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Bruce Moffat, our very own CVN Nature Photography group coordinator will be presenting at this month’s general meeting. He has prepared a handful of wildlife vignettes collected over the past 7 years on Vancouver Island. Each of these shorts will be played with Bruce pausing to describe the experiences and challenges for each of the diverse subjects covered.This presentation includes images first shown as entries in the Comox Valley Photographic Society’s annual Imagefest show at the Sid Williams Theatre. There will be time to ask questions after each short film and following the wrap up. Bruce will bring some of the equipment used to capture his images.
Bruce has been an avid photographer since his teen years and has focused on nature photography for the past 20 years. He has been published regularly in the local CV Land Trust
calendars and 4 of the last five CV Collective magazines here in the valley. His latest published shot is featured on this month’s cover of Scout Life magazine.
Comox Valley Nature is pleased to announce that Sophie Johnston has been awarded the Brandt Research Grant. This is a $5,000 grant in support of her field research on coastal areas of north Vancouver Island. Sophie is currently a PhD Student at the University of British Columbia.The intertidal zone ecosystem is critically threatened by ongoing climate change. Sophie’s PhD research is documenting the effects of ocean acidification on intertidal marine communities in the Johnstone Strait, British Columbia.
The goal of her research is to investigate how a dominant ecosystem engineer shapes marine community structure along a gradient of ocean acidification.
Ocean acidification not only alters the morphology of limpet species by increasing shell erosion, but can also increase their thermal sensitivity, limiting limpet grazing efficiency and survival in the intertidal zone. Thus, the effects of ocean acidification on such ecosystem engineers could result in large-scale, rippling impacts on marine communities, from microscopic algae to top predators.
The results of this research will be of particular interest to residents who inhabit areas near or along the Johnstone Strait and those interested in the trophic level effects of ocean acidification i.e., the reduced growth of herbivores, barnacles, mussels, and oysters can affect the population sizes of predators like sea stars and otters.
For more information on this grant and CV Nature in general, visit our website at cvnature.ca
CVRD News: Watershed Awareness Days: Discover Where Your Water Comes From 🫗The Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) invites the public to explore the Comox Lake Watershed during Watershed Awareness Days, taking place from May 26 to 30, 2026. This week-long event features guided walks, lakeside talks, presentations, and family-friendly activities. It’s a unique opportunity to experience the watershed firsthand and learn how it sustains the health and wellbeing of the entire Comox Valley community.
Read the full story here 👉 comoxvalleyrd.ca/connect/news/watershed-awareness-days-discover-where-your-water-comes
View all the FREE* events here:
www.comoxvalleyrd.ca/connectedbywater
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Paradise Meadows update (July 1)
Catching up with communications in the Botany Group during July. This is from an email from Jocie to the group on July 1. Here are some updates from Alison M. on what is in bloom at Paradise Meadows [on July … Continue reading
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Elegant rein orchid at Woodhus Slough
Catching up with communications in the Botany Group during July. This is from an email from Jocie to the group on July 4. John B. discovered a nice patch of elegant rein orchid (Piperia elegans) at Woodhus Slough, and sent along … Continue reading
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Yellow beauties in bloom!
Catching up with communications in the Botany Group during July. This is from an email from Jocie to the group on July 2. Here’s a message from John B. about some yellow flowers he found on Quadra Island:“Three yellow beauties … Continue reading
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A June visit to the Puntledge Bog
From an email by Jocie to members of the Botany Group on June 27. A winding boardwalk, edged with lush salal and huge, shiny skunk cabbage leaves, leads to a small bog, known as the “Puntledge Bog” on the east … Continue reading
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Anja Leikermoser, CVN Bursary Recipient, 2020
The 2020 winner of our $1000 Bursary Award is Anja Leikermoser, who is enrolled at Mark R. Isfeld Secondary School in the French Immersion program and will be graduating this spring. She has been accepted into the Science Program at … Continue reading
Tree of the Year 2019
This old news from last year is being added to complete our coverage of the TOTY contest. In the second year of Comox Valley Nature’s Tree of the Year contest, the award went to a very large Garry oak (Quercus … Continue reading
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Featured plant: Honeysuckles
From an email by Jocie to members of the Botany Group on June 10. Here is a bit about honeysuckles, in the genus Lonicera, that are found in our area. Keep a lookout for Utah honeysuckle! Alison found it a few years … Continue reading
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Peloric foxglove
From an email by Jocie to the Botany Group on June 9. John B. took this spectacular photo of a “peloric foxglove.” This is a mutation where a bilaterally symmetrical flower (zygomorphic) mutates into a radially symmetrical flower (actinomorphic). It … Continue reading
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Tree of the Year 2020: Cycle Tour Challenge
Karen Cummins contributed this article to encourage you to visit the trees nominated for Tree of the Year 2020. Our family loves to cycle and it is our usual mode of transport whenever possible. For viewing special trees in our … Continue reading
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Nominees for Tree of the Year 2020
Although there will be only one winner of the Tree of the Year contest, all the nominated trees have interest and value. The CVN Board suggests that members (in household groups only) get out and enjoy these trees as part … Continue reading
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