Environmentalist Jim Ferrier to speak to Canadian Club

The Canadian Club of the Yamaska Valley welcomes Jim Ferrier, naturalist, to its meeting on Monday, Oct. 2, at 2 p.m. at the Auberge West Brome on Route 139. His topic is “Wildlife and Woodlore.”

Jim Ferrier has been involved in wildlife habitat conservation for almost 30 years. He has served on the board of directors of the Ruiter Valley Land Trust, Quebec’s first land trust, and has done volunteer and other work for the Mont Echo Conservation Association, the Brome Lake Land Foundation, the Alderbrooke Marsh Land Trust, the Mount Pinnacle Land Trust, Appalachian Corridor, Nature Conservancy Canada, and the Keeping Track Monitoring Program, in which he was a team leader recording and reporting on animal presence and land use as a “citizen scientist.”

An enthusiastic amateur naturalist, Ferrier is currently working on his long-term labour of love, a photographic field guide to the species of plants and animals found in the Sutton Mountains and surrounding wilderness areas. A graduate of the Keeping Track Training Program, he also teaches an introductory course in recognizing and understanding animal tracks and other signs of their presence.

Ferrier has taught animal tracks and sign to members of the Mount Pinnacle Land Trust, the Bedford Boy and Girl Scouts, Elderhostel travelers at an inn in Glen Sutton, directors of the Brome Lake Land Foundation, attendees of the Celtic Harmonies International Festival, to raise funds for Radio Communautaire Missisquoi (CIDI 99.1 FM), and to members of Les Amis des Sentiers. Ferrier has also done volunteer animal tracking for Corridor Appalachien, Mont Echo Conservation Association and the Brome Lake Land Foundation.

The Canadian Club of the Yamaska Valley is a not for profit non-sectarian organization which welcomes everyone. For lunch reservations call the Auberge at 450-266-7552 or 1888-902-7663.