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Field Notes

Events

Conservancy Field Trip to SṈIDȻEȽ and W̱SÁNEĆ Carvers

Twenty-eight people took the ferry to Swartz Bay on March 23 to participate in the Conservancy’s W̱SÁNEĆ day long field trip. The day began with a land acknowledgement: “With gratitude, we respectfully acknowledge that we are gathering today on the unceded traditional territory of the W̱SÁNEĆ people who have cared Read more…

By Jennifer Iredale, 5 monthsMay 1, 2023 ago
Field Notes

Stinging Nettles: Nuisance or Nutritious?

During my youth growing up in north-western BC, my first physical encounter with stinging nettle was while ambling along a creek side close to where my friends Joy and June lived. Although I was still in elementary school, I had some knowledge of the native plants that grew in our Read more…

By Deb Foote, 6 monthsMarch 31, 2023 ago
Arthropods and Insects

Mayne Island Field Notes: Tiny and Fearsome

After several weeks of  blowing winds and blinding sunshine, I was finally tempted to unleash my kayak from its summer parking spot and head out. Time to check on the 2022 seal pups and otter kits, and pick up any garbage from the islets off Bennett Bay, as has become Read more…

By Nancy Gibson, 1 yearSeptember 1, 2022 ago
American Kestrel
Field Notes

Our Big Day Bird Count, May 14th, 2022

The Global Big Day is an annual celebration of the birds living around us. This event was first held in 2015 by Cornell University, a leader in wild bird science. Cornell manages the website eBird.org and tracks the data to better study and conserve bird populations, and is also the Read more…

By Nancy Gibson, 1 yearMay 29, 2022 ago
Field Notes

Field Notes: Double O Amazement

From Yves and Yvonne Tiberghien, Mayne Island One of our new resolutions for 2021 is to test the results of the famed Japanese technique of forest bathing, or shinrinyoku (森林浴). It is very simple: all you need to do is to get lost in the woods and feel the life and connectivity Read more…

By Nancy Gibson, 2 yearsApril 26, 2021 ago
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