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Join master melittologist Bonnie Zand for a Zoom webinar introducing the BC Bee Atlas. This is your chance to become more involved in native bee conservationThinking about ways to get more involved in Native Bee Conservation? Looking for programs that allow you to commit as much or as little time as you want? Join us for an informative Webinar March 27th at 7PM via ZOOM (bcnativebees.org/outreach-events)Learn about the BC Bee Atlas, and how training through the Master Melittology Program can get you ready to do meaningful and vital data collection. Learn about the importance of understanding and documenting BC’s bee populations, their floral hosts, and how that data can be used to inform conservation efforts and protect BC bees and their unique ecosystems.
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Volunteer with the Hakai Institute, monitoring larval crab!🦀 The Hakai Institute is looking for volunteers to monitor larval crab in Comox! 🦀💡 The Light Trap Project tracks Dungeness Crab abundance and dispersal through a network of community-monitored light traps from Sooke to Haida Gwaii between April 15th and September 1st.
🐟 The process involves removing the trap from the water, counting and releasing juvenile Dungeness crabs, and filling out a digital data form. Training will be provided - no need to be an expert!
📧 If you’re interested in volunteering, please send an email Lauren at
On Saturday March 15th from 10-12, join naturalists from Comox Valley Nature on a guided botany walk around Lazo Marsh. Get to know the variety of plants and trees that have found a home this park.Sharpen your plant identification skills and learn about the history of the park. This is an easy walk over mostly level ground. To learn more; and to register email
As part of the Tree of the Year campaign for 2025, we are offering a series of guided workshops and walks to explore and learn more about the trees in our community, including the benefits, history and care of the trees in our gardens, public spaces, parks and urban forests.The first spring workshop will be held on March 8 in Seal Bay Nature Park, led by members of Comox Valley Nature. “Finding the Mother Tree” features the western white pine and explores the concept of the Mother Tree through a guided walk of discovery. Participants will learn about the forest environment, the evolution of maturing second and third growth forests, and the ecological role of the western white pine.
The second workshop is “Don’t Fear Your Trees” which is focused on the bio-mechanics of trees. Why are some trees more prone to storm damage than others? What makes a tree move in the wind? (Scheduled for May 3, 2025.)
The June workshop is all about growing: “Getting to the Roots of the Matter.” How do roots work, and what do they do? We will dig up some small roots and look at root plates of trees to understand this vital but often forgotten part of a tree. (Scheduled for June 7, 2025.)
Depending on public interest, more workshops and guided walks may be offered in the autumn. We invite you to check back on CVN’s blog and our events calendar to stay up to date on our Trees of the Year activities.
Updates on the location, date and time of each workshop will be on the CVN website. Walks are limited to a maximum of 15 participants, to register follow visit
comoxvalleynaturalist.bc.ca/events/
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Category Archives: Freshwater organisms
Recording for talk on Buttle Lake ecology
The Strathcona Wilderness Institute recently hosted the following online presentation, facilitated by the Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists: Title: Observations on the fish and aquatic ecology of Buttle LakeSpeaker: Paige StuartDate: Tuesday, August 27, 2024 If you missed this event … Continue reading
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Learn about Buttle Lake ecology
CVN members and the general public are invited to attend the following free online lecture hosted by the Strathcona Wilderness Institute, and facilitated by the Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists: Title: Observations on the fish and aquatic ecology of Buttle … Continue reading
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