Publications
Use the following lists to find resources published by the Parks and Natural Areas Division.
Brochures
General Guidebooks
- Parks and Reserves of Newfoundland and Labrador ("Experience" document 3.04 Mb pdf)
- A Guide to our Wilderness and Ecological Reserves, Newfoundland and Labrador (2.66Mb pdf)
Ecoregion Brochures
Kindly supplied by Protected Areas Association of Newfoundland and LabradorUnderstanding and Protecting our Natural Heritage (pdf)
Newfoundland
- Western Newfoundland Forest - Serpentine Range subregion 1A (pdf)
- Western Newfoundland Forest - Corner Brook subregion 1B (pdf)
- Western Newfoundland Forest - Port au Port subregion 1C (pdf)
- Western Newfoundland Forest - St. George's Bay subregion 1D (pdf)
- Western Newfoundland Forest - Codroy subregion 1E (pdf)
- Western Newfoundland Forest - Bay d'Espoir subregion 1F (pdf)
- Central Newfoundland Forest - North-central subregion 2A (pdf)
- Central Newfoundland Forest - Red Indian Lake subregion 2B (pdf)
- Central Newfoundland Forest - Portage Pond subregion 2C (pdf)
- Central Newfoundland Forest - Twillick Steady subregion 2D (pdf)
- North Shore Forest 3 (pdf)
- Northern Peninsula Forest - Coastal Plain subregion 4A (pdf)
- Northern Peninsula Forest - Beaver Brook Limestone subregion 4B (pdf)
- Northern Peninsula Forest - Northern Coastal subregion 4C (pdf)
- Northern Peninsula Forest - Eastern Long Range subregion 4D (pdf)
- Avalon Forest 5 (pdf)
- Maritime Barrens - Northeastern Barrens subregion 6A (pdf)
- Maritime Barrens - Southeastern Barrens subregion 6B (pdf)
- Maritime Barrens - South Coast Barrens subregion 6C (pdf)
- Maritime Barrens - Central Barrens subregion 6D (pdf)
- Eastern Hyper - Oceanic Barrens 7 (pdf)
- Long Range Barrens - Southern Long Range subregion 8A (pdf)
- Long Range Barrens - Buchans Plateau/Topsails subregion 8B (pdf)
- Long Range Barrens - Northern Long Range subregion 8C (pdf)
- Strait of Belle Isle Barrens 9 (pdf)
Labrador
- Low Arctic Tundra - Cape Chidley ecoregion 1 (pdf)
- Alpine Tundra - Torngat ecoregion 2 (pdf)
- High Subarctic Tundra - Kingurutik/Fraser ecoregion 3 (pdf)
- Coastal Barrens - Okak/Battle Harbour ecoregion 4 (pdf)
- Mid Subarctic Forest - Michakamau ecoregion 5 (pdf)
- High Boreal Forest - Lake Melville ecoregion 6 (pdf)
- Mid Boreal Forest - Paradise River ecoregion 7 (pdf)
- Low Subarctic Forest - Mecatina River ecoregion 8 (pdf)
- String Bog - Eagle River Plateau ecoregion 9 (pdf)
- Forteau Barrens ecoregion 10 (pdf)
Natural Heritage
(Please note that several of these brochures were produced prior to Parks and Natural Areas Division being transferred to the Department of Environment and Conservation)
- Animal Tracks (866 Kb pdf)
- Little Brown Bat (1.25 Mb pdf)
- Newfoundland Sky in Summer (775 Kb pdf)
- Our Feathered Friends (968 kb pdf)
- Peatland Flowers (799Kb pdf)
- Special Spaces; Special Species (1.05 Mb pdf)
- The endangered Piping plover and its ecosystem (2.04 Mb pdf)
- Wild about wildflowers (1.32 Mb pdf)
- Woodland Flowers (563 Kb pdf)
Reserves
- Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve: Introductory brochure (591 kb pdf)
- Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve: Introductory brochure (616 kb pdf)
- Little Grand Lake Provisional Ecological Reserve: Introductory brochure (800 kb pdf)
- Caring for Our Special Places: Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Program (2.17 Mb pdf)
- Caring for Our Special Places: A Framework for a Protected Areas Strategy (2.25 Mb pdf)
- Protecting our Natural Heritage
Rivers
- Bay du Nord River: Canadian Heritage Rivers System
- Discover Adventure on a Canadian Heritage River
- Main River: Introductory brochure (270 Kb pdf)
- Main River: Canadian Heritage Rivers System
Fact Sheets
- Reserve Establishment Process (pdf)
- Protected Areas Statistics (pdf)
- Types of Protected Areas in Newfoundland and Labrador (pdf)
User's Guides
- User's Guide for the Avalon Wilderness Reserve
- User's Guide for the Bay du Nord Wilderness Reserve
Management Plans
Reserves
- Avalon Wilderness Reserve Management Plan (876 kb pdf)
- Baccalieu Island Ecological Reserve Management Plan (1.72Mb pdf)
- Bay du Nord Wilderness Reserve Management Plan (3.85 Mb pdf)
- Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve Management Plan (1.29 Mb pdf)
- Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve Management Plan (249 kb pdf)
- Fortune Head Ecological Reserve Management Plan (1.7 Mb pdf)
- Hawke Hill Ecological Reserve Management Plan (989 kb pdf)
- King George IV Ecological Reserve Management Plan (612kb pdf)
- Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve Management Plan (1.13 Mb pdf)
- Redfir Lake-Kapitagas Channel Ecological Reserve Management Plan (2.15 Mb pdf)
- Table Point Ecological Reserve Management Plan (864 kb pdf)
- Watts Point Ecological Reserve Management Plan (1.23 Mb pdf)
- West Brook Ecological Reserve Management Plan (1.30 Mb pdf)
- Witless Bay Ecological Reserve Management Plan (1.29 Mb pdf)
Rivers
- Managing the Bay du Nord River as a Canadian Heritage River (3.8 Mb pdf)
- Managing the Main River as a Canadian Heritage River (1.85 Mb pdf)
Posters
- Atlantic Puffin poster (136 Kb pdf)
- Canadian Heritage Rivers poster
- Cape St. Mary's poster series by Peter Gough
- Harlequin Romance
- Approaching Squall
- Flight over the Cape
- Granite Gannets
- Limestone Barrens poster (510 Kb pdf)
- Wilderness and Ecological Reserves poster (216 Kb pdf)
Books
- A Guide to the Ecological Reserve Burnt Cape
- A Guide to the Ecological Reserve Cape St. Mary's
- Natural Regions of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Seabird Ecological Reserves Visitor and Scientific Access Policies and Information Manual
- Trees and Shrubs of Newfoundland
- Some Newfoundland Birds
- Some Newfoundland Butterflies
Other
- F u n k: Great Auk Graveyard, an audio portrait of Funk Island
The Alder Institute http://alder.nf.ca/Funk/index.html