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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: Miscellaneous
CVN activities calendar
We have revived a former website feature—a calendar of CVN activities—for the convenience of members who want to know about upcoming activities. See it here, or navigate to it anytime via the About menu. One benefit of this calendar is … Continue reading
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Help out local nature-based education
From Hand-in-Hand’s website: “Hand-In-Hand Nature Education is an outdoor educational program located in the Comox Valley and Campbell River that is designed to offer a unique learning experience for children who are walking to 17 years old.” Jarrett Krentzel, founder and … Continue reading
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Strathcona Wilderness Institute events
This summer the Strathcona Wilderness Institute (SWI) is planning workshops and hikes that will be of interest to CVN members and others. The first workshop is an Introduction to iNaturalist by Loys Maingon on June 25 (pre-registration required). For details … Continue reading
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AGM recording
On February 15, Comox Valley Nature conducted its Annual General Meeting for 2023 as a videoconference, enabled by the online meeting capabilities of the Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists. See the announcement in this earlier post. If you missed the … Continue reading
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New online membership renewal and donations
Membership CVN has a new and improved online method for new members to join and existing members to renew. With this new method you can provide your contact information, affirm the waiver, optionally make a donation, and pay with a … Continue reading
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Winter observations
From an email by Jocie to the Botany Group on December 24. Wishing you all a belated happy solstice and a Merry Christmas. A rare white Christmas this year! Between deluges of rain and the current wintery state, botany walks … Continue reading
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CVN AGM to be held online February 14
Comox Valley Nature’s Annual General Meeting will be held as a videoconference on Sunday February 14 at 7:00 pm. For access to this online meeting, you need to register in advance: Register here Here’s a preliminary agenda for the meeting: … Continue reading
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Using iNaturalist: BC Parks project
On May 14 of this year, CVN’s guest speaker Dr. John Reynolds presented a very informative webinar on how to use the iNaturalist online platform for recording and viewing nature observations from around the world. Following the tutorial part of … Continue reading
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COVID-19 policy still in effect
The COVID-19 pandemic continues. We are facing a potential second wave in B.C. and around the world, and, with many CVN members in a higher-risk age group, the CVN Board reminds members that our policy response from April (see this … Continue reading
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Bird carcasses needed
Reprinted from BC Nature August eNews. A message from Tara Imlay (PhD) from the Canadian Wildlife Service: Last year, my colleagues and I began a research project to understand the breeding area of bird species that experience high rates of anthropogenic (human-caused) … Continue reading
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