We work with the community to keep Mayne Island shorelines clean.
We educate schoolchildren and host educational (and fun) events for adults.
We work with the community to manage and protect Mayne Island's ecology.
Living on the coast, gulls are part of our viewscape and soundscape but few people know them beyond ‘seagulls’. They are conspicuous and gregarious and seem equally at home in urban, agricultural and marine areas. Read more…
Here are our entries from the 2018 photo contest in the category “Insects.” Thank you to all participants.
Are you passionate about nature and education? Do you have experience or interest in helping an organization meet its potential? The Mayne Island Conservancy Society is seeking candidates for our 2019 Board of Directors. The Read more…
This is the latest instalment in our series of articles on the remarkable diversity of birds that visit Mayne Island’s shores in winter. Grebes Grebes are similar to loons, superficially, but are smaller, have lobed Read more…
Bugles and Baselines – Nine Years of Bull Kelp Mapping around Mayne Island, B.C. Kelly Fretwell and Rob Underhill Have you ever made a bugle horn from a piece of washed-up bull kelp? If not, Read more…
Here are the entries from the Native Animals category of our 2018 photo contest. Thank you to all the photographers for showcasing Mayne Island’s diverse wildlife.
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