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Comox Valley Conservation Partnership brings together environmental and stewardship groups to create a strong voice to protect our watersheds and forests
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🌸On Wednesday May 15th from 10 am to noon, join CVN Naturalist Karen Cummins as we explore diverse habitats in the two sections of Little River Nature park. This walk will take you past ponds and salt marsh, over beach plain and estuarine plain and offer a chance to view a provincially designated sensitive stream.🌸This approximately 2km, 2 hour ramble will feature spring flowers growing on the native beach plain, including Menzies Larkspur, Blue Eyed Mary and Bare-stemmed Desert Parsley.
🌸This area is a relatively new park and lots of restoration work has been done by CVN volunteers to remove invasive species. This work is ongoing and volunteers will be engaged in this work while we visit the park
🌸Don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy these spring wild flowers!
🌸email for more information or to get your name on the waitlist
Comox Valley Regional District - Local Government
CV Land Trust & Conservation Partnership
City of Courtenay
🌸 On Saturday May 11th at 1.00pm join an experienced Naturalist for a walk around the Courtenay River Airpark. Learn about the history of the park, and how this neglected space has become one of the most popular walking spots in the Comox Valley.🌸You'll see native plants such as Red Flowering Currant and Garry Oak. The park is also a favoured spot for birding, with migrant and resident birds benefiting from the diverse plant life that now edges the estuary.
🌸All this is a result of the ongoing habitat restoration work, carried out by a dedicated team of volunteers, led by Frank Hovenden
🌸 Book early to reserve your spot, by following the link in bio
🌸For more information, to add your name to the waitlist or to cancel your reservation please email
City of Courtenay Comox Valley Regional District - Local Government
🌳Nominations for Trees of the Year 2024 ended March 31.🌳Imagine our surprise when we received two separate nominations for the smallest, youngest and most vulnerable Western Red Cedar. At approximately 8-9 years old, it grows improbably amongst the ropes of a piling in the Comox Estuary, against the backdrop of the Comox Glacier with its roots entirely out of the water at low tide(#12).
🌳Contrast that young survivor to the mature Cedar growing along the Royston to Cumberland Railway Trail (#14), or the mature Cedar (#9) , entwined with a Hemlock tree on the One Spot Trail, growing from a nurse tree. Both of these locations are more typical habitats in which to find healthy Western Red Cedar, and both are offered a measure of protection by virtue of their location near recognized trails.
🌳We’ve been busy planning tour routes to help you efficiently visit all 27 impressive trees that were nominated this year. Maps of these routes are now available. You can access them at comoxvalleynaturalist.bc.ca/
🌳To view full descriptions of the individual trees including location, a photo, size, and the tree’s story go to comoxvalleynaturalist.bc.ca/trees-of-the-year-2024/