The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club was founded in 1863 and incorporated in 1879. It is the oldest natural history society in Canada. It has over 800 members, with interests in all aspects of the natural world, from
bird
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s, to
insects, to
botany
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, and
conservation
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Conservation may also refer to:
Environment and natural resources
* Nature conservation, the protection and manageme ...
.
'' Canadian Field-Naturalist''
''The Canadian Field-Naturalist'' is a quarterly
scientific journal
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Content
Articles in scientific journals are mostly written by active scientists such as s ...
published by the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. The journal publishes original scientific papers related to
natural history in
North America
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. It accepts submissions by both amateur and professional
naturalists and field
biologist
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s. The journal also publishes reviews of recently-published books relevant to the natural history of Canada.
''The Canadian Field-Naturalist'' has been published continuously since 1880, under several names during its early years. For 7 years beginning in 1880, the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club issued the ''Transactions of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club'' annually. With volume 2 in 1887, the ''Transactions'' became a subtitle of volume 1 of ''The Ottawa Naturalist'', a monthly publication. With volume 3 of ''The Ottawa Naturalist'' in 1889 the emphasis changed from local members' reports to national ones, and in 1919 the journal was renamed ''The Canadian Field-Naturalist'' (starting with volume 33 which was volume 35 of the ''Transactions'' but this subtitle was subsequently dropped).
Notable members have included:
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Henri-Marc Ami
Henri-Marc Ami (November 23, 1858 – January 4, 1931) was a French Canadian archaeologist responsible for the initial excavation of Combe-Capelle from the years of 1926 until his death in 1931.
In 1899–1901 he was president of the Ottawa F ...
(18581931), president 18991901
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James Fletcher (18521908), founding member
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Charles Gordon Hewitt (18851920), president
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John Macoun (18311920), explorer and naturalist
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Irwin M. Brodo
Irwin M. Brodo (born 1935) is an emeritus scientist at the Canadian Museum of Nature, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is an authority on the identification and biology of lichens. Irwin Brodo was honored in 1994 with an Acharius Medal presented to h ...
(1935–), lichenologist
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