Southeast Environmental Association

Southeast Environmental Association SEA is a registered charity with a goal to improve PEI's environment and contribute to the community.

Tip Tuesday 🌎 Enjoying nature and protecting it often go hand in hand. Each week, we'll share a practical tip to help yo...
09/01/2026

Tip Tuesday 🌎

Enjoying nature and protecting it often go hand in hand. Each week, we'll share a practical tip to help you make the most of the outdoors while caring for the environment.

Today’s Tip: 5-Minute Conservation Challenge 🕐

Before you leave your favourite trail, beach, park, or greenspace, spend just five minutes picking up litter. It may seem like a small action, but when many people participate, the impact adds up quickly. 🏖️🌳

Removing litter helps protect wildlife from entanglement and ingestion, prevents plastics and other pollutants from entering waterways, and keeps natural areas healthy and enjoyable for everyone. Bring a pair of gloves and a small bag on your outdoor adventures so you're always prepared to leave the area a little better than you found it. ♻️

Small actions make a big difference when we work together. 💚

Wild Fact Monday! 🌟PEI’s landscapes are home to amazing wildlife, plants, and habitats. Each Monday we’ll share a quick ...
08/31/2026

Wild Fact Monday! 🌟

PEI’s landscapes are home to amazing wildlife, plants, and habitats. Each Monday we’ll share a quick fact to help you learn more about the environment we all share.

Today’s fact is: Not all that glitters is gold… some of it grows! 💛

Have you ever spotted tiny golden “fingers” or “french fries” growing from the forest floor? You may have found Golden Spindles! 🌲🍄

These unique fungi (Clavulinopsis fusiformis) grow in clusters of slender, yellow-orange spindles that can look almost like little golden coral rising from the ground.

Golden Spindles are part of a group of fungi known for their coral-like shapes—but they aren't plants! They are fungi, and they play an important role in breaking down organic matter and cycling nutrients through forest ecosystems.

👀Next time you're out exploring PEI's forests, keep an eye on the forest floor, you never know what tiny treasures you might find! 🍄

Nature is full of amazing adaptations. 🌿

Community Spotlight Friday 🤝🌿Great communities are built by people who care. Each week we’ll spotlight someone making a ...
08/28/2026

Community Spotlight Friday 🤝🌿

Great communities are built by people who care. Each week we’ll spotlight someone making a positive impact in our community.

This week’s Community Spotlight is on: SEA’s 2026 Summer Field Staff

This summer, we were lucky to have a fantastic team of field staff supporting conservation, restoration, and environmental monitoring across our watersheds. From stream work and tree planting to community engagement, this team did a great job supporting SEA’s environmental stewardship of our watersheds. 🌱💧

We’re so grateful for their hard work, enthusiasm, and dedication to protecting PEI’s environment.

Thank you to our summer field staff for a great summer! 👏

A special thank you to our Field Supervisor, Faith Haight, for a job well done! 💚

Working together helps build stronger communities and healthier ecosystems. 🌎

Faith Ann Haight

Throwback Thursday 📜SEA has been part of many meaningful projects, partnerships, and milestones across Eastern PEI. Each...
08/27/2026

Throwback Thursday 📜

SEA has been part of many meaningful projects, partnerships, and milestones across Eastern PEI. Each week we’ll look back at moments—including key achievements—that helped shape our communities and protect the environment we all share.

Today’s Throwback is: Branching Out from Generation to Generation 🌿

Looking back at one of SEA’s special community projects! 🌱🐝

Southeast Environmental Association developed SEA’s Community Pollinator Park, transforming 2.5 acres of woodland and green space between Montague Regional High School and Access PEI into a place for pollinators, wildlife, learning and community connection. 🦋

In June 2015, more than 150 native trees and shrubs were planted by volunteers, including red maple, wild rose, meadowsweet and black chokeberry—all chosen to help support native pollinators. The trees were provided by the J. Frank Gaudet Tree Nursery. This park will provide opportunities for outdoor education, creativity, environmental leadership and connecting with nature.

A project that brought people together, supported biodiversity, and helped plant the seeds for environmental stewardship for generations to come! 🌿

These moments remind us how community action and environmental leadership can make a lasting impact.

08/26/2026

A little sampling of wildlife from my late night walk. With the wet and warm weather, I hope to see more and more of these critters.

A little sampling of wildlife from my late night walk. With the wet and warm weather, I hope to see more and more od the...
08/26/2026

A little sampling of wildlife from my late night walk. With the wet and warm weather, I hope to see more and more od these critters.

🦋 Wild Fact Monday: Every Monday we highlight a fun or surprising fact about the natural world around us here on PEI. Ou...
08/24/2026

🦋 Wild Fact Monday:

Every Monday we highlight a fun or surprising fact about the natural world around us here on PEI. Our island is full of incredible wildlife and ecosystems worth celebrating.

Today’s fact is: A moth with a secret! 👀

Have you ever spotted a moth that looks pretty ordinary—until it suddenly takes flight?

Meet the White Underwing (Catocala Relicta)!

This beautiful moth is one of hundreds of native moth species in PEI and is known for its striking contrast: camouflaged forewings help it blend into tree bark, while its hindwings reveal bold black-and-white markings when it flies, and its underside is covered in thick white hairs with dark markings. 🤍🖤

That flash of colour can startle predators and give the moth a chance to escape!

Like many moths, the White Underwing plays an important role in our ecosystems—as a food source for wildlife and as part of the incredible diversity of insects found across PEI.

Moths are important pollinators too. While bees and butterflies get most of the credit, moths also visit flowers. Some plants have even evolved pale or strongly scented flowers that are especially attractive to moths at night (called moth pollination syndrome) like Wild Honeysuckle, Milkweeds, and Goldenrods. 🌾

Nature is full of surprises—even on the underside of a moth's wings! 🌿

Throwback Thursday 📜SEA’s story is built on collaboration, community involvement, and a growing list of achievements tha...
08/20/2026

Throwback Thursday 📜

SEA’s story is built on collaboration, community involvement, and a growing list of achievements that reflect a shared commitment to the environment. Each week we’ll highlight the projects, partnerships, recognitions, and events that have made a difference.

Today’s Throwback is: Exploring Nature with youth 🌿

Throwing it back to a summer full of fun with the Boys & Girls Club of Charlottetown (Montague)! ✨

SEA hosted field trips with the Boys & Girls Club to help youth discover nature right in their club's own backyard. During our adventures, we explored SEA’s Pollinator Park, we had a fun scavenger hunt, butterfly catching, and a game of tree tag! 🌼 🦋

We also headed into the woods hoping to find a Red-backed Salamander—but instead discovered something just as exciting: a Red Eft, the juvenile stage of the Eastern Newt! 🦎

So many great discoveries, and we can’t wait for the next adventure! 🌲💚

Tip Tuesday 💡🌿Each week we share a quick tip to help protect the environment and support healthy ecosystems here on Prin...
08/18/2026

Tip Tuesday 💡🌿

Each week we share a quick tip to help protect the environment and support healthy ecosystems here on Prince Edward Island. Small actions can make a big difference for nature.

Today’s Tip: Make Room for Pollinators! 🦋

A perfectly manicured yard isn’t the only way to create a beautiful outdoor space! Leaving even a small patch of wildflowers, native plants, or grasses can provide food, shelter, and habitat for bees, butterflies, and other helpful insects. 🌸

Let it grow, let it bloom, and let the pollinators come! 🌼 🌾 🐝

Small changes in our yards and communities can make a big difference for local biodiversity. 💚

Wild Fact Monday! 🐾🌿Did you know? Each week we share a quick fact about the wildlife, plants, and ecosystems that make P...
08/17/2026

Wild Fact Monday! 🐾🌿

Did you know? Each week we share a quick fact about the wildlife, plants, and ecosystems that make Prince Edward Island unique. From pollinators and birds to forests and wetlands, there’s always something new to discover.

Today's Fact: Meet the Barred Owl! 🦉

“Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you-all?” If you’ve ever heard this haunting call echoing through the woods, you may have been listening to a Barred Owl!

Barred Owls are one of PEI’s year-round owl species and are most easily recognized by their distinctive brown-and-white striped feathers and dark, soulful eyes.

🌙 Barred Owls don’t just hunt at night! They can also be active during the day, especially when caring for young.
👂 Their incredible hearing helps them locate prey beneath leaves, snow, and vegetation—even when they can’t see it!
🌳Barred Owls prefer mature forests with plenty of large trees for nesting and roosting. Protecting healthy forest habitat helps give these fascinating birds a place to call home.

Next time you hear “Who cooks for you?” in the woods, you might just have a Barred Owl nearby! 🦉💚

Nature is full of amazing adaptations.🌿

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41 Wood Island Hill/PO Box 1500
Montague, PE
C0A1R0

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Monday 9am - 3pm
Tuesday 9am - 3pm
Wednesday 9am - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 3pm
Friday 9am - 3pm

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