Wetlands Values
This provides wildlife with food, water and shelter.
What is a habitat?
This famous pilot once landed in the Harbour Grace Airfield.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
A delicious berry typically found near wetlands and forests that grow on low bushes.
What are blueberries?
This animal is a large, semi-aquatic rodent. Known for their distinct flat tails, large front teeth, and ability to build dams.
What is a beaver?
What year was the first Municipal Habitat Stewardship Agreement signed?
What is 1993?
Forests and Wetlands contribute to this - meaning many different types of life.
What is biodiversity?
These two rivers drain into Harbour Grace.
What are Bannerman Brook and Harbour Grace Brook?
Newfoundland and Labrador's Provincial Species of Tree, typically found in wetlands.
What is a Black Spruce?
These large, antlered mammals aren't native to Newfoundland, but are native to Labrador. Now they have a population of over 120,000 on the island.
What are moose?
At SAM, we commit to the conservation, enhancement and _____ of wildlife habitat across Newfoundland and Labrador.
What is stewardship?
Wildlife can use wetlands as a resting place during this seasonal move from place to place.
What is migration?
Harbour Grace's Habitat Stewardship Agreement conserves 3 areas, name at least 2.
What are Harbour Grace Estuary, Pirates Path Coastline, and Bannerman Lake?
Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial flower, typically grows in wetlands.
What is a Pitcher Plant?
This fish is known for hatching in freshwater, but migrating to saltwater to grow and mature (anadromous). Their scientific name, Salmo salar means leaper.
What is Atlantic Salmon?
As of today, how many SAM Members are there?
What is 49?
Like this organ, wetlands can filter out toxins.
What is a kidney?
Harbour Grace's Conservation areas conserve approximately this much land.
What is 387 acres (or around 400)?
This plant's leaves and flowers float on the surface of a body of water like a pond.
What is a water lily/lilypad?
This species of insect spends its first 2-7 years as a nymph underwater. When it is ready it climbs out of the water, cracks its exoskeleton, spreads its wings and flies away.
What is a dragonfly?
Name one of the partners that SAM continually works with.
Who are: Ducks Unlimited Canada, Birds Canada, Intervale Associates, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Indian Bay Ecosystems Corporation, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Wildlife Habitat Canada, and many more!
Wetlands are natural sinks for this element, which is very important for climate change mitigation
What is Carbon (dioxide)?
The year Harbour Grace was founded.
What is 1517?
It's actual name is Usnea, but it has a funny nickname in Newfoundland. Growing off trees, it makes a good fire starter.
What is Old Man's Beard?
This animal's population native to Newfoundland and Labrador grew in numbers due to the introduction of snowshoe hares to Newfoundland in the mid 1800’s.
What is the Canada Lynx?
SAM works to protect areas that we call special places, which are significant wildlife habitats. Name one of the seven types we identify.
What are: Wetlands, Forests, Freshwater Shorelines and Riparian Buffers, Atlantic Salmon Rivers, Coastal Estuaries and Beaches, Limestone Barrens and Species at Risk Habitats.