Use the following lists to find resources published by the Natural Areas Program.

• Activity Plans and Annual Performance Reports
• Brochures
• Information Sheets
• User Guides
• Management Plans
• Posters
• Books
• Maps

Activity Plans and Annual Reports

Activity Plans

• Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Advisory Council 2023-2026 Activity Plan
• Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Advisory Council 2021-2023 Activity Plan
• Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Advisory Council 2017 – 2020 Activity Plan
• Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Advisory Council 2014 – 2017 Activity Plan
• Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Advisory Council 2011 – 2014 Activity Plan

Annual Performance Reports

• Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Advisory Council 2022-23 Annual Report
• Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Advisory Council 2021-22 Annual Report
• Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Advisory Council 2020-21 Annual Report
• Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Advisory Council 2019-20 Annual Report
• Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Advisory Council 2018-19 Annual Report
• Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Advisory Council 2017-18 Annual Report 
• Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Advisory Council 2016-17 Annual Report
• Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Advisory Council 2015-16 Annual Report
• Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Advisory Council 2014-15 Annual Report

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Brochures

General Guidebooks

• Parks and Reserves of Newfoundland and Labrador (“Experience”) (3.4 MB)
• A Guide to our Wilderness and Ecological Reserves, Newfoundland and Labrador (2.7 MB)

Ecoregion Brochures

• Ecoregions of Newfoundland and Labrador (757 KB)
• Understanding and Protecting our Natural Heritage (1.4 MB)

Note: all links below are PDFs and will open in a new window.

Newfoundland

• Western Newfoundland Forest – Serpentine Range subregion 1A (807 KB)
• Western Newfoundland Forest – Corner Brook subregion 1B (928 KB)
• Western Newfoundland Forest – Port au Port subregion 1C (881 KB)
• Western Newfoundland Forest – St. George’s Bay subregion 1D (744 KB)
• Western Newfoundland Forest – Codroy subregion 1E (787 KB)
• Western Newfoundland Forest – Bay d’Espoir subregion 1F (846 KB)
• Central Newfoundland Forest – North-central subregion 2A (872 KB)
• Central Newfoundland Forest – Red Indian Lake subregion 2B (977 KB)
• Central Newfoundland Forest – Portage Pond subregion 2C (902 KB)
• Central Newfoundland Forest – Twillick Steady subregion 2D (898 KB)
• North Shore Forest 3 (931 KB)
• Northern Peninsula Forest – Coastal Plain subregion 4A (889 KB)
• Northern Peninsula Forest – Beaver Brook Limestone subregion 4B (997 KB)
• Northern Peninsula Forest – Northern Coastal subregion 4C (863 KB)
• Northern Peninsula Forest – Eastern Long Range subregion 4D (887 KB)
• Avalon Forest 5 (1 MB)
• Maritime Barrens – Northeastern Barrens subregion 6A (876 KB)
• Maritime Barrens – Southeastern Barrens subregion 6B (1.1 MB)
• Maritime Barrens – South Coast Barrens subregion 6C (1 MB)
• Maritime Barrens – Central Barrens subregion 6D (986 KB)
• Eastern Hyper – Oceanic Barrens 7 (862 KB)
• Long Range Barrens – Southern Long Range subregion 8A (1 MB)
• Long Range Barrens – Buchans Plateau/Topsails subregion 8B (1 MB)
• Long Range Barrens – Northern Long Range subregion 8C (783 KB)
• Strait of Belle Isle Barrens 9 (761 KB)

Labrador

• Low Arctic Tundra – Cape Chidley ecoregion 1 (839 KB)
• Alpine Tundra – Torngat ecoregion 2 (733 KB)
• High Subarctic Tundra – Kingurutik/Fraser ecoregion 3 (794 KB)
• Coastal Barrens – Okak/Battle Harbour ecoregion 4 (681 KB)
• Mid Subarctic Forest – Michakamau ecoregion 5 (729 KB)
• High Boreal Forest – Lake Melville ecoregion 6 (957 KB)
• Mid Boreal Forest – Paradise River ecoregion 7 (751 KB)
• Low Subarctic Forest – Mecatina River ecoregion 8 (816 KB)
• String Bog – Eagle River Plateau ecoregion 9 (762 KB)
• Forteau Barrens ecoregion 10 (637 KB)

Natural Heritage

• Animal Tracks (866 KB)
• Little Brown Bat (1.3 MB)
• Newfoundland Sky in Summer (775 KB)
• Our Feathered Friends (968 KB)
• Peatland Flowers (799 KB)
• Special Spaces; Special Species (1.1 MB)
• The endangered Piping plover and its ecosystem (2 MB)
• Wild about wildflowers (1.3 MB)
• Woodland Flowers (563 KB)

Reserves

• Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve: Introductory brochure (591 KB)
• Cape St. Mary’s Ecological Reserve: Introductory brochure (616 KB)
• Little Grand Lake Provisional Ecological Reserve: Introductory brochure (800 KB)
• Caring for Our Special Places: Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Program (2.2 MB)
• Caring for Our Special Places: A Framework for a Protected Areas Strategy (2.3 MB)
• 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)
• Main River: Canadian Heritage Rivers System

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Information Sheets

• Reserve Establishment Process
• Types of Protected Areas in Newfoundland and Labrador
• Indian Arm Brook Study Area Information Sheet 2023
• Information Sheet for Proposed Indian Arm Brook Reserve 2016

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User Guides

• User’s Guide for the Avalon Wilderness Reserve
• User’s Guide for the Bay du Nord Wilderness Reserve

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Management Plans

Reserves

• Avalon Wilderness Reserve Management Plan (876 KB)
• Baccalieu Island Ecological Reserve Management Plan (1.7 MB)
• Bay du Nord Wilderness Reserve Management Plan (3.8 MB)
• Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve Management Plan (1.3 MB)
• Cape St. Mary’s Ecological Reserve Management Plan (249 KB)
• Fortune Head Ecological Reserve Management Plan (1.7 MB)
• Hawke Hill Ecological Reserve Management Plan (989 KB)
• King George IV Ecological Reserve Management Plan (612 KB)
• Lawn Bay Ecological Reserve Management Plan (13 KB)
• Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve Management Plan (3.3 MB)
• Redfir Lake-Kapitagas Channel Ecological Reserve Management Plan (2.2 MB)
• Sandy Cove Ecological Reserve Management Plan (2.2 MB)
• Table Point Ecological Reserve Management Plan (864 KB)
• Watts Point Ecological Reserve Management Plan (1.2 MB)
• West Brook Ecological Reserve Management Plan (1.3 MB)
• Witless Bay Ecological Reserve Management Plan (1.3 MB)

Rivers

• Managing the Bay du Nord River as a Canadian Heritage River (3.8 MB)
• Managing the Main River as a Canadian Heritage River (1.9 MB)

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Posters

• Atlantic Puffin poster (136 KB)
• Canadian Heritage Rivers poster
• Cape St. Mary’s poster series by Peter Gough
  1. Harlequin Romance
  2. Approaching Squall
  3. Flight over the Cape
  4. Granite Gannets
• Limestone Barrens poster (510 KB)
• Wilderness and Ecological Reserves poster (216 KB)

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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

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Maps

View maps of our Province’s protected areas

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