Our meetings are held at 7:00pm on the third Monday (except holidays) of every month (except June, July, August, and December) at the Maranatha Church, 100 College Street W, Belleville.
Upcoming Meetings
March 24
April 28
Past Meetings
February 24, 2025 at 7pm
“Care of Shoreline Life”
Lindsay Nash, Outreach and Stewardship Coordinator for Quinte Conservation, will speak about the importance of caring for our shorelines. These areas are sensitive and when properly cared for, are bursting with life. Learn about how to enhance your shoreline and how Quinte Conservation can offer support.
Lindsay Nash Biography
“My name’s Lindsay Nash and I’m the Outreach and Stewardship Coordinator at Quinte
Conservation. In my role, I organize and attend events to promote watershed-based
education. I facilitate landowner site visits and naturalization projects/ initiatives that
improve our local environment. My education at Fleming College and Trent University
had me studying environmental sciences and geography. I started my career journey
ten years ago as a summer student at Quinte Conservation in the Aquatic Sciences/
Watershed Monitoring Department. From there, I went to Ducks Unlimited to work on
wetland restoration projects, then to Kawartha Conservation to work on shoreline
restoration & low impact development projects. I came back to Quinte Conservation in
recent years to work in the Planning and Regulations department. I’m excited to
continue on with Quinte Conservation and share my knowledge and experience in my
Outreach and Stewardship role. I grew up approximately 30 mins from Belleville,
therefore I’m a friendly neighbour. In my free time, you can catch me out on the water
boating in the summer or out in the woods hiking.”
January 20, 2025 at 7pm
Maranatha Church, 100 College Street W, Belleville on November 18th at 7 pm.
Special guest speaker will be Cheryl Anderson, Vice-president and founding member of the South
Shore Joint Initiative (SSJI) who’s presentation will be about
“Six Years of Advocacy for Prince Edward County’s South Shore”.
Cheryl, a tireless advocate for nature, brings a wealth of experience from her career in biochemistry at
Guelph University to service on the boards of several local naturalist organizations, including the
Prince Edward County Field Naturalists and the Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory.
November 18, 2024 at 7pm
Maranatha Church, 100 College Street W, Belleville
on November 18th at 7 pm.
Our featured speaker will be from the Nature Conservancy of Canada,
an organization that is working hard to preserve and protect numerous natural
areas within our region. They will share about what they have been doing lately
on local properties stewarded and protected by the NCC.
Please note – the meeting is open to the public. One does not have to be a
member to attend.
October 21, 2024 at 7pm
The speaker for October’s general meeting is Dan Guenther who will talk about thoughtful backyard bird feeding. He’ll provide tips on how to attract a large variety and number of birds to your yard. He’ll discuss common challenges faced and steps to take to maximize the joy from this wonderful hobby. A demonstration feeder set will be on display. Dan, along with his wife Laura, own the local ‘Wild Birds Unlimited’ Nature Shop in Belleville. Dan has been a passionate bird watcher and bird feeder for 40 years. He enjoys sharing his love of these wonderful hobbies with anyone who is willing to listen!
September 16, 2024 at 7pm – Mike Rehder who will speak on “Honey Bees, Wasps & Pollinators”
Mike Rehder, along with his partner Jane Biggs, have been raising bees at their farm, Ventress Vale, in Brighton for many years. As an engineer, Mike keeps bees using a science-based, data-driven approach. Over the years, he has developed many innovative approaches to keeping bees in our area and regularly collaborates with the Tech-Transfer Program of the Ontario Beekeepers Association. This fascination with bees has extended into insect pollinators in general. He is very much looking forward to sharing his passion and knowledge with the QFN.
April 15, 2024 at 7pm
Canoeing a Continent, On the
Trail of Alexander Mackenzie
With Max Finkelstein
A highly personal account of the travels of Max Finkelstein as he retraces,
some two hundred years later, the route of Alexander Mackenzie, the first
European to cross North America (1793). Mackenzie’s water trail is now
commemorated as the Alexander Mackenzie Voyageur Route.
Paddler, author, environmentalist and raconteur, Max
Finkelstein works as the Communications Officer for the
Canadian Heritage Rivers System, Canada’s national
program for river conservation. When he is not speaking
about, writing about, or otherwise promoting Canada’s
river heritage, Max can usually be found paddling on a
river. He has paddled over 22,000 kilometres in North
America, Europe, Africa and Australia.
March 18, 2024 at 7pm
The Land Between
With Leora Berman
The Land Between is a globally rare ecoregion
between the Canadian Shield and the St.
Lawrence Lowlands containing 59 federally
listed Species-At-Risk. It provides water and
other ecosystem services but is affected by
population growth and climate change. The
Land Between is also the name of the non-profit
organization founded by Leora Berman in 2006.
Come for a discussion with Leora of the features
of this last wilderness area in southern Ontario
and the challenges it faces
Leora has been leading and developing large scale ecological projects for
nonprofit groups and governments for almost 25 years. Leora is the 2019
recipient of the Canada Wildlife Federation, Roland Michener Award for
outstanding achievements in wildlife research and conservation
February 26, 2024 at 7pm
Holes, Highways and
Hydro-Cuts
With Robert Ormston
Southern Ontario’s geography is dominated by human infrastructure.
Often this infrastructure can be wholly destructive to nature, but
sometimes it can influence ecosystems in surprising ways. Find out why
abandoned quarries (holes), highway margins, and hydro-cuts may be of
interest to naturalists, and what plants and animals have taken to these
spaces.