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Restoration Project 2024 – Courtenay River Airpark

This year’s 2024 Restoration Report for the Courtenay River Airpark will be posted on the Comox Valley Nature Website. It will be posted under Publications on the top bar of the page. Click there and go to Wetland Restoration or … Continue reading

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Airpark Restoration 2022

This year’s 2022 Restoration Report for the Courtenay River Airpark has been posted on the Comox Valley Nature Website. It is under publications on the top bar of the page. Click on this and go to Wetland Restoration. I wish … Continue reading

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Airpark Restoration 2021

This year’s 2021 Restoration Report for the Courtenay River Airpark has been posted on the Comox Valley Nature Website. It is under publications on the top bar of the page. Click on this and go to Wetland Restoration. I wish … Continue reading

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Courtenay River Airpark 2020 Report

This years 2020 Restoration Report for the Courtenay River Airpark has been posted on the Comox Valley Nature Website. It is under publications on the top bar of the page. Click on this and go to Wetland Restoration. I wish … Continue reading

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Restoration Project 2019 Courtenay River Airpark

This years 2019 Restoration Report for the Courtenay River Airpark has been posted on the Comox Valley Nature Website. It is under publications on the top bar of the page. Click on this and go to Wetland Restoration. I wish … Continue reading

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Airpark Report 2017

A short report highlighting the work done in the Courtenay River Airpark this year(2017) is now available under Publications.

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Scotch Broom

Media Release Scotch broom With sunny May weather comes the blooming of Scotch broom in the Comox Valley. It also means that community groups like the Broombusters and Comox Valley Nature will be out cutting it down. If you have … Continue reading

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Royston Trail Inventory

The Invasive Plant Inventory for the Royston Trail, done for the Comox Valley Regional District, is available here. You can download a printable PDF version here  (11 letter-size pages) Invasive Plant Inventory- Royston Trail Extension (2 MB pdf file – Adobe … Continue reading

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Burning at the Courtenay Airpark

    Fire and the Garry Oak Ecosystem   The Wetland Restoration Project had a unique opportunity to experiment with a prescribed burn in the Courtenay River Airpark recently. Why would we want to burn this popular park? In fact … Continue reading

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Return of the Camas

For a naturalist these current times can be depressing with widespread ecological destruction being one of the constant themes of life in the new millennium.   However optimism is also part of the human condition and with most naturalists it gains momentum … Continue reading

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