Events

Biodiversity Begins at Home- Tending local Garry Oak and associated Ecosystems with guest speaker Wylie Thomas. If you’d like to attend, please rsvp by email: info@cowichanlandtrust.ca

Once a week over the winter a crew of people head out around the Cowichan Valley to monitor and count swans and geese. Whether you’re new to birding or an expert you’re bound to learn something from the awesome crew of people who have been dedicated to this count for many years now. Bring binoculars,...

Cowichan Green Community is again hosting this year's Seedy Sunday event! Claire Watson, intern at the Farm Hub is organizing 250-748-8506

Join us 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 appropriate clothing and water, SMWS will provide tools, snacks, and...

Local, retired ship captain, Don Feil will share an audio-visual presentation of the Flora and Fauna of the Canadian Arctic and Antarctic Regions which he observed during voyages through the Northwest Passage, Falkland Islands, South Georgia and Antarctica. This will be in-person only - no zoom - so we can appreciate the photos full-size on...

Full Day seminar awakening participants to the Indigenous Peoples journey. Nobody will be turned away for insufficient funds.

Young and old, novice and pro birders are all welcome to join in the Coastal Bird Counts at high tide on the second Sunday of each month. The route is along a nice flat track. Sea lions tend to be an added attraction for the first few months. Later on, the Great Blue Herons at...

Spend a few hours helping with maintenance at the Nature Conservancy Canada's Maple Bay Garry Oak Preserve. This is one of our Valley's largest and best examples of a Garry Oak ecosystem. Planting natives, pulling invasives or just working gently in the nursery.  Pubic access is prohibited otherwise, so this is a chance to view,...

Bald Mountain Park is a popular hiking destination near the community of Youbou. Its spectacular views and 7.6 kilometers of trails make it a hot-spot for the local hiking community as well as visitors to the area. The park also features sensitive ecological areas which are being encroached on by the invasive plant, Scotch broom....

Busy beavers: Engineers of ecosystems and watersheds? Join Aquatic Habitat Biologist Lars Reese-Hansen as he explores the wide-ranging effects of beavers on landscapes throughout North America and beyond. Beavers are a familiar and charismatic animal found throughout most of Canada, including here in the Quw’utsun (Cowichan) watershed. Their dam and lodge building activities are well-known...

CSRT meetings on the third Tuesday of the month are both in-person and on zoom. Everyone welcome! 9:00-10:45 round-the-table update from each person about topics related to the Cowichan River by their organizations. But you can just listen, or speak as an individual too if you like.  11:00-12:00 speaker presentation. Please feel free to come...

Christine Lowther will speak on her book "Blockade - a history of forest activism", about the attempts to save the last of the old growth - especially on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. This will be on zoom only.  Non-members please email cvns@naturecowichan.net for the link.