Discover our Watersheds! During Apricot Festival Weekend

Held: Saturday, July 24th 9 AM to 3 PM
Where: Farmers Market across from the Post Office

Come explore our local rivers and learn about their importance to our communities and to the wildlife.

Grasslands Celebration - Grasslands Conservation Council of BC

Held: Saturday, June 12 & Children's Art Show - Kamloops Art Gallery June 12th - July 18th
Where: Kamloops

Please join us in a full day of fun, discovery and great food to celebrate our 10th anniversary. Festival in the Grass, BBQ Dinner and Children's Art Show. See schedule, registration package, and information.

Nature Day

Held: Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Where: Cayoosh Elementary School

Bat Education and Outreach

Held: Sunday, June 27, 2010 7:30 - 10:00 PM (Join us for all or part)
Where: Lillooet Friendship Centre for presentation, then Lower Spawning Channel

Please join British Columbia's leading bat expert Mike Sarell and Ministry of Environment Biologists Jared Hobbs and Francis Iredale as they introduce you to the fascinating world of bats. We invite you to spend an evening getting to know these cryptic yet unique individuals and to partake in a bat mist netting session. Please dress accordingly for the weather as a portion of the evening will be spent outside listening and observing bats. Refreshments provided. Admission by Donation to the Friendship Centre Food Bank. See Poster for more information.

BC Wildlife Federation's Westlands Institute

Held: May 31 - June 6, 2010
Where: Kamloops

Sign up now for BC Wildlife Federation’s Wetlands Institute in Kamloops! Six days of fieldwork and dialogue with experts to learn wetland construction, restoration and stewardship skills. Accommodations at Thompson Rivers University Residence & Conference Centre (included in registration fee). More information.

Native Plant Workshop & Field Trip

Held: Friday June 4, 2010 5 - 9 PM, Saturday June 5, 2010, 9 AM - 3 PM - 3 PM
Where: Cayoose Creek Band Office on Friday & Field Walks on Saturday

This workshop is being facilitated by Don Gayton, FORREX, and the Native Plant Society of BC. A "wild food" supper will be provided by Cayoose Creek. The workshop will focus on native grasses and wildflowers. Participants from other areas of the province will also be attending, but our group has first chance to register. Minimum of 25 people. There is a $25.00 fee to register for this workshop, with the balance covered by LNS - restoration project. Deadline for Registering is April 19.

Hummingbird Nest Web Cam

Held: Now
Where: Orange County, California

Phoebe is a Channel Island Allen (S.s. sedentarius) hummingbird in Orange County, California. She has been laying 4 to 5 clutches each year for several years and I've been broadcasting her nest since 2007.

Wilderness Navigation Course

Held: Saturday, May 29, 2010 - Register by May 12th.
Where: Local Mountain Terrain

Learn the fundamentals of navigating through mountain terrain and how to use topographical maps, compass, GPS, Altimeter and other navigation techniques. See the poster for important requirements and registration information. Brought to you by Canadian Mountain Adventure. LNS members $15.00 discount.

Split Rock Sekw'el'was Native Plant Nursery Open House

Held: Saturday, May 22, 2010 - 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Where: Lower Spawning Channels (behind Lightfoot Gas)

Nursery Tour: learn about gardening using native plants for wildlife and xeriscaping. Plant walk around the Lower Spawning Channels - plant ID, ethnobotany info and a treasure hunt for the kids. Worm Composting, Bird House Building, Games & Activities. Help plant the Demonstration Garden. Plant raffle, sign-up for purchase of plants & refreshments provided.

Riverside Picnic & Plant Cuttings

Held: Saturday, April 17, 2010, 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Where: Restoration Site

Enjoy the early spring by the river and help put some cuttings in the ground. Come see how last years plants are growing! Bring a bag lunch.

Salmon Art

Held: Friday, April 9, 2010, 4 PM
Where: 368 Park Drive

Come get dirty, cutting and painting fish for upcoming salmon events. Bring large cardboard, newspaper and scissors - everything else provided.

White Bark Pine & Grizzly Bear Presentation

Held: Thursday, March 11, 2010, 7 PM
Where: Lilooet Friendship Center

White Bark Pine Restoration within the Northern St'at'imc Territory (Randy Moody, MSc, RPBio, Ecologist) and Feeding Ecology of Grizzly Bears in BC's Southern Coastal Mountains (Yvonne Patterson, MSc Student Candidate). The goal of these presentations is to raise awareness and generate interest for motivated people to come out this summer and dedicate some time to these interesting subject areas. Admission by donation to the Lillooet Food Bank. See Poster for more information.

Visioning Session with Architect

Held: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 4 - 6 PM
Where: Cayoose Creek St'at'imc Band Office

The next ... and last (for this season) ... chance to have input into the initial design ideas for a nature centre. Refreshments provided. We hope you can come out and help us with the design ideas.

Tracking and Mapping Event with the Lillooet Cadets

Held: Saturday, January 16, 2010, 1 - 3 PM
Where: Pit-house, T'it'qet (T-Bird)

This is our last event, so mark your calendar and come out and learn about animal tracks, also your last chance to barter goods. Includes other activities, hot beverages, snacks and lots of fun! See poster for contact information..

Annual General Meeting

Held: Saturday, January 9, 2010 Open House 1 - 2 PM, AGM 2 - 3:30 PM
Where: Friendship Centre

The Open House from 1 - 2 PM will be a chance for people to visit and hear about current and planned projects. Memberships for 2010 can be renewed as well during that time. Bring a donation for the Food Bank.

10th Annual Lillooet Christmas Bird Count

Held: Saturday, December 26th , 2009 4 - 6 PM Education and Planning Session.
Where: Friendship CentreBring a donation for the Food Bank.

Held: Sunday, December 27th , 2009
Where: Lillooet

Lichens with Ken Wright and Earth Science Event

Held: Saturday, December 19th, 2009 1 - 4 PM
Where: Meet at the BC Hydro Campground followed by Cayoose Creek Bank Office Hall

Come on out and learn about lichens, soil, and geology and have some fun too! From 1 - 2:30 PM, meet at the BC Hydro Campground and take a walk with Ken. From 2:30 - 4 PM, there are activities at the Cayoose Creek Band Office Hall.

Visioning Session with Architect

Held: Saturday, December 5, 2009 10:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Where: Meet at Cayoose Creek Band Office

Are you interested in Green Building? Do you think a Nature Centre for Lillooet is a good idea? Will nature education programs benefit our environment and promote caring of our local ecosystems? Will nature education programs benefit the local community?
AM - Tour three possible sites
Noon - Lunch - bring bag lunch or go out
PM Look at green alternative and other nature centres-slide show by architect. Discussion. Refreshments will be provided. Colleen Jacob and Alfred Waugh (Architect) will be facilitating.

Fall Volunteer Planting Days - Learn About Wild Native Plants

Held: Saturday October 3rd and 17th - 10:30 - 1:30 pm (or as long as you want)
Where: Powerhouse Foreshore Restoration Site

Bring family and friends to one of our fun hands-on plant days. Bring a bag lunch! Poster

World Rivers Day and Shoreline Cleanup - Family Event

Held: Sunday 27 September 10:30 - 1:30pm (or as long as you like)
Where: Meet at Powerhouse Foreshore Restoration site

The world will be celebrating rivers this day … and we live on the largest undammed river in North America! Help clean-up our waterways while having fun on the banks of our rivers. Rivershed Discovery games and fun included. Bring a bag lunch! Poster.

Reptiles and Amphibians

Held: Saturday September 12, 2009 2 - 4 pm
Where: Lower Spawning Channel behind Lightfoot Gas

Come out and have some fun, learn about cold-blooded animals that creep or crawl. See the poster for more information and contacts on this Three Rivers Join One Project event.

Rivershed Discovery at the Bridge River Fishing Rocks

Held: Saturday 11 July 2009 - 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Where: Bridge River Fishing Rocks

Learn about the Bridge River, salmon (dissection of a fish), about salmon fishing and drying, take a walk around the fishing grounds, get involved in a salmon river art project, play some games and plant a shrub .. all in a beautiful location on the banks of the Bridge/Fraser Rivers. Refreshments provided. Thanks to Bridge River Band for allowing us this opportunity. Bonnie Michell and Jacquie Rasmussen are facilitating this event.

Nature Centre Visioning Sessions

Held: Wednesday 15 July 2009 - Drop in anytime between 1:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Where: Lillooet Friendship Centre

Provide your input into whether we want/can run a Fraser River Nature Centre in Lillooet, what you would like to see in such a centre and green design ideas. Colleen Jacob and Toby Mueller are facilitating this event

Wild About Plants Open House and Summer BBQ at the Lower Spawning Channels

Held: Saturday 25 July 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Where: Meet at Cayoose Creek Band Offices

Come see the Native Plant Nursery, learn more about dry-landscaping to attract wildlife, ethnobotany, wild plant uses, worm composting, natural weed control and much more. We will be providing a BBQ with a focus on using wild berries and plants. Come help us raise the new greenhouse and take part in fun games and activities. Powerhouse Restoration Crew are facilitating this event.

Three Rivers Join One - Rivershed Discovery Program - Friends of Lillooet Riversheds Event

Held: Every 2nd Saturday starting July 4th
Where: On each of the rivers in our area.

Sixteen fun, hands-on environmental, cultural, artistic and scientific activities for families and people of all ages.

Lillooet Garden Tour - Friends of Lillooet Riversheds Event

Held: Saturday, June 20, 2009 10:00 am
Where: Meet at Created by Design

We have been invited to participate in the Lillooet Garden Tour. As a part of the Garden Tour, we will be showcasing the propagation and growing of native plant species and the importance of these to local wildlife.

Habitat Restoration - Friends of Lillooet Riversheds Event

Held: Saturday 30 May, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Where: Restoration Site on the Fraser River
Celebrate the warmth of late spring with a few hours of habitat restoration along the Fraser River. We will clear invasive weeds from a cottonwood forest along the riverbank and a key area on the dryland bench. Bring your friends, your cameras and your love of nature.

Bat Discovery Day--See News Release on News Page for Report - Friends of Lillooet Riversheds Event

Held: Saturday 23 May, Time to be announced
Where: Restoration Site on the Fraser River and other locations
Come learn about bats from an experienced biologist. He will be using echolocation to find bats and will train us in bat monitoring techniques.

'Greening' Your Garden with Native Plants

Held: Wednesday, May 13th 7-8:30 pm
Where: Lillooet Friendship Centre

Cultivating the Wild; gardening with native plants of British Columbia’s Southern Interior and Eastern Washington (March, 2009) by Eva Durance is the first comprehensive guide to gardening with indigenous plants of these areas. Eva is a life-long gardener, naturalist, and writer with particular interest in indigenous plants of North America. As a Landscape Designer, she specializes in public and private xeriscapes which incorporate native plants.

Meet the author and hear her presentation on native plants and xeriscape gardening, together with book sales and signing. Poster

Hosted by the Lillooet Naturalists. Everyone is welcome. Admission by donation to the Food Bank.

Trail Development and Nature Centre Ideas - Friends of Lillooet Riversheds Event

Held: Saturday 09 May, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Where: Restoration Site on the Fraser River
Enjoy a walk along the banks of the Fraser River while helping us decide where the walking trail system should go. The trail system will take in the riparian zone, the beach area and the dryland bench, so you will get a chance to explore all areas of the site and learn about the plants and wildlife.

Pot Native Plants and Tend the Nursery Grounds - Friends of Lillooet Riversheds Event

Held: Sunday 03 May, 1-3 pm
Where: Nursery at the Lower Spawning Channels

The nursery is a fascinating place. Get your hands dirty while learning about growing native plant seeds and cuttings. Plants need to be potted up so their roots can spread and grow strong … they will be planted out in the fall. The Nursery grounds need tending - they are being expanded and we need to get ready for the Greenhouse (general clean-up, building and tool organization). Enjoy the Spawning Channels while there.

10 Reasons Why Private Power Production is Not a Good Deal for British Columbians - For Your Information from the Friends of Koch Creek

Held: Thursday, March 26th

On March 26, join thousands of British Columbians in standing up for BC's rivers. On that day, thousands of people from around the province will be contacting their MLA and the Premier calling for a moratorium on river privatization for private power projects. Now it’s time for all of us to speak up together! On March 26th call Premier Gordon Campbell and your MLA. Here are some good reasons why private power is not a good idea for British Columbians. 10 Reasons and MLA/Premier contact info.

Breeding Bird Atlas Education Session

Held: March 14th, from 10 am to 12 noon
Where: Lillooet Recreation Center, Room 201

Breeding Bird Atlas presentation with Ian Routley.

IPP Presentation with Western Wilderness Committee

Held:  Tuesday, 8th December, starting at 5:00pm
Where: T'it'q'et Band Office

The Lillooet Naturalist Society is hosting an evening of presentations

Held:  Saturday, December 6th, 7:00pm
Where: Lillooet Friendship Centre

7:00pm Welcome and introductions
7:15-7:45pm Fraser River Sustainable Learning for Leadership Program. Lindsay Hillocks and Janna Pike will tell us about their trip down the Fraser River with Fin Donelly and crew this summer.
7:45-8:45pm: Chris Galliazzo will talk about our Mountain Bluebird nest box program and provide an update from the Northern Spotted Owl Recovery Team. Poster

Geology Outing with Pierre Friele

Held: 9am Sunday July 27th until about 2pm.
Where: Meet at the library parking area, REC Centre.
What to bring: Bring a lunch and something to drink. And a hat!

Pierre Friele is a professional geoscientist specializing in geologic hazards assessment, terrain mapping, geomorphology and historical geology. He has considerable experience and knowledge of the Lillooet area.

Pierre is going to focus on "landslides and their impacts on the Fraser River. There was a paper 20 or so years ago that documented the so-called Texas Creek landslide that occurred some 1000 years ago. It dammed the Fraser River forming a lake that extended up to Lillooet. There are old river channels at Lillooet that date from this time period. We could examine these, then go down on the east side to Texas Creek and check out the landslide itself. We could then examine the other slow moving slides affecting the Highway 12 side between Lytton and Lillooet, or at Gibbs Creek."

Rivershed Society of BC's 8th Annual Riversheds Forum of the Fraser River Basin - "Sustainability from a First Nation Perspective"

Held:   May 16th – 19th 2008

Where: Stellako Lodge & Stellaten First Nation Reserve near Fraser Lake in the Nechako Region.

Who:    Stewards from all regions of the Fraser River Basin are invited to share information, learn new ideas and strategize with others.

Registration Fee includes 3 nights accommodation at Stellako Lodge & Resort, 2 dinners, lunches & breakfasts, transportation on the chartered “Salmon Bus”, and full participation in the forum & field trip.

Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of the Lillooet Naturalist Society was held Saturday, February 16th, from 1 - 3 pm at the Friendship Centre.

Christmas Bird Counts

The Lillooet, Hat Creek and Yalakom Christmas Bird Counts were held recently - see the reports and photos under Fauna \ Birds. Lillooet Naturalist Society's next count is December 28th, 2008 and we plan an educational evening with a slide show of local birds on December 27th at the Friendship Centre.

International Day of Action - Alternative Film Night

Held Saturday December 8th at the Lillooet Friendship Centre. Presented by the LILLOOET PEACE & ECOLOGY GROUP & LILLOOET NATURALIST SOCIETY to join the International Day of Action. THE 11th HOUR- Turn Mankind’s Darkest Hour into Its Finest. Produced & Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio. “Along with An Inconvenient Truth, The 11th Hour is one of the most important statements on the threat faced by our planet and a clarion call for us all to work together for a better future.” View poster.

Rivershed Society Raft Tour

Fin Donnelly from the Rivershed Society rafted down the Fraser River and stopped at Lillooet August 17th. We hosted a lunch for them on the shores of the Fraser River. Our Society also helped to sponsor one local FN young woman to participate on this rafting trip - the Sustainable Living Leadership program.

Photo of Fin et al listening to Bill Machell in the in the T’it’q’et S7istken

Representatives from Cayoose Band and LNS on hand - Photo 1, Photo 2, Photo 3.

Burrowing Owl Presentation

Mike Mackintosh was here for the BCFO meetings in May. He did an engaging presentation for the public at the Friendship Centre.

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