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Join Comox Valley Nature for our next General Meeting on Sunday, March 22nd from 3:00 – 5:00 pm.We are hosting a presentation by Sunniva Sorby, who will relate tales and insights from her life’s work which bridges exploration, environmental advocacy, and the power of human connection.
She is best known as one of the first two women in history to overwinter in the Arctic without men—an extraordinary 19-month experience (2019–2021) at a remote trapper’s hut called Bamsebu (little bear hut) in Svalbard, 78o N latitude. There, Sorby and her expedition partner co-founded Hearts in the Ice, a groundbreaking citizen-science and climate-action platform that connected scientists, students and the public worldwide. From their frozen cabin, they collected valuable data for research institutions and engaged over 150,000 youth in virtual dialogues about climate change, biodiversity, and hope.
Sunniva Sorby is a Norwegian-Canadian polar explorer, educator, citizen scientist, and storyteller. A lifelong explorer, she first made history in 1993 as a member of the first all-women’s team to ski to the South Pole. She has skied the epic Sierra High Route in California, skied across King George Island, Antarctica, skied across the Greenland Icecap as expedition leader, and has climbed many mountains only to realize that the greatest mountain is the internal one, often less explored.
A proposed development at 1533 Cedar Avenue that is adjacent to Brooklyn Creek has been submitted to the Town of Comox.The Directors of Brooklyn Creek Watershed Society have reviewed this proposal and strongly and unanimously recommend that the Town rejects the proposal. Their reasons for this conclusion are detailed in a report found on their website.
brooklyncreek.ca/news/
On page 15 there is a section explaining the gaps between policies and practices:
Review of Brooklyn Creek’s Ecological Accounting Process, The Town of Comox OCP and the Cedar Avenue Development Proposal: Policy-to-Practice Gaps
To learn more about the proposal and to show support for the conservation of Brooklyn Creek please attend the City of Comox Council Meeting, Wednesday March 4th, 2026 in the Council Chambers at 1801 B Beaufort Avenue, Comox
Join SOFT-CV (Save Our Forests Team – Comox Valley) for a presentation of Trouble in the Headwaters, a film by Daniel J. PierceThis is a 25-minute documentary that investigates the 2018 Grand Forks flood and the connection to widespread clear-cut logging in the watersheds of the Kettle River Basin.
This eye-opening film exposes the links between industrial clear-cutting and the growing risk of flooding, landslides and drought across British Columbia.
After the screening there will be a panel discussion and Q&A session. Six experts will offer insights into how clear-cutting in our local watershed affects forestry, fresh water, birds, fisheries and ecosystem health.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2026
7:00 – 9:15 PM (Doors open at 6:30 -entry by donation)
STAN HAGEN THEATRE, NORTH ISLAND COLLEGE
for more information visit www.saveourforeststeam.org/
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Thanks to a generous gift from Charles Brandt, Comox Valley Nature has established an annual research grant for Honours or Graduate-level research on environmental science projects in the North Island. We are pleased to invite the public to a lecture series to honour Charles Brandt with our inaugural lecture program scheduled as follows:Date: Sunday March 8, 2026
Time: 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. (doors open at 1:00 p.m.)
Location: Stan Hagen Theatre, North Island College, 2300 Ryan Rd, Courtenay, BC.
Will Duguid will speak on
“The state of salmon: mobilizing data, understanding resilience and informing recovery”
Will Duguid is a senior biologist at the Pacific Salmon Foundation and affiliate researcher of the Juanes Lab at the University of Victoria. A lifelong salmon enthusiast, Will has worked as a recreational fishing guide in Campbell River and as a salmon stock assessment biologist with LGL limited, primarily in support of BC First Nations’ stock assessment programs. His current research focuses on feeding, growth and survival of Chinook salmon in the marine environment.
Eric Angel and Jamie James will present: “Salmon Parks: restoring wild salmon in Nootka Sound for future generations”
Eric Angel is the General Manager of the Salmon Parks Stewardship Society. He lives in the territories of the Hupacasath and Tseshaht First Nations on Vancouver Island. As General Manager, he helps to implement the vision of the ha’wiih (hereditary leaders) of the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation to protect and restore old growth salmon ecosystems in the hahuuthli (chiefly territories).
Jamie James was born to a mother from the Plains, Montana and father from Assiniboine Sioux Nation, was adopted at age five by his Mowachaht/Muchalaht father and his wife and has since lived within the territories in Gold River.
With gratitude towards the community that helped raise him, mentored him and taught him everything that makes him a knowledge keeper, Jamie sees his role as an advocate and amplifier of the voices of the Elders from the past and present, passing on the knowledge and involving everyone for the love of the land.
For more information visit cvnature.ca/inaugural-charles-brandt-memorial-lectures/
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Learn about BC Nature’s work on Key Biodiversity Areas
Comox Valley Nature invites its members and the general public to the following free online lecture, facilitated by the Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists: Title: Key Biodiversity Areas and Protected Areas: B.C. Nature Projects in 2023Speakers: Liam Ragan and Kephra … Continue reading
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BC Nature eNews June 2018
Upcoming Events Hope Mountain – Manning Park Bird Blitz – June 15 – 17, 2018 – Email for more info. FGM 2018: Kelowna – Hosted by Central Okanagan Naturalists Club – September 20 – 22, 2018 – Registration and more … Continue reading
BC Nature eNews March 2018
: Upcoming Events AGM 2018 – Your host, Nature Vancouver, cordially invite you to sign up for another great conference. Registration now open. For registration and schedules, please visit this link. March 15, 2018 – Rene Savenye Scholarship applications due. … Continue reading
BC Nature eNews February 2018
Upcoming Events AGM 2018 – Your host, Nature Vancouver, cordially invite you to sign up for another great conference. Registration now open. For registration and schedules, please visit this link. February 28, 2017 – Resolutions for AGM due.March 15, 2018 … Continue reading
BC Nature eNews December 2017
Upcoming Events AGM 2018 – Your host, Nature Vancouver, cordially invite you to sign up for another great conference. For registration and schedules, please visit this link. Funds available for nest box or wildlife tree projects BC Nature has … Continue reading
BC Nature eNews September 2017
Upcoming Events World Rivers Day – Visit our website at www.worldriversday.com to find out more about World Rivers Day, and please let us know about any activities you may organize. We can help your promotions via our website, as well … Continue reading
BC Nature eNews August 2017
Upcoming Events FGM 2017 – Registration for all BC Nature Members and BC Nature Club Directors is available online or in either the Summer or Fall Magazine. Available on the BC Nature Website September 21 – 24, 2017 – Hosted … Continue reading
BC Nature eNews April 2017
Dear Member Upcoming Events AGM 2017 – May 4-6, 2017 Haven’t registered yet, there’s still time. Please visit Lilloet Naturalists AGM website for updates Earth Day – April 22, 2017 Skagit Valley Bird Blitz May 12, 13, 14 Manning Park … Continue reading
Link to: Slideshow – Wetland Conservation and Resilience with Dan Buffett
Wetland Conservation and Resilience with Dan Buffett The presentation will highlight some of the protected and restored wetlands on Vancouver Island and introduce the topic of ‘resilience’, which provides a different lens to look at how we conserve wetlands that … Continue reading
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Link to: Slideshow – Limits to Growth by Neil Dawe May 2016
Ever since the publication of “Limits to Growth” in 1972 it has been obvious to practicing scientists that environmental conservation was unsustainable if the problems posed by classical economics of endless growth was not simultaneously addressed. Limits to Growth advocated that … Continue reading
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