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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Maps
In addition to our educational endeavors, MTRI is also a research station that produces useful and informative map products. Check out some examples below from our research and outreach activities. Ask us how you can get your own copies, and click on a map for its full resolution version.
MTRI field station
One of our education programs revolves around agroforestry and non-timber-forest-products. During the summer, Alain Belliveau mapped out the floral and medicinal plants residing on the MTRI property. As you can see, there are quite a few!
Local Services
New to the area? Here's a rough guide to some ammenities around North Queens.
Red Oak Study
This is an example of the high quality ecological maps that MTRI can produce.
Old Lake Rossignol
This maps shows what the area now covered by Lake Rossignol looked like before it was flooded for a hydroelectric reservoir
Aquatic Invasive Species.
A map of where Chain Pickerel and Smallmouth Bass have been illegally introduced in the Biosphere Reserve.
Keep your eyes on the map page for more maps to come!