Quarterly Report to BC Nature - August 2008
Butterfly outing to Shulaps with Dave Threatful July 19th (photo attached - Dave Threatful in the middle with net). Larger photo.
Salmon in the Canyon Festival
When: SATURDAY 16 AUGUST 3:00pm to 8:30pm
Where: Cayoosh Creek Campground.
Hosted by Lillooet Naturalist Society and Cayoose Creek Band to provide information on the Powerhouse Foreshore Restoration Project and sustainable living in riversheds. View Poster for details
The BC Nature Club Service Award
Kim North received a BC Nature award for all her volunteer contributions and ongoing work with the Lillooet Naturalist Society. The Lillooet Naturalist Society directors were very pleased to surprise Kim with this award at a regular meeting June 15th at the Friendship Centre. The Award is presented to a person or persons belonging to a member Club recognizing their outstanding service at a local level. Background. Photo: Doug Grossler (left to right: Anne Heath, Ian Routley, Kim North, Scott Bodaly, Vivian Birch-Jones, Jeff O'Kelly, Ken Wright)
Larger photo.
Hiking Guide
Our hiking guide, Canyon to Alpine, features 25 local walks and hikes plus information about natural history.
It is on sale locally and at Mountain Equipment Coop.
Save Our Boreal Birds!
Billions of birds need Canada’s Boreal Forest to breed and raise their young. But unchecked industrial development is carving up the Boreal. The birds can’t speak for themselves -- it’s up to us. Save our Boreal Birds - Sign the Petition Today!
Quarterly Report to BC Nature - May 2008
We held a work party building bluebird houses (photo by Nancy Leston) and made our first expedition to clean out all the houses in April - the birds are arriving now. Larger photo.
Powerhouse Foreshore Restoration Project 2007
A copy of the Powerhouse Foreshore Restoration Plan is available at the Lillooet Library. This manual will be updated on a regular basis to include additional researched information. Data based on monitoring reports will also be included and provide guidance to future work.
View/download a full PDF version (5MB), an image optimized PDF version (2.2MB), or a preview version containing the Executive Summary, Table of Contents, and Appendix.
7 Grassland Associated Birds have made Audubon's 2007 WatchList
A total of 7 grassland associated birds have made Audubon's 2007 WatchList. Most, save Lewis's Woodpecker, are on their yellow list meaning: "species that are either declining or rare. These typically are species of national conservation concern."
- Swainson's Hawk
- Long-billed Curlew
- Flammulated Owl
- Short-eared Owl
- Lewis's Woodpecker
- Williamson's Sapsucker
- Brewer's Sparrow
This is in addition to two other more common grassland birds identified as being in the top 20 of North American having seen recent significant declines since 1967--Grasshopper Sparrow: 65% decline, Lark Sparrow: 63% decline.
Letter to the Adventure Tourism Manager
The Lillooet Naturalist Society sent a letter to the Adventure Tourism Manager (Ministry of Tourism, Sport and the Arts) registering concerns and objection to the application for heli-skiing, heli-hiking and heli-fishing by Coast Range Heliskiing Ltd. (PDF copy of the letter)
Position Statement Review
You can sign the CASSE (Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy) position statement on economic growth at http://www.steadystate.org/PositiononEG.html
Proposal to Nature Canada
This article is written as an information preamble to a proposal that Nature Canada adopt a position statement on the fundamental conflict between economic growth and biodiversity conservation following those of a number of ecological and economic societies around the world.
Catalog Project
The Lillooet Naturalist Society has undertaken a project to catalog all species of animals, plants and insects in this area.
As part of this process, we are pleased to include a list of butterflies that are found in this region.
We would be happy to receive other lists of plants, plants or insects, which we could add to the catalog.