Welcome to the home of the Wheatley River Improvement Group – a non-government, not-for-profit organization dedicated to the protection and management of the Wheatley River, Cymbria, Chapel Creek, Oyster Bed Bridge, Hornes Creek and Luke’s Creek Watersheds.
Announcing the winners of our 2020 Photography Contest! Thank you to everyone who submitted photos and to PEI professional photographer @johnsylvesterphotography for judging the entries. @njmurtagh ’s pine warbler won the wildlife category and Paula Gallant won the landscape category with a snowy photo of the Wheatley River. #wheatleyriverimprovementgroup
We hope you can join us (and fingers crossed the weather cooperates!)
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Nature PEI AGM – Monthly Meeting Jan 5, 2020 – Wild Orchids on PEI
Nature PEI AGM – Monthly Meeting Jan 5, 2020 – Wild Orchids on PEI
At Nature PEI’s upcoming AGM, Don McLelland will share his photographic journey to find all 32 species of wild orchids on PEI. So far Don has found 30 of the known species, an…REMINDER - our photography contest is closing January 1, 2021! Submit your favourite land, water, and/or wildlife photos from the Wheatley River and surrounding watersheds to manager@wheatleyriver.ca to be considered for some awesome prizes (and bragging rights!). The contest will be judged by professional photographer John Sylvester and the winning photos will be announced and displayed at the 2021 Winter Woodlot Tour (February 2021), as well as being published in the County Line Courier, WRIG’s website, and social media. Can’t wait to see your submissions!
It's Open for all?
The Cymbria community is planning a public meeting to take place at the Cymbria Lions Club (2184 Church Road) on December 8th. Meeting time TBA. This is a particularly fragile piece of land, located in the buffer zone, and bordering the estuary. Please come and participate in this public meeting to show your support or send me your comments & questions to bring forth: manager@wheatleyriver.ca
This meeting has been canceled for now. We are hoping it will be rescheduled in the new year. We will keep you posted!