BC Nature enews Sept, Oct 2011

Posted on November 3, 2011 by web_admin
Upcoming Events
  • AGM – Hosted by Central Okanagan Naturalists – May 10 – 13, 2012. Details will be available in the Winter Magazine. Not to be missed – if Delta and Williams Lake (FGM/AGM respectively) are any indications of what to expect, Kelowna will be a “DO NOT MISS” event! The speakers will be fabulous and the outings, very informative! Mark this on your calendar and get your registration forms in early!
  • FGM – 2012 – Dates have been confirmed for this FGM being co-hosted by Nanoose Naturalists and Arrowsmith Naturalists. Dates are confirmed for September 27-30th, 2012. This event also should be circled as a no miss event.
  • Club Deadlines
    Club Grants for the Foundation – due in by Jan 31, 2012
    Deadline for resolutions for the AGM February 28, 2012
    BC Nature Awards – nominations accepted up until February 28, 2012.
    Rene Savenye Scholarship – Please apply by April 4, 2012
  • Camps & Bird Blitz’s
    Skagit Bird Blitz: May 4 through 6th – 2012
    Saltspring Camp – June 4-8, 2012
    Robson Bird Blitz – June 9 & 10, 2012
    Manning Bird Blitz – June 15 – 17th, 2012
    Lillooet Camp – Oct. 1-6th, 2012

Issue 17
Date Sept-Oct 2011
Beaver Lake – Manning Park
Interesting Sites and articles
Go to this Internet Link islandtides.com – article PDF “Reading between the lines at the Cohen Commission” by Alexandra Morton 

 
Designation of Roberts Bank wildlife management area
B.C. Reg. 155/2011, deposited September 8, 2011, pursuant to the WILDLIFE ACT [section 4 (2)]. Ministerial Order M248/2011, dated June 27, 2011. I, Steve Thomson, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, make the following regulation: WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS (ROBERTS BANK) REGULATION Designation of Roberts Bank wildlife management area 1. All those parcels of Crown land, together with all that foreshore or land covered by water, under the administration of the Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, situated in New Westminster District and contained within the described boundaries as shown on the Official Plan deposited in the Crown Land Registry as Plan 12 Tube 1993, are designated the Roberts Bank Wildlife Management Area, the whole containing approximately 8 770 hectares.
— S. THOMSON, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.
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