Wetlands Institute Sea-to-Sky Calendar

Mark your calendar! This exciting event will involve wetland flora, fauna & construction experts. Local stewardship groups from the Sea-to-sky and GVRD will be present. Concerned citizens, Students, Professionals, Politicians, Environmental activists and wildlife lovers are all invited! To view this draft calendar as a downloadable pdf, click here. To register for the event, follow this …

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Species Profile: Long-Billed Dowitcher

After many submissions of water birds to our Flickr photo group, we thought that it was about time to select one of them for this second week of the new year. We have been out birding in local swamps and riparian areas recently and have noticed a few shore birds. We have yet to see …

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Western Painted Turtles for my Birthday!

I had the most wonderful birthday present ever! Two Western Painted Turtles! My birthday was a hot sunny day, so after coffee on the sundeck overlooking my beautiful wetland, I grabbed my camera and binoculars and made my way to the water to see what was around.  As I slowly made my way along the perimeter spotting for frogs and …

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