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Canadian Conservation Corps

Mac Whitehead

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Mac Whitehead

Q & A
Mac Whitehead

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Hometown:
Hammonds Plains, NS
What conservation issue is closest to your heart?
For me deforestation and ocean pollution are the largest issues that I think conservation efforts need to focus on.
What are you hoping to learn from CCC?
I am expecting to get lots of hands on experience and further my knowledge of conservation methods.
Who/what inspired you to care about conservation?
My passion for conservation comes from my years with the Scouts Canada program and the days spent playing in the forest as a child.
If you could sit down with anyone in the world and have tea or coffee, who would it be? And why?
Alan Alda. He was the first to teach me how to find humour in the hardest and bleakest situations. I’ve always wanted to meet him and learn more about how he connects with people so well.

My Experience So Far

Putting the Fun in Fundy

Stage 1

For Group 11 CCC members, the adventure begins in New Brunswick, where members set off for a paddling adventure on the Bay of Fundy. There they will practice their paddling and wilderness camp skills before setting off to kayak from Back Bay to Oak Bay, through Passamaquoddy Bay via the lower St. Croix River. Along the way the team will have the opportunity to be awe-struck by the scenery while enjoying all that Fundy has to offer.

Conservation Field Learning

Stage 2

Location: Ontario

Hosting Organization: Canadian Wildlife Federation

Description: CCC participants will be working with the CWF Turtle Team, continuing our turtle conservation program in the spring and summer of 2019. All fieldwork will take place in eastern Ontario, typically within a two hour drive of Ottawa. Responsibilities will including helping conduct wetland surveys to find new locations with the threatened Blanding’s Turtle, helping conduct road surveys to identify major areas where turtles are killed on roads, helping conduct nesting surveys to find where turtles are laying their eggs and helping collect turtle eggs to incubate them back in our office. Learn how to care for the eggs and help release the hatchlings back into the wild.

Timeline: May 13 – Aug 2