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Ruby Vie, CVN Bursary recipient, 2024

Ruby Vie, a graduate of Mark R. Isfeld Secondary School, was the 2024 recipient of the CVN Bursary. Ruby credits curiosity as the incentive that resulted in her academic success. She was involved in school Environment, UN, and Arts clubs … Continue reading

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Trees of the Year events, 2025

What’s up with trees? Join Comox Valley Nature as we get to the root of the matter. Over the past seven years, Comox Valley Nature (CVN)  has hosted very successful Trees of the Year events, asking residents of the Valley to nominate … Continue reading

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Recording for talk on tracking larval Dungeness crabs

Comox Valley Nature recently hosted the following presentation at our January general meeting: Title: Community science for crabs: Tracking larval Dungeness crab across the Salish SeaSpeaker: Heather Earle (Hakai Institute)Date: Sunday, January 26, 2025 If you missed this event or … Continue reading

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Botany at Ruth Masters Greenway, January 2025

The Botany Group enjoyed a field trip to Ruth Masters Greenway in Courtenay on January 7. Ruth Masters was a prominent local environmentalist and activist, and was a long-time member of CVN. In 2004, she donated this important property adjacent … Continue reading

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Recording for talk on Puntledge Forest protection

Comox Valley Nature recently hosted the following presentation at our November general meeting: Title: Comox Valley Land Trust programs and the Puntledge Forest land protection projectSpeaker: David Stapley (Comox Valley Land Trust)Date: Sunday, November 24, 2024 If you missed this event … Continue reading

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Learn about tracking Dungeness crab across the Salish Sea

Comox Valley Nature members are invited to CVN’s online-only January general meeting. The keynote presentation will be as follows: Title: Community science for crabs: Tracking larval Dungeness crab across the Salish SeaSpeaker: Heather Earle (Hakai Institute)Date: Sunday, January 26, 2025Time: … Continue reading

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Botany at Seal Bay Park, December 2024

On December 3, a large contingent of Botany Group members enjoyed a walk in Seal Bay Nature Park, following the Coupland Loop trail. The main themes of this late-autumn outing were mosses and fungi, and many interesting and beautiful specimens … Continue reading

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Botany at Puntledge forest, November 2024

The Botany Group delved into the plentiful and diverse world of fungi in the Puntledge forest on their November field trip. Although walking only a short distance, it seemed the group saw specimens to examine every metre along the side … Continue reading

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Learn about the Puntledge Forest land protection project

Comox Valley Nature members and the general public are invited to CVN’s November general meeting for the following keynote presentation: Title: Comox Valley Land Trust (CVLT) programs and the Puntledge Forest land protection projectSpeaker: David Stapley (CVLT)Date: Sunday, November 24, 2024Time: … Continue reading

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Botany at Paradise Meadows, October 2024

Now that the flowering season is over, the Botany Group returned to Paradise Meadows on October 8 to learn to identify the plants there by their other characteristics—growth habit, leaves, seeds and other clues. And, of course, to enjoy the … Continue reading

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