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Achieving the Irving Eco-Centre's Mission

One of the primary purposes in creating the Irving Eco-Centre: La Dune de Bouctouche was to increase the public's understanding of the dune's threatened environment. Irving Eco-Centre’s bilingual interpreters are available from May to November to explain why it is important to preserve the dune.

An important purpose of the Irving Eco-Centre is to contribute to the scientific knowledge of dune ecosystems along the north Atlantic coast. Data is collected regularly and assessed by the Eco-Centre's staff for various research projects: dune monitoring and restoration; an insect inventory; a butterfly count; a migratory shorebird survey; and a piping plover monitoring project. Geomorphology (the study of the forms and the evolution of the earth's crust's relief features on the Bouctouche spit) and ecodynamic mapping (mapping of the dune's plant environment) of the Bouctouche Dune are being carried out by the Université de Moncton.

For more information on the Irving Eco-Centre, La Dune de Bouctouche, and its programs, or to book special outings or tours, contact:

Irving Eco-Centre:
La dune de Bouctouche
1932 Route 475
St. Edouard de Kent, NB
E4S 4W9
CANADA

Tel: 506-743-2600
(From May to October toll free 1-888-640-3300)
Fax: 506-743-2605
e-mail: ladune@nbnet.nb.ca

La Dune de Bouctouche