Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve

Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve A community-based watershed organization in Woodstock, NB that has protected over 1000 acres .

A community-based watershed organization in Woodstock, New Brunswick that has protected over 1000 acres of eco-regionally significant habitats.

Look what we found on the Green Trail!These eye-catching mushrooms are likely a species of scalycap (Pholiota spp.), gro...
08/31/2026

Look what we found on the Green Trail!
These eye-catching mushrooms are likely a species of scalycap (Pholiota spp.), growing from a decaying log on the Green Trail.
Fungi play an essential role in forest ecosystems. As decomposers, they break down dead wood and return valuable nutrients to the soil, helping support new plant growth.
📸: Holly Melanson

The Chestnut-sided Warbler may be small, but it has a big personality! With its bright yellow crown, crisp white underpa...
08/31/2026

The Chestnut-sided Warbler may be small, but it has a big personality! With its bright yellow crown, crisp white underparts, and rich chestnut stripes along its sides, this colourful songbird is one of the jewels of the Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve.
Listen for its cheerful song ringing through young forests and shrubby edges during the breeding season. Despite weighing less than a loonie, these tiny birds migrate thousands of kilometres each year between New Brunswick and Central America.
Have you spotted—or heard—a Chestnut-sided Warbler on the trails? Let us know where! This one was spotted at the top of the Orange Trail.
Photo credit:(c)Aidan Jackson,CC BY

Wildflower Alert: Spreading Dogbane 🌸This pretty pink native wildflower is Spreading Dogbane, and it's buzzing with life...
08/30/2026

Wildflower Alert: Spreading Dogbane 🌸
This pretty pink native wildflower is Spreading Dogbane, and it's buzzing with life! Found across New Brunswick, its bell-shaped flowers are a magnet for bees and butterflies. A close cousin to milkweed, it plays a quiet but important role in supporting local biodiversity. Just admire — its milky sap is toxic if tasted!

💙 Did you know? That brilliant blue jay feather isn't actually blue!Blue jay feathers contain no blue pigment. Instead, ...
08/30/2026

💙 Did you know? That brilliant blue jay feather isn't actually blue!
Blue jay feathers contain no blue pigment. Instead, tiny microscopic structures in the feather scatter sunlight, reflecting blue wavelengths back to our eyes—a phenomenon called structural colour. If you crush the feather (please don't!), the blue disappears, revealing the feather's true brownish colour.
Nature has some pretty amazing tricks up its sleeve! Keep your eyes on the trail—you never know what colourful treasures you might find.
📸:Aidan Jackson

Destroying Angel — beautiful, but deadly 🍄One of the most dangerous mushrooms in our forests can also be one of the most...
08/29/2026

Destroying Angel — beautiful, but deadly 🍄
One of the most dangerous mushrooms in our forests can also be one of the most beautiful. The Destroying Angel (Amanita sp.) is a striking white mushroom with a smooth cap, white gills and a distinctive bulbous base.
Its innocent appearance is deceiving. Destroying Angels contain amatoxins, powerful toxins that can cause severe liver damage and may be fatal if eaten. Symptoms can take several hours to appear, by which time serious damage may already have occurred.
While we don't usually remove mushrooms from the trails, this is one exception. We remove Destroying Angels when we find them to help keep our furry friends safe while hiking with us.
📸: Holly Melanson

Always so much to see on the Red Trail!📸: Holly Melanson
08/29/2026

Always so much to see on the Red Trail!
📸: Holly Melanson

Who's been punching perfect little circles in your leaves? It might look like garden vandalism, but it's actually the w...
08/28/2026

Who's been punching perfect little circles in your leaves? It might look like garden vandalism, but it's actually the work of one of our hardest-working native pollinators! Meet the fascinating leafcutter bee and discover why those tiny leaf cutouts are a sign of a healthy ecosystem

A rare splash of red along the Meduxnekeag!We were delighted to come across this beautiful Cardinal Flower (Lobelia card...
08/28/2026

A rare splash of red along the Meduxnekeag!
We were delighted to come across this beautiful Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) growing along the Meduxnekeag River. While it has a broad range farther south, Cardinal Flower is uncommon in New Brunswick, where it is associated with moist habitats such as riverbanks, floodplains and wetlands.
Finding plants like this is a wonderful reminder of the ecological richness of our river corridors—and another reason these habitats are worth protecting.
📸: Holly Melanson

Looks like a Mario mushroom… but don’t eat it!These bright yellow mushrooms look like they jumped straight out of the Mu...
08/27/2026

Looks like a Mario mushroom… but don’t eat it!
These bright yellow mushrooms look like they jumped straight out of the Mushroom Kingdom, but they’re very much real fungi! Their cheerful yellow colour and distinctive shape make them a fun find on the forest floor—but they are not considered edible.
📸: Holly Melanson

Orange Trail on the Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve🧡📸: Holly Melanson
08/27/2026

Orange Trail on the Meduxnekeag Valley Nature Preserve🧡
📸: Holly Melanson

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Meduxnekeag River Association Inc. 255 Unit F Connell Road. Woodstock, NB E7M 1L2
Woodstock, NB
E7M5K9

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+15063288227

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