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Instead of our monthly General Meeting, Comox Valley Nature is celebrating our 60th anniversary at the Filberg Centre, Rotary Hall, 411 Anderton Ave, Courtenay.This event is open to CVN members and guests. We’d love to see longtime members, new faces and friends of nature alike. Bring your curiosity, your stories, and your sense of wonder.
To celebrate our 60th anniversary we invite you to come for a guided stroll on the Courtenay Riverway Heritage Walk with a member of Comox Valley Nature on April 24, 10 am -noon. Learn about the history of this area, including how the former sewage lagoon has become one of the most popular walking spots in the Comox Valley. Check out the restoration work that has replaced invasive plant species and added more native plants, shrubs and trees that is being done by Comox Valley Nature in partnership with the City of Courtenay. Hear why invasive plant species are so damaging to the ecosystems. Enjoy the view from the "lookout" over the estuary and be reminded how important the estuary is to the web of life.REGISTRATION required on our events page cvnature.ca/events An easy 1 km walk on a wheelchair accessible paved path. Dress for the weather and bring a water bottle Sorry, no dogs. This event is free, but donations are welcome.
For more information, add your name to a wait list or to cancel your reservation email: .
To celebrate our 60th anniversary Comox Valley Nature is offering this opportunity to get together with knowledgeable birders to share skills and learn more about birding in the Comox Valley.This outing is designed for beginners, but birders of all levels are welcome. Experienced birders will help with identifying species, equipment, useful apps, and field guides.
Both CVN members and the public are welcome on this walk at the Courtenay Airpark which will be on a wide smooth pathway for about 2km round trip. Bring binoculars if you have them. Dress for the weather. Warm clothing necessary – it’s often windy there! Please leave pets at home.
Register through our events page at This event is free. Donations welcome.
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Category Archives: Plants and fungi
Upcoming Botany Walk: along the Puntledge, May 25th 2015
I’ll lead a walk along the Puntledge next Monday (May 25th). We can meet at 10:15, at the North end of Powerhouse Rd, at the yellow barrier just before the pipeline. Lots of parking there. We’ll walk along the pipeline … Continue reading
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Botany Outing Report: K’omoks Estuary, May 18, 2015
Special Plants seen: Henderson’s Checker Mallow (rare, not yet in bloom), Seaside plantain, Indian paint brush, Pretty shooting star, Meadow and straight beaked buttercup, Northern rice root, and western St. Johns wort Trees: huge Sitka spruce, alder, Red Cedar, Crabapple, … Continue reading
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Botany Outing Report: Harewood Plains, May 11, 2015
Plants seen on the Harewood Plains outing on May 11: Indian Plum, bitter cherry, Saskatoon berry , sea blush, ocean spray, salal, orange honeysuckle, vetch – common and hairy, common forget me not, arbutus, creeping blackberry, big leaf maple, rose … Continue reading
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Botany Outing Report: Helliwell Park – Hornby Island, April 29, 2015
We enjoyed a cool but dry trip to Helliwell Park – the following plants were observed – Bluff ecosystem plants : Dwarf owl clover, camus, flax flower (rare), spring gold, sea blush, monkey flower, yerba Buena, poverty clover, tomcat clover, white … Continue reading
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Upcoming Botany Walk: Harewood Plains in Nanaimo, May 11th 2015
The next botany walk will be to Harewood Park in Nanaimo on May 11th.
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Botany Group Report: Mack Laing Park, April 13, 2015
BOTANY GROUP REPORT The Botany group met at Kate’s house on Orchard Park Drive on Monday April 13th. Helen circulated the preliminary version of the Comox Valley Plant List with its illustrated cover pages. Only a couple of additions remain before … Continue reading
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Upcoming Botany Walk: Kin Beach Provincial Park, April 8th
I will lead a walk at Kin Beach Provincial Park at 1:30 PM on Wednesday, April 8. The weather forecast sounds very good. We will meet at the picnic tables beside the main parking area. Sincerely, Helen Robinson
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Upcoming Botany Outing: Nettle Soup at Kate’s, and Mack Laing Park Plant Inventories Comparison from now to 1980 and 2005, on April 13th
Our next Botany group meeting will take place on Monday April 13th at the house of Kate 11.30 am. Kate has kindly offered to make Nettle Soup since urtica sp. is in season!! The focus of the meeting will be … Continue reading
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Botany Outing Report: Mar. 9, 2015
Botanists met at the Maingon house on the Tsolum River. The sun came out and we had a nice walk along the river to see the coltsfoot in bloom and lots of leaves of various plants, but no fawn lilies … Continue reading
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Botany Outing Report: Kitty Coleman Park, Feb. 17, 2015
11 members enjoyed a calm and sunny walk at Kitty Coleman Provincial Park from 10:30 to 12 noon. First, we examined the “Green Shores Treatment” of horizontally placing older rooted trees, anchored by cables to deeply buried rock or concrete, … Continue reading
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