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...
In celebration of Earth Week and in honour of our urban and established forests, Creatively United presents a free zoom webinar/conversation and Q&A with some of BC’s leading experts on tree preservation in light of a changing climate and the threat of fire. While many celebrate a succession of sunny days, the topic turns serious...
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.
Join us for two Earth Day family walks along the North Fork Dike Trail (Blackley's Farm Dike Trail) on April 22 (see Valley Voice page 62). In March, CERCA with Nature Cowichan planted 100 endemic shrub species along this trail, making use of the openings created by earlier broom removal over the years. To celebrate...
Join us on earth day to help restore the riparian area of Somenos Creek and learn about our beautiful watershed. We will be planting native trees along the banks of Somenos Creek, so bring weather appropriate clothing and good shoes. If you are interested in joining us for this event please let us know by...
Earth Day Event! Please join the CVRD Parks & Trails Volunteer Program, Friends of Holland Creek, Broombusters and students from Ladysmith Secondary School to help care for beautiful Trillium Park in Area H by removing invasive species. This little gem of a park is located just North of Ladysmith off of Highway 1. The park...
Meet up at Dogwood Drive Trail Head. This is a great opportunity to contribute to community science and long-term ecological monitoring in our creek. We will be using iNaturalist to record all the plants, animals, and fungi we observe. There will be biologists and ecologists to guide us, help identify what we find. You can...
Ladysmith Harbour, meet at 5066 Brenton Page Rd for an intertidal walk and talk with fish biologist, Rick Harbo. Gumboots recommended. Bring appies and a drink if you would like to stay for a sunset social on the beach with Yellow Point Ecological Society. Lead - Pamela
Hemer Park - Camas Meadow tour. We can support the VIU students who are doing a vegetation survey by using iNaturalist to Bioblitz the same area. Learn how it can be used to monitor restoration sites. Meet at Morland Road entrance and come into the meadow. Lead - Nikki
Cable Bay Trail walk led by Champagne Hill Botanicals. Meet at Cable Bay trailhead on Nicola Rd. Walk to Dodd Narrows and back - a 4km round trip walk. Some uphill sections. Dress for the weather. Lead - Jain
Spring is the time to see the Garry Oak ecosystem return to life! Come out and do a bit of gentle maintenance while appreciating some of the flowers and birds under the leafing Oaks. Please rsvp by email if you can: info@cowichanlandtrust.ca