Due to the success of a Map our Marshes workshop in the summer of 2016, the Wetlands Education Program team was invited back to Lillooet this July 24th and 25th to deliver another two day wetland assessment workshop. Instructed by Ryan Durand of EcoLogic Environmental Consultants, 16 participants from the Lillooet region were lead through …
Continue reading Working with the St’át’imc Community: Map our Marshes in Lillooet
Our second Wetlandkeepers course of 2017 - the first of the year attended by our entire Wetlands Education Program (WEP) team - was a hot and sweaty success! 18 participants from the Lower Mainland, Bowen Island, and Victoria commuted to Cheam Lake Wetlands Park for a weekend filled with sun, knowledge sharing, and lots of …
Continue reading A Case of the Invasives: Wetlandkeepers at Cheam Lake
A Wetlandkeepers course was held in Smithers on June 12-14 with our indoor classroom provided generously by the Bulkley Valley Rod and Gun Club. Fourteen participants had the opportunity to listen to guest speaker Jim Pojar, co-author of many of our province's reference books and respected botanist, deliver a lecture on plant species found in …
Continue reading Star status biologists and stunning wetlands gather in Smithers, BC
The Quesnel Wetlandkeepers is the third such workshop we have held this year (Kelowna and Windermere being the other two so far), and it proved to be a huge success. Participants consisted of foresters, naturalists, environmental non-profits, government representatives, teachers, and those who were just very keen to learn. This resulted in one of the …
Continue reading Bogs, Fens, and Marshes, oh my! Quesnel Wetlandkeepers Had it All.
Firefighters battle the Southland blaze. Image source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/7973096/Fire-still-burning This week, a large fire destroyed more than 400 hectares of the internationally recognized Waituna Wetlands Scientific Reserve, located in the Southland Region of New Zealand. The massive fire lasted for nearly 24 hours, and destroyed mature manuka trees (Leptospermum scoparium) and a variety of important wetland …
Continue reading A wetlands fire in New Zealand, and how it relates to us in B.C.
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