Events

Matching donations are available till Sept. 30th to purchase an additional 21 acres.  3/4 of the funding is now in place! Walk with Nancy Turner to explore these lands. Space is limited-please pre-register.

For the past 2½ years WSÁNEĆ elder Carl Olsen has stood next to the highway along the Goldstream River. SELE₭TEȽ (Goldstream Park) is a site of cultural heritage in unceded W̱SÁNEĆ territory and home to populations of chum, coho and chinook salmon, and a multitude of other aquatic and terrestrial life. Hundreds, indeed thousands, of people...

Volunteers will meet at Bings Creek access point at the end of Keystone Dr., Bring water, weather-appropriate clothing, and rubber boots. Snacks will be provided. We will be enhancing trout habitat in Bings Creek.

This lovely meadow is not open to the public except during organized events. What better way to enjoy it than helping with restoration. Might even see some Blue Birds. Tasks have a variety of complexity and physicality so something for everyone.

Volunteers will meet at Bings Creek access point at the end of Keystone Dr., Bring water, weather-appropriate clothing, and rubber boots. Snacks will be provided. We will be enhancing trout habitat in Bings Creek.

Bring water, weather-appropriate clothing, and rubber boots. We will be working from a boat to remove aquatic invasive Parrots Feather from Somenos Creek.

Volunteers will meet at Bings Creek access point at the end of Keystone Dr., Bring water, weather-appropriate clothing, and rubber boots. Snacks will be provided. We will be enhancing trout habitat in Bings Creek.

Come volunteer with us at the beautiful Cowichan Garry Oak Preserve! The CCLT has been coordinating the volunteer program at Nature Conservancy Canada's Cowichan Garry Oak Preserve since May. It's such a wonderful way to connect with and support the unique and at risk Garry Oak ecosystem, and meet fun likeminded folks in the community. ...

Somenos Creek Parrots Feather Removal Thursdays / September 4, 11, 18, 25 / 9am–12pm. We will meet at the end of Rosewood Ave, Duncan. Bring water, weather-appropriate clothing, and rubber boots. We will be working from a boat, removing an aquatic invasive plant from Somenos Creek.

Come out and listen/watch for bats in the estuary.  Download the software so you can "listen" to them on your own smart phone. We'll meet between 7:30pm and 8:00pm  in a known bat location and hang out till darkness. Could be one of the last warm evenings of the summer. This is a collaboration of...

Creek Water Quality Testing:  We'll meet at the Somenos Dog Park, Duncan. and carpool from there. bring water, weather-appropriate clothing, and good shoes. We will be recording creek parameters and taking nutrient water samples

Come volunteer with us at the beautiful Cowichan Garry Oak Preserve! The CCLT has been coordinating the volunteer program at Nature Conservancy Canada's Cowichan Garry Oak Preserve since May. It's such a wonderful way to connect with and support the unique and at risk Garry Oak ecosystem, and meet fun likeminded folks in the community. ...