Hands Off Old Growth Rally, BC Legislature lawn, Victoria. Speakers, live music, and a giant "Hands Off" canvas where you can trace your hand. (Elders for Ancient Trees, Sierra Club of BC, Pacific Wild, Walbran Defenders, SOFT-CV, Save What's Left).
A small, informal pop-up for anyone who wants to meet and yak about local, nature topics. No formal speaker will be present. Let's just see where it takes us....
Every 1st Monday of the month – Transfer Beach Native Plant beds between the Kinsman Hut and Amphitheatre. Led by Nikki Toxopeus. Come and visit us there between 10 and noon as we weed, learn and label plants, make notes, and collect native grasses and forbs seeds for planting at our other project at Sunny Glades....
Join us for a morning of hands-on water quality monitoring across the S'amunu/Somenos Watershed! We’ll visit Somenos, Bings, Averill, and Richards Creeks, carpooling between sites to collect samples and record data. It’s a great opportunity to learn about key water quality parameters and how our creeks are affected by development and climate change. If you...
Join us for a collaboration event with the Cowichan Community Land Trust to pull invasive hawthorn, blackberry, and broom from the Somenos Garry Oak Protected Area. Learn about different removal methods and the uniqueness of the Garry oak ecosystems. You can expect to do some digging, cutting and moving of invasive plant material. Bring weather...
Help us pull the invasive aquatic weed parrot’s feather from Somenos Creek! Every week in the summer we will be in Somenos Creek cutting and removing parrot’s feather from Somenos Creek. Join us for a morning in the SMWS boat on Somenos Creek, spot some wildlife, learn about the impacts of invasive plants on aquatic...
You're invited to YellowPoint Ecological Society's (YES) - Mosquitoes Evening! Bring yourself - Insect repellant not needed! Mosquitoes – they really know how to bug people. Why did the mosquito go to the dentist? To improve his bite! This summer, at Lake Cowichan, so many people reported a mosquito problem that the police had to deploy a...
Join us to help maintain and monitor nest boxes. Every autumn we monitor and maintain the over 100 nest boxes that are placed around the marsh to provide habitat for tree swallows and other native marsh dwelling birds. Monitoring the boxes gives us an insight into how successful the boxes are at providing habitat for...
Count the waterbirds for an hour along a 650 meter flat stretch of the Cowichan Bay waterfront. Meet at the Cowichan Estuary Nature Center, binoculars and spotting scopes helpful, Binos can be borrowed if requested in advance to kathrynmariec@gmail.com). Everyone welcome - just show up
The New Forest Act has reached a new stage. Originally created by Jennifer Houton, Dave Weaver and the Boundary Forest Watershed Stewardship Society (BFWSS), this proposal has been presented to numerous communities across the province and most recently in September to relevant government Ministers. Now the society, having done its work, is dissolving though the...
Help us pull the invasive aquatic weed parrot’s feather from Somenos Creek! Every week in the summer we will be in Somenos Creek cutting and removing parrot’s feather from Somenos Creek. Join us for a morning in the SMWS boat on Somenos Creek, spot some wildlife, learn about the impacts of invasive plants on aquatic...
Whats better than fall in the oaks? We provide gloves, knee pads and tools, or you can bring your own along with water, weather-appropriate clothing and suitable footwear. Sessions are capped at 10 volunteers, so sign up quickly using WhatsApp or email (lmmitic@gmail.com) and If your plans change and you’re no longer able to attend...