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! Her talk, How reviving human-land reciprocity can heal the Quw’utsun Watershed, will explore two decades of research on the cumulative impacts of settler colonialism in Quw’utsun territory and the need for healing of human-land relationships through the hunting of deer, rematriation of...
Come and listen for a dozen or more of the bat species currently flying our Estuary. Free to everyone. Dress for the evening coolness. Bernie Juurlink is fast becoming a bat expert and will explain some of their wonderful abilities!
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...
Everyone invited! Members and non-members both! This year, rather than a Guest Speaker a "Community Conservation Café" will be convened. This seems apropos, considering we’ll be at a Cafe! The World Cafe model will be used to encourage intentional conversations about conservation. This will be a good opportunity to listen to both members and and the...
Koksilah Watershed (Working) Group usually meets third Wednesday of the month to talk about all things Koksilah -but this month its the fourth Monday.
Once ubiquitous harbingers of spring, Western Bluebirds were wiped out on Vancouver Island by the mid-90’s. Now, an ambitious project is endeavouring to bring them back to the Island. Join Jacquie Taylor and Helen Anderson to learn about the species recovery work that is returning Western Bluebirds to Southern Vancouver Island and San Juan Island. They will share about...
Reel Causes & CPAWS-BC present: Swimming Upstream at Vic Theater 808 Douglas St, Victoria, BC V8W 2Z7, Canada Special screening of The Rewilders, a visually spectacular short documentary that follows pioneering conservationists on three continents, working to rewild iconic species like jaguar, elephant, bison and salmon. Another two short films from Salmon Parks will screen prior...
The Ecoforestry Institute Society is pleased to invite you all to attend our 2026 Annual General Meeting, complete with potluck and tours. Free! We are very honoured to announce that our guest speaker this year is Stz'uminus hereditary man Squtxulenuhw (George Seymour), whose talk Life on the Land will feature teachings of his own father...
Join us at Just Jakes for a Wildwings Nest Box Art show opening reception to appreciate the local art, meet the artists, and enjoy some appetizers. The WildWings Nature & Arts Festival’s art show is entirely composed of artist-painted nest boxes. Each nest box is an entirely original piece of art by an incredible artist....
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...