Welcome to the website of Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute
The Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute (MTRI) is a non-profit co-operative with a mandate to advance collaborative research, monitoring, and management that promotes sustainable use of natural resources in southwestern Nova Scotia.
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The Butterfly Club is now on Facebook!
Buterfly Club members and butterfly enthusiats can share stories and pictures with one another now on the Butterfly Club page on Facebook. We encourage everyone to join by searching "Butterfly Club" or by visting www.facebook.com/MonarchButterflyClub and clicking on "like" in the top right corner.
Are you interested in joining the Butterfly Club and creating habitat for the Monarch on your property or in your community? If yes, please call 682-2371 to get started.
Volunteers Harold and Diane Clapp have done it again! They've found another unmarked Blanding's turtle with some helpful advice from Susan Mahoney who is the owner of New Grafton Variety store and they've named the turtle "Sue". Susan and Sue are pictured here just before Sue was fitted with a radio transmitter to help researchers identify new nesting sites for protection.
North Queens Regional High School and its grade 10 O2 class will be joining MTRI on May 14 to help plant some edible trees. Please join us in this community effort! MTRI, the NQRHS, and the community will not only benefit from the product of fruit and nuts, but will benefit from a continued educational site, cleaner air, shade, wildlife habitat and beauty!
Have you seen bats out recently flying in the daytime?
If you have NS Department of Natural Resources would like to know about your sightings.
Recently White-Nose Syndrome (caused by the fungus Geomyces destructans) was found in Nova Scotia bat populations. This causes them to come out of their hibernation state and burn excessive energy to keep warm. As a result they are often seen flying during the day and as a result they often perish of starvation.
You can help! Reporting sightings of day flying bats will help NSDNR and academic researchers track the impact of White-Nose Syndrome in our province.
Find your local office at this link: http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/staffdir/offices.asp
Vernal Pool Volunteers Needed
Volunteers are being asked to send details about local vernal pools, including their location, size, depth, how long the area stays wet, and a digital photo to the NS Department of Environment using an online form available at:www.gov.ns.ca/nse/wetland/docs/Vernal.Pool.Data.Sheet.pdf
Vernal pools provide breeding habitat for frogs, salamanders, fairy shrimp, and many other species, but more information is needed to improve understanding of these important habitats. Through this project, NSDOE will develop a database of vernal pools around the province.
Species at Risk Hooked Rug Series
on display now in MTRI's new Community Room
For more information click on the pictures
Calling for nominations for 2012...
To enter, fill out our submission form
For more information, click here or contact MTRI at 902-682-2371
Mersey Tobeatic Green Technology Video
Thermalwise, the company that is aiding us in our LEED certification process, has teamed up with MTRI to create a short video detailing all the new features of the green technology demonstration site, as well as the construction of the new building addition. They have also included the MTRI project overview on the Atlantic Green Building website.
Check out the website if you are interested in being energy efficient and building green and to see other green building projects in around Atlantic Canada. Feel free to contact us or drop by with any questions you might have about our green project and we'll be happy to help out.
Mersey Tobeatic from ThermalWise on Vimeo.
See the results of MTRI's online member survey
Hear about MTRI's Grand Opening on CBC's Information Morning
...and read about it in the Queen's County Advance
