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 and collect seeds. We had a blast last Monday as Jeremiah shared his knowledge and enthusiasm for all the native grasses...
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!
Every 2nd Saturday of the month - meet at the hut on Methuen and 6th. Led by Jillian Wheatley. Come and help remove more invasive species and prepare the area for fall planting. Please bring your own tools and refreshments and we will have spare gloves and tool
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...
Come join the Maple Mountain Warriors pulling broom in a "special place". Though its generally true: "Cut Broom in Bloom", the rare wildflowers of this location bloom at the same time as the broom, and we do not want to trample those. Do you have a friend who is feeling particularly helpless about the state...
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...
Every 3rd Monday of the month - Sunny Glades site near the hut on Methuen and 6th. Led by Nikki Toxopeus. Please bring good (clean and large sheets) cardboard for lasagna beds, your weeding tools and gloves (periwinkle, black berry and daphne). We will bring extra gloves, tools and some refreshments.
We're excited to be kicking-off our Fall Speakers Series with Dr. Tara Martin! Tara is a Forestry Professor, Lead Scientist for the Martin Conservation Decisions Lab, and the inaugural Liber Ero Chair in Conservation at the University of British Columbia. She is a global leader in the field of Conservation Decision Science – combining predictive...
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...
Herring Conservation & Restoration Society (HCRS) and W̱SÁNEĆ Hereditary Chiefs (WHC) support a Pacific Herring Declaration to pause the commercial herring fishery in the Strait of Georgia to allow stocks to recover. At the Herring Rising Forum evidence will be presented on the legal question: Have the commercial fisheries had a significant role to play...
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...