on planning an End-to-End hike of the Bruce Trail and tips on what to expect on your journey. If “hike the whole Bruce Trail” is on your bucket list, either as a thru-hike or in stages over time, this is the session to watch.
Host: Ruth Moffatt (Bruce Trail End-to-Ender, BTC Member, Volunteer, Donor & Avid Hiker)
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Volunteer Vacations on the Sendero Pacifico
APRIL 30, 2020
Discover Costa Rica’s Sendero Pacifico – one of the BTC’s 9 international Friendship Trails – and learn how you can be part of a future volunteer vacation or customized tour to this beautiful trail.
Hosts: Nat Scrimshaw (Chair, World Trails Network-Americas) & Ros Rossetti (Beaver Valley Bruce Trail Club Past President)
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Rare Species of the Niagara Escarpment
APRIL 23, 2020
Find out what rare and at-risk species make their home on the Niagara Escarpment. From bugs, to birds, to botanical oddities, learn about these unique creatures and why protecting them is so important.
Hosts: Brian Popelier & Adam Brylowski (BTC Land Stewardship Coordinators & Ecologists)
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Native & Invasive Plants in Your Backyard
APRIL 16, 2020
Learn how you can improve biodiversity and wildlife habitat in your own backyard, through the protection and planting of native plants and the identification and management of invasives.
Hosts: Lyndsey Wilkerson (BTC Landowner Stewardship Coordinator) & Brian Popelier (BTC Land Stewardship Coordinator & Ecologist)
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