A simple way to support bats is to participate in the BC Annual Bat Count this Summer. The BC Community Bat Program is requesting colony reports and volunteer assistance for this citizen-science initiative that encourages residents to count bats at local roost sites.

ORGANIZER MESSAGE Registering for the VIRTUAL BROADCAST of the 2023 United Nations World Oceans Day event which will be live streamed on UN TV on Thursday 8 June, 2023! For more information about this celebration, and others surrounding World Oceans Day, please visit www.UNWorldOceansDay.org or follow the event on Instagram @unworldoceansday. Registration Terms — *The […]

Driven by communities and led by the Hakai Institute, Sentinels of Change is a decade-long project that uses light traps to investigate the ecology and dynamics of a critically important species in our inland sea: Dungeness crab. Join us to hear about our findings so far and how important community science is in our efforts to understand ecosystems and environmental change.

Come out to the beach at Friendship Park, Trail Bay, and learn about who forage fish are, and why they are important. Then we’ll get into a demonstration of the sampling process used by citizen scientists all along the Salish Sea to determine where these important little fish are choosing to spawn.  Bring your gumboots and curiosity for this hands-on demonstration.

Four young people with diverse connections to Howe Sound/ Átl‘ka7tsem confront an uncertain future. United by an innovative, community-led mapping project, can they work together to protect their home? (Followed by a presentation and discussion by the Howe Sound Biosphere Region Initiative Society.)