With record damage to P.E.I.'s shoreline from post-tropical storm Fiona, the provincial government and researchers are looking at new ways of protecting the Island shoreline. There have been some successes, including offshore, or intertidal reefs.
Just a handful of days old, the Piping Plovers looked like cotton balls on toothpicks as they merrily darted around the foredune exploring the marram grass in the June sun. They were going at full tilt, though, so it was tough to get a good look with binoculars and even harder to capture a decent photograph.
With fires burning in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, some Islanders are asking for more communication from officials about what can be done to reduce the risk of wildfires.