HAT and YMCA Seek Salamanders in the Forest

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Created: Friday, 06 December 2019 16:19

We are excited to partner with YMCA-YWCA of Greater Victoria Camp Thunderbird Program Manager Hana Kucera to monitor for our local salamander species with 5 of these artificial cover objects (ACOs) - specially designed boards that allow for creatures to crawl under and into the little spaces it creates. To learn more about salamanders, visit our Amphibians and Roads Project or Check out our Amphibian Stewardship Series

Then the visiting campers will be monitoring the boards once per week to assess which species are present. Science in Action! Huge thanks to YMCA Camp Thunderbird

This is thanks to our Good Neighbours Wildwood Wetland Stewardship Program funded by Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation, EcoAction, Sitka Foundation, the Province of BC, and donors like you. To support the work HAT does, you can become an Amphibian Ally.

   Become an Amphibian Ally - Support the Project!

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Dec 12 Hibernation Celebration - Open House and Conservation Craft Fair

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Created: Friday, 22 November 2019 12:11

You are invited to the: 

HAT Open House and Conservation Craft Fair

Thursday December 12

4:00-7:00pm

661 Burnside Road East, above the Blanshard Winery

Suite #202

We present an evening in the HAT office with snacks, drinks, and a chance to peruse holiday gifts by and wonderful art by a curated selection of local conservation-minded artists. Get to know the HAT staff and ask your questions about restoration, conservation, and native plants.

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Hedgerow & Propagation Event at Lohbrunner

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Created: Thursday, 14 November 2019 11:40

Co-hosted with Lohbrunner Community Farm Co-operative, 24 eagre participants attend this workshop and workparty event. Despite the cold and frosty morning, everyone was full of energy and excited to learn about propagation of native species that will help local ecosystem resiliency and overall wellbeing. Attendees learned how to prepare a site for a hedgerow planting next spring, and propagate Oceanspray, Pacific Ninebark and Black Twinberry from semi-hardwood, and Oceanspray from seed. We were grateful to have in attendace Ian McKenzie, an active longstanding Habitat Steward of the Bilston Creek watershed for decades, and he is back to join us for the Wildwood and Bilston Creek Wildlife Corridor Stewardship Program!

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Talk: Animal Signs - The Essence of Animal Communication

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Created: Friday, 08 November 2019 15:30

The Good Neighbours Wildwood Wetland Stewardship Project is about creating safe and effective wildlife corridors for all manner of wildlife from bears to bees, and everything in between. Have you ever been curious about how to identify wildlife tracks and other signs while in nature? We are thrilled to present the talk: Animal Signs, the Essence of Animal Communication.

Doors: 6:00pm | Presentation at 6:45pm | Q&A: 8:00pm
Limited to the first 50 people | Admission by donation

Charters River Salmon Interpretive Centre
2895 Sooke River Rd, Sooke

Join Gary Schroyen for a video presentation on how to read animal signs. With emphasis on the Columbia Black-Tailed Deer, Roosevelt Elk, American Black Bear, Cougar and Vancouver Island Wolf. Open your eyes to a whole new world of animal communication. Once you learn these signs, your hikes will never be quite the same.

Gary is a naturalist, educator, citizen scientist, tracker and a vocal advocate of protecting wildlife and their native habitat. It's been said that he is somewhat of a local pioneer in the unique way in which he photographs wildlife with his homemade game cameras. Notable articles and contributions have been carried by Chek News, Sierra Club of BC, Black Press Media, CRD Parks and the BC SPCA. Based on his research, Gary was instrumental in helping to protect a critical wildlife corridor within the Sooke Hills. His thought provoking video presentation was arguably a pivotal force in the CRD's Board of Directors rejection of the Malahat Highway. expansion through a portion of the Sooke Hills.

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