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Dear CVN members:

CVN is hosting an important and exciting event on March 8 (1:30 to 4:30) at the Stan Hagen Theatre entitled the Inaugural Charles Brandt Conservation Lectures.  CVN members can attend free of charge!

We are looking for some volunteers to help with specific duties at the event (see details here). If you can help out, please write to brandt@cvnature.ca and indicate what task you would like to help with.  Thank you for considering this.

Best wishes,

John Neilson
Charles Brandt Memorial Committee

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Enjoy an afternoon of music to celebrate wildlife and support MARS Wildlife Rescue!

Saturday, November 15th, 2:30 p.m.
Comox United Church in Comox, 250 Beach Dr.
Doors open at 2 p.m.

Concert followed by wine, cheese, and refreshments.
Meet a MARS ambassador bird and learn more about the work at MARS.

Most of all, enjoy stellar vocal and instrumental performances of classical, jazz, and pop music featuring:

Christine Constabel & Antonia Mahon – Flute Duo
Indigo Jazz Trio – Dale Graham (vocals), Rick Husband (guitar) & John Hyde (bass)
Orlando Weibe – Piano & Vocals
Crown Isle Piano Duo – Michelle Stewart & Alistair Taylor
Austin Diotte-Turner – Vocalist
Rachel Cooper – Clarinet / Sax with guests Jeff Agopsowicz (trombone) and Dave Lymburner (trumpet)
Mindy Wise – Vocalist

As a bonus, local wildlife photographer, Bruce Moffat, will share his enchanting photos of local birds.

Tickets: $35 Adults / $15 Youth 13 & under
Available at Blue Heron Books, Benjamin Moore House of Color,
and on the MARS website.

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Title: Slime Moulds of Strathcona Provincial Park 2025
Speaker: Zeke Gilmour
Date: Monday, September 29, 2025
Time: 7:00 p.m. PT

See the registration link below.

This presentation will focus on the progress made in 2025 on studying and cataloging the slime moulds in Strathcona Park, including select species of interest and diversity projections for the future.

About the speaker

This summer, Zeke Gilmour was a Research Student at Strathcona Wilderness Institute.

Registration

“Seating capacity” for the talk is limited, and you need to register in advance. You can check the computer requirements for attendees here.

Register here

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions for joining the webinar.

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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 that it enables activity leaders to know about the scheduling of the activities of other groups to help them avoid conflicts.

Here, the calendar is view-only. Activity leaders who need to add entries to the calendar should contact the secretary for instructions.

Note that this calendar is distinct from the Events page of this website which provides details and registration (where needed) for CVN’s public events.

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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 director of Hand-in-Hand and a former Vice President of Comox Valley Nature, recently reached out to CVN to solicit the donation of nature-based items for their annual silent auction. The auction’s proceeds go to their In-House Subsidy Fund which helps children from low-income families participate in HiH’s programs.

If you have nature-related items you could donate, Jarrett requests that you contact him by May 3 at jarrett@hand-in-handeducation.com with the following information:

• Name of your donation:
• Subtitle (optional):
• Description of your donation:
• Images: Please upload attachment(s)
• Fair Market Value (The likely selling price on the market at a specific point in time):

Alternatively, if you would like to make a cash donation, you can do so on HiH’s donation page.

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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 of this event and others to come, see the SWI website.

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