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Once the on the brink of extinction, the Vancouver Island Marmot is returning to the Island’s sub-alpine meadows. While its population is improving, the Marmot faces many challenges on the

What do we know about the state of Coastal Western Painted Turtle populations in our region?  How can we fill any data gaps that exist? This presentation will discuss NALT’s

Sturgeon are a group of fishes with ancestral roots reaching over 200 million years in the past. Despite this ancestry, only 30 species exist and almost all populations worldwide are

Marta Donovan is a registered professional biologist who currently works as a botanist with the BC Conservation Data Centre in Victoria, where she manages information on the conservation status and

Sea otters (Enhydra lutris) and eelgrass (Zostera marina) have co-evolved along the north Pacific Rim since at least the middle Pleistocene (~600,000-700,000 years ago).  When sea otters were hunted to

Description: Chanterelles, boletes, hedgehog mushrooms – what do they have in common, other than being highly sought-after edible mushrooms? They all form mycorrhizas with our native trees. But so does

Less than 5% of the rare Garry Oak ecosystems exist in their natural form on Vancouver Island. Despite their rarity, they perform valuable ecological, cultural and economic functions in our urban

SCUBA technology has made participation in underwater citizen science possible for almost anyone.  In British Columbia, the recreational dive community has recently driven increased protection of valuable fish habitat and

Climate change is the greatest threat to wild Pacific salmon in our fresh water and marine ecosystems. Rivers and streams throughout B.C. are warming and flow patterns are changing. Warming temperatures

Coastal temperate rainforests are globally rare and geographically isolated ecosystems. They exist in only a few places on Earth and are mostly threatened by industrial and climate pressures. British Columbia

Biography: Bill Beese is currently an honorary Research Associate at VIU, having taught as a professor in the Forestry Dept at VIU for 11 years. Before joining the VIU faculty,

In her current role as a provincial government research scientist with the Coast Area Research Section of the BC Ministry of FLNRORD, Melissa leads and participates in collaborative applied field

Please join us for a presentation from biologist Tania Tripp of Madrone Environmental Services Ltd. entitled: Western Screech-Owl – Monitoring and Habitat Enhancement Efforts in Coastal B.C. Tania has conducted research on the

7 PM via Zoom   Tim will describe the ongoing efforts to keep the highly destructive gypsy moth (both European and Asian) from establishing in B.C.  He will discuss the biology,