The Great Fundy Coastal Cleanup

Pendleton Island is a unique 303 acre (123 ha.), uninhabited nature reserve. As part of the Deer Island archipelago, the area separates Passamaquoddy Bay from the southwest section of the Bay of Fundy. The property is mostly made up of a coastal forests, wetlands and beaches, providing habitat for white-tail deer, great blue heron and the endangered monarch butterfly. Offshore waters support seasonal populations of harbour porpoise, white-side dolphin, minke whale, occasional fin and humpback whales, and harbour seal.

The plan for the day is to clean up as much garbage from the beach on and around NCC properties as possible. It is important to help improve both terrestrial and aquatic habitat in the region by removing garbage that can both directly harm wildlife by entangling or ingestion.

This is a huge event coordinated by the Nature Trust of New Brunswick, dedicated to cleaning and celebrating our beautiful Bay of Fundy. Pendleton Island is only one of the many nature preserves along the coast being cleaned by volunteers, and the data collected from the cleanup will be sent to the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup—an initiative of the Vancouver Aquarium and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to clean Canadian shorelines and collect data about marine and aquatic debris.

Contact Courtney Thompson: courtney.thompson@natureconservancy.ca