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
Please join the CVRD Parks & Trails Volunteer Program to care for the ecosystem of Mill Bay Nature Park. Activities will include hand pulling and clipping invasive English ivy in natural areas of the park and transporting it to a roll-off bin in the parking lot. Tools, gloves, instruction and light refreshments will be provided...
All ages welcome. Soup, shovels and gloves provided. Out near Skutz on old Cowichan Lake Road. Let us know if you need a ride! 250-893-9916
Meet at the corner of King Rd and Roland Lane near the Estuary Trail head. We will start from Hwy 1A and work northwards. If needed, we will revisit the estuary area. Lead - Nikki
Meet in the Kinsman Hut to have coffee with Friends of Holland Creek. We will be tending the native plant beds and doing broom busting and invasive work along the park edges and towards the pedestrian tunnel. Leads – Nikki and Steffen
Follow the link below for details about our current Board Of Directors https://www.shawniganbasinsociety.org/about.html CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Contact SBS Ad Hoc Nominating Committee via email director@shawniganbasinsociety.org if you are interested in putting your name forward to serve as a Director on the Board. RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP BY DONATION ON OUR WEBSITE Recommended donation minimum $20 per member...
Full Day seminar awakening participants to the Indigenous People's journey. Nobody will be turned away for insufficient funds. This event will be held at the Cowichan Lake Education Center.
VIU and the Native Bee Society of BC are Proud to partner this spring to bring you another Mini Bee School at the Cowichan Campus in Duncan. Have you always wanted to know how to ID the amazing diversity of bees buzzing around your flowers? Where do they nest, what do they eat, and how...
Meet in Holland Creek Estates on Rollie Rose Road and Colonia Drive. The priority is to work along south edge of Holland Creek. There is also dense broom on the uphill side of the estate under the hydro lines and on the gated, undeveloped, cleared areas. We will also check the area by the entrance...