Events

Spend a few hours doing some gentle work helping to preserve some of the last vestiges of this ecotype. Please notify the Land Trust in advance if you are coming so there are enough cookies!

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...

Join us for a few hours to count, measure and weigh salmon and trout in Bings and/or Averill Creek. We will be conducting an assessment on the salmonid population in our watershed creeks and would love some volunteer help with counting the fish we catch. This will be a great opportunity to learn about the...

Join us for a few hours to count, measure and weigh salmon and trout in Bings and/or Averill Creek. We will be conducting an assessment on the salmonid population in our watershed creeks and would love some volunteer help with counting the fish we catch. This will be a great opportunity to learn about the...

Join us for a few hours to count, measure and weigh salmon and trout in Bings and/or Averill Creek. We will be conducting an assessment on the salmonid population in our watershed creeks and would love some volunteer help with counting the fish we catch. This will be a great opportunity to learn about the...

Join us for a few hours to count, measure and weigh salmon and trout in Bings and/or Averill Creek. We will be conducting an assessment on the salmonid population in our watershed creeks and would love some volunteer help with counting the fish we catch. This will be a great opportunity to learn about the...

Join us for a few hours to count, measure and weigh salmon and trout in Bings and/or Averill Creek. We will be conducting an assessment on the salmonid population in our watershed creeks and would love some volunteer help with counting the fish we catch. This will be a great opportunity to learn about the...

Join us for a few hours to count, measure and weigh salmon and trout in Bings and/or Averill Creek. We will be conducting an assessment on the salmonid population in our watershed creeks and would love some volunteer help with counting the fish we catch. This will be a great opportunity to learn about the...

Join Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society for a hands-on volunteer event to help protect the Garry Oak Protected Area! The Somenos team will guide the removal of invasive ox-eye daisies to allow native plants to thrive. This is a great way to get outside and give back to the land. Location: The Somenos / S-amunu Garry...

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...

Work Party & Potluck at Hulitun Spulhxun/Tumuhw Native Plant Nursery in Cowichan Estuary. Young Agrarians is hosting this free event. Guided by staff from the Nature Trust of BC, attendees will learn about the Cowichan Estuary Restoration and Quw’utsun Food Systems Revitalization Projects and the thousands of native food and medicinal plants found in the nursery....

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...