HAT Holiday Office Hours 2019-2020

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Created: Tuesday, 17 December 2019 10:55

Happy Holidays from everyone at the HAT office. Our office hours will be as follows:

December 23 & 24 - Open by appointment only, donations can be made by phone 250-995-2428, e-transfer to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or via Canada Helps

December 25 to January 1 - Office closed, donations can be made by phone 250-995-2428, e-transfer to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or via Canada Helps

January 2 - HAT office reopens

All the best to you and yours this holiday season!

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 eager 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 attendance 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!

For more information on these types of events, please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by calling our office 250.995.2428. You can also sign up for the Fern, HAT's e-newsletter, and stay up-to-date with all of HAT and our partners' events around Southern Vancouver Island.

Thank you to our funders of this project: EcoAction, Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation, Sitka Foundation, and Metchosin Foundation. 

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