Comox Valley Nature invites experts in various fields to give talks to members and the public on many topics of interest in natural history, ecological science, and environmental issues. Usually these are held in conjunction with our monthly general meetings.
Here’s a sample of topics presented by our guest speakers in the last couple of years (2024 to 2026):
- Native plant gardening and carbon sequestration
- Understanding watersheds
- The Kus-kus-sum ecosystem restoration project
- The Puntledge forest land protection project
- Tracking larval Dungeness crab across the Salish Sea
- Activities of the Little River Enhancement Society
- The Comox Bird-Friendly initiative
- Growing old-growth forests
- Experiences during a birding “big year”
- Bioblitzes, rare plants, and BC plant diversity
- Monitoring sea star wasting disease
- Tsolum River watershed resilience in the 21st century
- One woman’s polar adventures and citizen science
- Island vignettes from a nature photographer’s life
- Coho and Brooklyn Creek stewardship
Some presentations are recorded, and the recordings are subsequently made available in a blog post.
You can find the details of past presentations in the Guest Speakers category in our blog.
Here are a few of the recent guest speakers whose talks have enlightened us:
