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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: Point Holmes to Little River, Nov. 26, 2015
This morning turned out to be a beautiful morning….clear, calm, sunny. Ten birders saw the following 43 species: Mallard Harlequin Duck Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Long-tailed Duck Common Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Pacific Loon Common Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked … Continue reading
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Bird Outing Report: Courtenay Airpark, Nov. 19, 2015
Thursday November 19th was a cold but sunny morning at the Air Park. Twelve birders saw the following 36 species, the highlights being a flock of 40 Red Crossbills and an immature Cooper’s Hawk. Trumpeter Swan Eurasian Wigeon American Wigeon … Continue reading
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Botany Outing Report: Miracle Beach Park, Nov. 9, 2015
In glorious sunshine on Monday 9th a (baker’s) dozen of us walked around the trails in Miracle Beach examining mosses and liverworts under Jocie’s expert guidance. We saw all of the 10 mosses on page 1 of her handout on … Continue reading
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Bird Outing Report: Oyster Bay, Nov. 5, 2015
This Thursday November 5th thirteen birders went to Oyster Bay and the mouth of the Oyster River where we found 38 species. The morning was cool and sunny but warmed up later. We enjoyed large numbers of the regular winter … Continue reading
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Christmas Bird Counts 2015
This is the first notice of Christmas Bird Counts so mark your calendars! The count dates and contact information are as follows: Comox CBC –- Sunday Dec 20 –- Carol Muirhead : caroljmuirhead at shaw dot ca or call 250-331-0511. … Continue reading
Bird Outing Report: Ships Point, Oct. 29,2015
This Thursday October 29th ten birders went to Fanny Bay and Ship’s Point where we found 44 species. The fog cleared early for a pleasant morning with little wind. We enjoyed large numbers of the regular winter waterbirds. The highlights … Continue reading
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Bird Outing Report: Deep Bay, Oct. 22 , 2015
This Thursday October 22nd ten birders went to Deep Bay where we found 40 species. The fog cleared early for a pleasant morning with no wind. We enjoyed large numbers of the regular winter waterbirds – the highlight was close … Continue reading
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Botany Report: Mushrooms, Oct. 12, 2015
Below is a list of the mushrooms we identified in the woodlands at 6069 Tsolum River Road on October 12th. Thanks, Jocie, for keeping track of them. CVN Botany Group : List of Fungi 6069 Tsolum River Road, October 12th … Continue reading
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Airpark Shoreline Cleanup
Nine hardy folk turned up on Oct. 11, and collected several bags of “stuff”, including 2 shopping carts, one oar, sleeping bag, and part of a bed spring?? maybe. There was also what looked like a very old and deteriorated … Continue reading
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Bird Outing Report: Tyee Spit, Campbell River, Oct. 15, 2015
This Thursday October 15th eight birders went to Tyee Spit, Campbell River, where we saw 42 species. We enjoyed a pleasant, sunny morning with the highlight of huge flocks of waterbirds in feeding frenzies offshore. Several of us went to … Continue reading
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