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🌿 One week left to share your feedback on the Anderton riverbank.We've heard from many residents already, and there's still time to add your voice.
Review three conceptual design options for restoring the riverbank along Anderton Avenue and tell us what you think.
📅 Survey closes August 10.
👉 Take the survey: courtenay.ca/anderton-restoration
The conceptual design phase of the project is funded by the Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness through the Disaster Resilience Innovation Funding program.
🌿 One week left to share your feedback on the Anderton riverbank.We've heard from many residents already, and there's still time to add your voice.
Review three conceptual design options for restoring the riverbank along Anderton Avenue and tell us what you think.
📅 Survey closes August 10.
👉 Take the survey: courtenay.ca/anderton-restoration
The conceptual design phase of the project is funded by the Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness through the Disaster Resilience Innovation Funding program.
If you've been enjoying snapping photos and uploading them to iNaturalist, you won't want to miss this webinar on getting the most out of Smartphone Photography for iNaturalist:
A new club; "The Friends of Eagle Bluffs Forest Society" has just joined BC Nature:
There are 100's of toadlets migrating across the trail systems in Cumberland Forest. Please note the trail closures, and share this post.Major trail closures. Please do not use the west side of the network, see the map. Tens of thousands of toads are dispersing in all directions west and south of Alan Lake. SoBo No Michi is closed Sykes Bridge area is teaming, Perseverance Creek is also extremely busy. The south side of Alan Lake is also covered with toads. We have closed all access via Davis lake main to Perseverance Creek, the Potholes, Sobo No Michi etc. All trails that come down the west side back to Perseverance area are closed. Please do not go into that zone for the next few days. Hopefully we will be clear to roll by the weekend.Please respect all signage at the trail access points and in the CRI car park, informing you of up-to-date information of trail closures and the migration routes.
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Cumberland Forest
Village of Cumberland
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Botany highlights from upper Puntledge trails
From an email by Jocie to the Botany Group on October 29. Click a photo to enlarge it. Last Saturday we walked along the east side of the upper Puntledge River trails. We took a look at the bog, and … Continue reading
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Recording available for talk on a regional parks service
Comox Valley Nature, facilitated by the Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists, recently presented the following webinar: Title: Towards a Regional Parks ServiceSpeaker: Mark Harrison (CVRD Manager of Parks)Date: Sunday, October 23, 2022 If you missed this event or would like … Continue reading
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A few mushrooms
From an email by Jocie to the Botany Group on October 19. Click a photo to enlarge it. Though fungi are currently scarce, here are a few photos from Alison M. of what she’s seen this fall in the Buttle Lake … Continue reading
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Learn about Comox Valley regional parks service
Comox Valley Nature is pleased to host the following free lecture at our October online meeting: Title: Towards a Regional Parks ServiceSpeaker: Mark HarrisonDate: Sunday, October 23, 2022Time: 7:00 p.m. PT This webinar is facilitated by the Canadian Society of … Continue reading
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Woodhus Slough botany photos
From an email by Jocie to the Botany Group on October 16. Photos by Veronique. Click a photo to enlarge it. Our last walk was a lovely morning at Woodhus Slough on October 3. Thanks to Veronique for the photos! … Continue reading
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Another day in paradise!
From an email by Jocie to the Botany Group on September 29. Click a photo to enlarge it. Last weekend the Strathcona Wilderness Institute (SWI) wrapped up its season with a walk around Paradise Meadows, which several of you joined … Continue reading
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Three CVN Bursary recipients in 2022!
The CVN Bursary for environmentally-related post-secondary studies is usually awarded to a deserving Grade 12 graduate each year. However, this year the bursary was awarded to three students, all from Georges P. Vanier Secondary School in Courtenay! This was unprecedented … Continue reading
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Recording available for talk on logging and hydrology
Comox Valley Nature, in conjunction with the Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists, recently presented the following webinar: Title: Logging in Your Watersheds – A Hydrological Report CardSpeaker: Dave Weaver (Vice President, Beaufort Watershed Stewards)Date: Sunday, September 18, 2022 If you … Continue reading
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Recordings available for recent SWI talks
CVN members and the general public were invited to attend the following webinars presented by the Strathcona Wilderness Institute (SWI): Title: Species of Conservation Concern in Strathcona Provincial ParkSpeaker: Jack BindernagelDate: Saturday September 3, 2022 and Title: Can community science … Continue reading
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Learn about logging and hydrology in our watersheds
Comox Valley Nature is pleased to host the following free online lecture in conjunction with our first fall general meeting: Title: Logging in Your Watersheds – A Hydrological Report CardSpeaker: Dave WeaverDate: Sunday, September 18, 2022Time: 7:00 p.m. PT This … Continue reading
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