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☀️ 💦 What a great way to wrap up the summer with a splash! We're joining our large community of folks who love and care for our watersheds. Come celebrate and learn--and chat with MARS and meet one of our wildlife ambassadors on the glove. Look for our green tent.It's wonderful opportunity to get to know the special community organizations who steward the natural systems and beautiful landscapes that surround us. Discover key land, water, and climate issues facing our community, find out how you can get involved, and learn more about the long standing stewardship of K'omoks people, the original keepers of this land. Explore restoration and habitat enhancement projects, salmon cycles, drinking water, forests, creeks, wetlands and estuaries - and so much more. Start the day with Yoga by the River, participate in watershed art projects, enjoy kids activities, take in some hands-on learning, or join a guided walk - all looking out over the Puntledge River. Uncover all the ways we are truly Connected by Water in the Comox Valley.Look at these activities!🧘 Gentle Flow Yoga for the River (bring a mat!) with Annicia 9:30-10:30 am💦 Lake Park Society - Environmental Games for Kids - all day🌀 Woven by Water - Participatory Watershed Art with Plants are Teachers - all day🥒 Luke the Cuke - Pop Up Poetry, Games and Riverside Antics 9 am -1 pm🚶 Morrison Creek Guided Walk 11 am - Meet at Morrison Streamkeepers Tent🎶 Reverberation Song Circle - join in and sing 12 noon🎨 Intro to Field Drawing with Lyndsay 1:00 pm - Meet at Cumberland Forest tent🎻 Music for the River w/ Cam Boyce - to close the dayFamily Watershed Day is presented by the members of the Comox Valley Conservation Partnership and their community partners. K'ómoks First Nation Project Watershed Plants Are Teachers Cumberland Forest Comox Valley Nature CV Land Trust & Conservation Partnership
The CVN photo group met last night for its September meeting and here are a few of the photos we shared with one another.Species and photographer shown in each photo...
Join the Comox Valley Conservation Community for a day long celebration of the watersheds and waterways that connect us all in the Comox Valley!Learn about restoration and habitat enhancement projects, salmon cycles, drinking water, forests, creeks, wetlands and estuaries – and so much more. Art projects, kids activities, volunteer engagement opportunities, hands on learning and guided walks – all looking out over the beautiful Puntledge River.Comox Valley Nature will be there with our new outreach tent. Come by and say hello, and try our bird identification game. We can also show you why native plants are best for your garden, and how to spot invasive species.Pack a picnic and stay for the day! Saturday Sept 19th from 9 am – 3 pmin Puntledge Park 1111 1st , Courtenay
In her memoir, Pacific Northwest author Caroll Simpson recounts the highs and lows of running a remote fishing lodge on her own following the untimely death of her husband, and of falling in love with the natural world. Simpson tells stories of living in the remote wilderness and managing the lodge, becoming an accidental environmental activist, fending off wild animals, working as an angling guide and finally, fighting off a proposed mining operation and participating in the development of a government land management plan as a spokesperson for the wilderness tourism industry.While Simpson welcomed paying guests at Ookpik Lodge, unwanted house guests included a woodchuck, a pack rat, and martens. Simpson constantly had to watch out for grizzlies, moose, and cougars. Storms and extreme weather also provided fodder for hair-raising tales. All this makes for wonderful storytelling.Caroll’s story is essentially a love story. In an essay for Sierra Club, Simpson wrote: “I developed an immense passion for flora and fauna. Just walking back and forth on the 300’ dock several times a day, I was exposed to the unbelievable beauty of the northern spectrum of water life: the golden eagle soaring above, the osprey and kingfisher diving and coming up with fish for their hatchlings, the muskrats and otters looking for an easy meal, the tireless beaver working into the late evening sunsets. All of these creatures and more expressed their generational ownership of this small piece of the world. In return each was given my utmost respect and admiration…As I listened to the loons at the end of each day and the owl and the wolf in the night, I felt blessed to be witnessing such beauty. “On September 20th, join Comox Valley Nature and Save Our Forests Team for an afternoon of storytelling about this remarkable time spent living on a remote British Columbia lake.The event is being held at the Comox United Church Hall. (250 Beach Drive, Comox) Admission is by donation. Doors open at 2:30; the event begins at 3:00 p.m. There will be time for Q&A after the presentation, as well as books available for purchase. Tea/coffee and cookies - including forest-themed cupcakes - will be available for a donation.Join us, and prepare to fall in love.
🎟️ Get your tickets to the Project Watershed 2026 Keeping It Living Dinner today! projectwatershed.ca/2026-keeping-it-living-dinner/Every ticket holder makes a difference. 💙 🎟️ Get your tickets to our 2026 Keeping It Living Dinner today! projectwatershed.ca/2026-keeping-it-living-dinner/When community and local businesses invest in conservation, our entire ecosystem benefits. Ticket sales directly support habitat restoration, scientific research, and environmental education, while the generosity of our sponsors helps offset event costs, ensuring that more of the funds raised can go directly toward this important work. Thank you to our incredible sponsors and dinner attendees for believing in the power of community-led conservation. Odlum Brown Community and Northwest Hydraulic Consultants, 40 Knots Winery, CNB Together, we're keeping our watersheds living. 🌿 Hope to see you September 12, 5 - 8 pm at 40 KNOTS Winery #KeepingItLiving #ProjectWatershed #CommunitySupport #Conservation #ComoxValley
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Bird Outing Report: Hawk Greenway, June 11,2015
Today at Hawk Greenway and Mallard Creek Headwaters, 12 birders found 32 species. Highlights were nice looks at Willow Flycatcher, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow Warbler, and Evening Grosbeak. Mallard Eurasian Collared-Dove Rufous Hummingbird Red-breasted Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker … Continue reading
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Bird Outing Report: Simpson Farm, May 28,2015
Yesterday at Simpson Farm, 9 birders found 35 species. Highlights were a Sandhill Crane, an Anna’s Hummingbird, a Greater Yellowlegs and an unusually high number of 14 Blue-winged Teal. I have attached a photo of the Sandhill Crane that flew … Continue reading
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Bird Outing Report: Moorecroft Park, May 21,2015
Thursday 9 birders had 28 species at Moorecroft Regional Park, Nanoose Bay, and 8 birders had 20 species at the Englishman Estuary, Plummer Road side, for a total of 39 species for the morning. Highlights included the Whimbrel and other … Continue reading
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Botany Outing Report: K’omoks Estuary, May 18, 2015
Special Plants seen: Henderson’s Checker Mallow (rare, not yet in bloom), Seaside plantain, Indian paint brush, Pretty shooting star, Meadow and straight beaked buttercup, Northern rice root, and western St. Johns wort Trees: huge Sitka spruce, alder, Red Cedar, Crabapple, … Continue reading
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Botany Outing Report: Harewood Plains, May 11, 2015
Plants seen on the Harewood Plains outing on May 11: Indian Plum, bitter cherry, Saskatoon berry , sea blush, ocean spray, salal, orange honeysuckle, vetch – common and hairy, common forget me not, arbutus, creeping blackberry, big leaf maple, rose … Continue reading
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Bird Outing Report: Bear Creek Park, May 14, 2015
This Thursday May 14 16 birders went to Bear Creek Nature Park where we heard or saw 38 species. Highlights include good looks at Black-headed Grosbeak, Western Tanager, Swainson’s Thrush, and Black-throated Gray Warbler, as well as nesting Red-breasted Sapsuckers. … Continue reading
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Bird Outing Report: Cumberland Marsh, May 7,2015
It was a beautiful spring morning at Cumberland Marsh where 12 birders saw or heard 33 species. The highlights for the morning were 6 species of warblers which included a pair of Black-throated Gray Warblers singing and giving us excellent … Continue reading
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Bird Outing Report: One-Spot Trail, Apr.30, 2015
This Thursday we went to the One Spot Trail where 15 birders heard or saw 22 species. There were several flycatchers and warblers singing which gave us a great opportunity to familiarize ourselves with their song. Turkey Vulture Rufous Hummingbird … Continue reading
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Bird Outing Report: Tsolum River Flats, Apr. 23, 2015
Thanks to the shelter of the trees along the trails behind the curling rink we managed to stay relatively dry this morning. 11 birders had 18 species. No particular highlights – just nice spring arrivals and singing despite the weather. … Continue reading
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Bird Outing Report: Courtenay Airpark, Mar.26, 2015
Five birders met at the Airpark for the Thursday Walk. There was no rain, not a lot of wind, and even a bit of sun. 31 species were recorded . Highlight was the female Ruddy Duck that has spent the … Continue reading
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