Samuel LeGresley

La liste tant attendue des programmes du Festival de la nature 2026 est arrivée !
Du 5 au 7 juin, notre festival célébrant la nature à travers le NB sera dans la Péninsule acadienne.
BILLETS EN AVANCE : Mardi 10 mars
BILLETS RÉGULIERS : Mardi 17 mars
www.naturenb.ca/festival-de-...

Digital Storytelling Lunch and Learns for Non-profits: Video Editing for Social Media in a Bilingual Context Join us on February 11 for a practical session on video editing for social media in a bilingual context. Across Atlantic Canada, there are various Anglophone and Francophone audiences for...

This lunch-&-learn webinar will be given tomorrow with the NBEN!
#Bilingualism #AtlanticCanada #VideoEditing
Register below.
⏱️12PM 🗓️ 02/11/26
Ce webinaire dîner-causerie sera donné demain avec le Réseau environnemental du NB! (EN interp. FR)
#Bilinguisme #CanadaAtlantique #MontageVideo
s’inscrire:

"The Passenger Pigeon" by Errol Fuller A haunting account of a long-dead bird's decline

I resuscitated my book review blog today, birdtree.blog. Find out more about extinct pigeons! Warning: a bit depressing.
"The decline and disappearance of the pigeons, for me, marks one of the many tipping points, heralding a new time when humankind controlled the world, rather than the opposite."

À la découverte des "journaux nature" | OHdio | Radio-Canada Écoutez l’extrait de l’émission La grande virée : À la découverte des "journaux nature"

Content d’avoir parlé à l’émission du matin La Grande Virée de mon atelier de #JournalNature à Riverview ce dimanche matin! Pour s’inscrire : www.townofriverview.ca/events/natur...
@hemiboreal.bsky.social
#NatureJournal

Speak up for nature! 🌿
The Government of Canada’s 2025 pre-budget consultations are open until August 28, 2025. Now is the time to make your voice heard if you want environmental protection to be a priority in the next federal budget.
👇 Fill out the survey here 👇
www.canada.ca/.../pre-budg...

In a sea of brown lawns, why some natural gardeners are bringing messy back | CBC News To water or not to water? Turns out, that may not be the question. As abnormally dry weather sweeps across much of the country this summer, is it still responsible to maintain a grass lawn?

The grasses are indeed greener on the other side (and the flowers, ferns, shrubs…) Here’s a great article on the new & lush yard paradigm!

La science citoyenne pour la conservation des monarques Pendant le Blitz international de suivi du monarque, des milliers de citoyens en Amériques du Nord recensent les monarques et les asclépiades sur le territoire.

Blitz de suivi du monarque : merci à @radiocanadainfo.bsky.social de mettre à l'avant cette initiative!
@espacepourlavie.bsky.social #BlitzMonarque

The Fundy Biosphere Region has welcomed our team member Samuel this year to give tours of Fundy Maple, where sugar from the Turtle Creek-based sugar bush ends up. Read more about the past maple season at this NB Fieldnotes article!
www.naturenb.ca/2025/04/10/t...

Of False and True Springs

New blog on #SharingOurNature. Spring is always a time of reflection for me. Here are my latest thoughts on the pace of spring, and on traditional hobbies vs. online content. (Article aussi en français)
open.substack.com/pub/wildflow...

Not just for the butterflies : the multiple boons of being a Butterflyway Ranger The deeply personal, social and political joys of volunteering through the Butterflyway Project

Second article @ #SharingOurNature
"It’s my third year, this year, of being a Ranger for the David Suzuki Foundation’s #Butterflyway project. This is a Canadian charity’s phenomenal answer to the growing insect biodiversity crisis that’s threatening our way of life."
#NativePlants #WildlifeGardening

Join us by helping #Monarchs in your backyard 👇, frontyard ☝️, sideyard 👈, ditch 🌸, former lawn 🙊, community 🌇, or all of the above! 🦋

Mon blogue est maintenant en français!

#WildlifeWednesday Bats sleep in the daytime and hunt at night. What do you think happens when we introduce light into their life?
Thanks to #DarkSkyPreserves in our province, bats can find the insects they need to eat and not be disoriented by the “suns” we put out at night.💡🦇
#LightsOutNB #DarkSky

Is this the simplest iteration of a Wildflower Seed Library? Here's what I feel is a native plant seed distribution operation in its most basic form. In many cases, simpler is better; let's not reinvent the wheel.

The first post of the #SharingOurNature Substack publication.
Even if you might not have the room for #WinterSowing, you don't need to be growing #NativePlants to help.
You can educate, do events, & create seed envelopes (empty or packed) with your local seed library! All great ways to get involved.

Sharing Our Nature | Samuel LeGresley | Substack The Sharing Our Nature guide is a collaboration between the Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library, established several years ago, and the Greater Moncton Wildflower Seed Library, a fledgling initiative. wild...

A lil’ something coming tomorrow morning, made for those wanting to spread the native plant love 👀 Subscribe to my Substack to learn more : nature.wildflowerseeds.org

New to Blue Sky? Interested in Conservation, Biodiversity, Climate, and Nature?

Here's a Starter Packs to make it easier for you to find Nature Groups in Canada!

If you're part of the Nature Network comment below. If you aren't yet, check out our website for more details!

go.bsky.app/Mv967DF

Seed envelopes from recycled paper. - Zigzag Goldenrod - Inflated Tobacco - Upland White Goldenrod - Square-Stemmed Monkeyflower - Red Columbine

Pots and rocks outside in winter

Winter sowing #NativePlants doesn't have to be hard!
I have put old ice cream pots outside with seeds from wildflowerseedlibrary.ca &
@wildflowerseeds.org.
I will have plants in the spring now, thanks to these little envelopes and the instructions found here! www.wildflowerseeds.org/winter-sowing/

L'ammophile, la tisseuse des dunes | Nature NB Dans ce blog, Samuel nous explique le rôle que joue l'ammophile dans les écosystèmes côtiers et met en lumière les efforts déployés pour protéger et restaurer cette plante importante. Vous trouverez a...

Si vous êtes déjà passé sur les plage de la côte Est du N.-B., vous avez sûrement remarqué que les dunes sont dominées par une longue herbe. C'est l'ammophile, qui ancre nos plages en place.
Lisez le blog de Samuel (Carnet de terrain NB) de ce mois-ci pour en savoir plus !
#côtesensanténb

Un coup de pouce à la nature grâce aux semis d'hiver L'heure de pointe - Acadie | Rattrapage du lundi 27 janvier 2025: changer ses habitudes de consommation pour acheter canadien, et le jardinage en hiver, c’est possible

C'est le temps des semis d'hiver! Avez-vous déjà fait le saut? Samuel a eu la chance d'entrer en ondes sur Radio-Canada Acadie pour en parler.
ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...

If you see this post something orange...
A Monarch Butterfly seen in my garden last year.
#pollinators #MonarchButterfly #Danausplexippus #Conservation #Milkweed #Orange

A viceroy :)
Very similar but the solid parallel black line on the hind wing is a telltale sign!