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CVRD News: Watershed Awareness Days: Discover Where Your Water Comes From 🫗The Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) invites the public to explore the Comox Lake Watershed during Watershed Awareness Days, taking place from May 26 to 30, 2026. This week-long event features guided walks, lakeside talks, presentations, and family-friendly activities. It’s a unique opportunity to experience the watershed firsthand and learn how it sustains the health and wellbeing of the entire Comox Valley community.
Read the full story here 👉 comoxvalleyrd.ca/connect/news/watershed-awareness-days-discover-where-your-water-comes
View all the FREE* events here:
www.comoxvalleyrd.ca/connectedbywater
*Some events require registration
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Photos from Tsolum River Restoration Society's post
Andy MacKinnon on the story behind Fomitopsis Mounceae:
The Plant Native Grow Wild event is coming up soon. This is your chance to learn more about supporting wildlife in your area by growing native plants. Have a look at the beautiful native gardens around the MARS visitor centre, chat with knowledgeable experts and purchase some plants to help you become a habitat steward in your own backyard. We are looking forward to meeting you there.We're joining our fabulous community partners for a fun and educational day of learning how to support wildlife close to home with native plants and ecological practices. Local experts and environmental groups will have friendly advice to help you become a habitat steward in your own yard. Oh, and there'll be 35+ native plants species for sale for a variety of different growing conditions.📆 Saturday, May 30th 10 am - 2 pm
📍 1331 Williams Beach Rd. Merville
Our guests experts:
🌱 Comox Valley Nature
🌱 Gone to Seed Little Library
🌱 Vancouver Island Master Gardeners
🌱 Native Bee Society of BC
🌱 Comox Community Bat Program
⭐️ Some vendors cash-only
☑️ Bring your own flats
🚗 Limited parking: carpool if you can
❤️ MARS Visitor Centre and Gift shop open but no site tours
🛑 No dogs, please
❓️ email
Author Archives: Botany
Upcoming Walk: Shoreline clean-up with Project Watershed, Saturday, October 10th 2015
Saturday, October 10th . (Club/Public event). Shoreline clean-up with Project Watershed. (Timed to access lower tides) CVN to meet at Air Park Café 9:00 am. (Leaders: Bill Murray and Bill Heidrick).
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Upcoming Botany Walk: Tsolum River Mushrooms, Monday October 5th 2015
The Group will meet at Alison’s. We will meet here at 11.00 am, and have a walk around our trails first to see what mushrooms are popping up, then have lunch, for which I will provide wild mushroom soup. If anyone needs … Continue reading
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Guest Speaker: Matthew Rubin (Syracuse University), ‘The importance of being on time: plant circadian clocks and adaption’. Sun, Oct 18th, 2015
The speaker for our next General Meeting, Sunday October 18 will be Dr. Matthew Rubin (Syracuse University): “The importance of being on time: plant circadian clocks and adaption”. Dr Rubin is a botanist who is doing a long-term project on … Continue reading
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Upcoming Walk: Royston Trail, Saturday, October 3rd 2015
changed to Sunday, October 4th. (Club walk). Royston Trail. Meet at Harmston at 9:00 AM. Leader: Loys Maingon). not Saturday, October 3rd. (Club walk). Royston Trail. Meet at Harmston at 9:00 AM. Leader: Loys Maingon)
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Upcoming Walk: Morrison Creek area, Saturday, September 26th 2015
Saturday. September 26th. (Club event). Morrison Creek area. Meet at Harmston at 9:00AM. Leaders: Jim Palmer and Jan Gemmell.
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Upcoming Walk: Vanier – Invasive Plant removal, Saturday, September 19th 2015
Saturday, September 19th: (Club event). Vanier – Invasive Plant removal. Park at the Vanier Recreation Centre. Start at 8AM. Details later. Leader: Loys Maingon
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Upcoming Walk: McKenzie Meadows, Saturday, September 12th 2015
Saturday, Sept 12th. (Club event). McKenzie Meadows (Mt Washington). Meet at 9:00 am at the parking lot at the foot of Strathcona Parkway, just off the Inland highway. Or at the Paradise Meadows (Strathcona Wilderness Institute facility). Leader: Loys Maingon
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Upcoming Walk: Pub to Pub Walk, Saturday, September 5th 2015
Saturday, September 5th. (Public Walk). Pub to Pub Walk. Meet at Courtenay Country Market at 10:00AM or at Oyster River parking lot at 10:30AM. Lunch at Salmon Point. Leader Loys Maingon
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Upcoming Walk: Condensory Bridge area, Saturday, Aug 29th 2015
Saturday, August 29th. (Club event). Condensory Bridge area in Courtenay, downstream to Old House. Meet at the bridge at 9:00AM. Leader: Loys Maingon
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Upcoming Walk: Rosewall Creek, Saturday, Aug 22th 2015
Saturday, August 22nd. (Public walk). Rosewall Creek. Meet at Harmston at 9:00 AM. Leader: Loys Maingon.
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