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  • Nature & Coffee?

    Fish Health Building 1080 Wharncliffe Road, Duncan, British Columbia, Canada

    A small, informal pop-up for anyone who wants to meet and yak about local, nature topics.  No formal speaker will be present.  Let's just see where it takes us....

  • Ladysmith Native Plant Work

    Transfer Beach 200 Transfer Beach Road, Ladysmith, BC, Canada

    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, learn and label plants, make notes, and collect native grasses and forbs seeds for planting at our other project at Sunny Glades....

  • Water Quality Monitoring

    Somenos Creek Dog Park Somenos Creek Dog Park, Duncan, BC, Canada

    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...

  • Invasive Plant Removal – Garry Oak Protected Area

    York Road End End of York Road off of Trillium Terrace, Duncan, BC, Canada

    Join us for a collaboration event with the Cowichan Community Land Trust 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...

  • Parrot’s Feather Removal

    Rosewood Avenue End 2228 Rosewood Ave, Duncan, BC, Canada

    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...

  • YES – Mosquitoes Evening

    North Oyster Community Center 13467 Cedar Rd, Ladysmith, BC, Canada

    You're invited to YellowPoint Ecological Society's (YES) - Mosquitoes Evening!  Bring yourself - Insect repellant not needed! Mosquitoes – they really know how to bug people. Why did the mosquito go to the dentist? To improve his bite!  This summer, at Lake Cowichan, so many people reported a mosquito problem that the police had to deploy a...

  • Nest Box Monitoring

    Open Air Classroom At the Somenos Conservation Area

    Join us to help maintain and monitor nest boxes. Every autumn we monitor and maintain the over 100 nest boxes that are placed around the marsh to provide habitat for tree swallows and other native marsh dwelling birds. Monitoring the boxes gives us an insight into how successful the boxes are at providing habitat for...

  • Cowichan Bay – Coastal Waterbird Bird Count

    Cowichan Estuary Nature Centre 1845 Cowichan Bay Road, Cowichan Bay, British Columbia, Canada

    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

  • Parrot’s Feather Removal

    Rosewood Avenue End 2228 Rosewood Ave, Duncan, BC, Canada

    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...

  • Koksilah Watershed Gp Meeting

    HUB-Cowichan Station 2375 Koksilah Road, Duncan, BC, Canada

    Koksilah Watershed Working Group (KWG) usually meets third Wednesday of the month to talk about all things Koksilah - but this month it's the second Monday.  Reason is that they have the good fortune to be joined by Debra Curran (Director and Professor School of Environmental Studies, Professor Faculty of Law, and Executive Director, Environmental Law Centre).

  • Plant Teachings from My Auntie – Fund Raiser CENC

    Cowichan Estuary Nature Centre 1845 Cowichan Bay Road, Cowichan Bay, British Columbia, Canada

    An Intimate Afternoon with Geraldine Manson - Plant Teachings from my Auntie. The event is by registration on Eventbrite.