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2023 CVN Tree of the Year announced!

While the CVN Tree of the Year event focuses on the benefits and the stories of all the trees nominated, the votes have been tallied and the winner determined by public vote for 2023. [Click a photo to enlarge it.] … Continue reading →

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Book review: The Race for What’s Left

CVN member Tony de Castro has shared his review of the book The Race for What’s Left: The Global Scramble for the World’s Last Resources by Michael T. Klare. As a longer-form article the review has its own page on … Continue reading →

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Cumberland Marsh botany highlights

From an email by Jocie to the Botany/Mycology Group on May 17. Click a photo to enlarge it. Last week we took a walk along Cumberland Marsh from Jumbo’s cabin to the coal hills above the old Japanese townsite. Many … Continue reading →

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Roy Morrison Nature Park walk

From an email by Jocie to the Botany/Mycology Group on April 19. Click a photo to enlarge it. We had a wet and cold walk in Roy Morrison Nature Park on Monday April 17 (should I have canceled?) Nonetheless, 7 … Continue reading →

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Recording for talk on Marine Protected Area targets

Comox Valley Nature members recently attended the following webinar presented by the Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists: Title: Canada’s Approach to Achieving Marine Protected Area TargetsSpeaker: Isabelle Jubinville (Oceana Canada)Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 If you missed this event or … Continue reading →

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