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NV NATIONAL BIG BACKYARD BIOBLITZ 2026 REPORT

NV NATIONAL BIG BACKYARD BIOBLITZ 2026 REPORT

Report from John Martin Congratulations to all those who participated in the sixth annual Big Backyard BioBlitz. You made a big contribution to community science across Canada A whopping 11,000+ BioBlitzers across the country made this year’s event a wild success! Together, you shared 63,000+ photos and audio recordings, including 6,000+ unique species observations. In British Columbia, this includes 119 different types of birds and 589 different types of insects. All that data creates a snapshot of nature in British…

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LOOKING AT STATUES, PLAQUES, AND TREES ON VANCOUVER CITY HALL’S GROUNDS

LOOKING AT STATUES, PLAQUES, AND TREES ON VANCOUVER CITY HALL’S GROUNDS

Trip Report by Nina Shoroplova We Nature Vancouver members interested in botany met on the Helen Gutteridge Plaza on Saturday, July 18, to look at the trees on the grounds. We saw a lot more than trees. This ninety-year-old municipal building was completed and opened at Cambie Street and 12th Avenue in November 1936, the city’s golden jubilee year, that is fifty years after Vancouver had been incorporated as a city. And though the handsome building was complete and even…

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OBSERVED SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN, RE: TRIP REPORT JULY 4, 2026, GOLDIE AND FLOWER LAKES

OBSERVED SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN, RE: TRIP REPORT JULY 4, 2026, GOLDIE AND FLOWER LAKES

Trip Report by Vicky Earle Plants and an Insect listed as Rare, Endangered, Special Concern, or Uncommon All observed on trails around Goldie and Flower Lakes, Mount Seymour Provincial Park, during the Nature Vancouver walk July 4th, 2026. The original trip report is posted at Mount Seymour Provincial Park: Goldie and Flower Lakes Nature Walk / bioblitz July 4, 2026 – Nature Vancouver. Nootka Cypress / Yellow Cypress / Yellow Cedar: (Callitropsis nootkatensis) is currently under review for listing as threatened…

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NATURE VANCOUVER SKETCH GROUP AT TERRA NOVA, JUNE 28, 2026

NATURE VANCOUVER SKETCH GROUP AT TERRA NOVA, JUNE 28, 2026

Trip report by Vicky Earle Seven nature journalers joined trip leaders Vicky and Noriko at Terra Nova Nature Park in Richmond. Gusty winds greeted us at the meeting spot beside the Fraser River, but once we headed onto the trails, we found several sheltered areas to explore. After an introduction and land acknowledgement, Vicky took a quick moment to share journaling prompts and discussed how using three different “languages” on the page (i.e. words, pictures and numbers) is beneficial because…

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ACTION ALERT: BURRARD INLET DREDGING AND INCREASED OIL TANKER CAPACITY

ACTION ALERT: BURRARD INLET DREDGING AND INCREASED OIL TANKER CAPACITY

Written by Joanna Chin The Wild Bird Trust has asked conservation organizations to help share information about the recent federal approval for dredging beneath the Second Narrows Bridge in Burrard Inlet. The project will deepen portions of the inlet to allow larger oil tankers to carry increased loads. The proposal has raised concerns about the potential impacts of dredging and increased tanker traffic on the Salish Sea, including marine habitats, fish, seabirds, shorebirds, marine mammals, and the cumulative effects on…

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CYPRESS BIRD BLITZ, YEW LAKE TRAIL, JUNE 14, 2026 TRIP REPORT

CYPRESS BIRD BLITZ, YEW LAKE TRAIL, JUNE 14, 2026 TRIP REPORT

Trip Report by Joanna Chin The 2026 Cypress Bird Blitz, jointly hosted by Nature Vancouver and Friends of Cypress Provincial Park, marked my second year participating in this annual celebration of birds and biodiversity and my first as a trip leader. Last year, I joined the Yew Lake and Old Growth Forest Trail walk as a participant; this year, Gail Ross invited me to lead the same route. I was delighted to share guiding duties with my friend Catherine Po,…

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WALKING AND TREE-IDENTIFICATION IN NORTH VANCOUVER DISTRICT – MAY 23, 2026

WALKING AND TREE-IDENTIFICATION IN NORTH VANCOUVER DISTRICT – MAY 23, 2026

Trip report by Nina Shoroplova If you drive along Dollarton Highway to Dollarton, a neighbourhood in North Vancouver District, and take Dollar Road to its end, you will reach part of Burrard Inlet, with Belcarra across the water to the east and Simon Fraser University campus across the water in the southeast. Little Cates Park is just south of the end of Dollar Road and that is where some of us Nature Vancouver amateur botanists met on May 23 for…

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MOUNT SEYMOUR’S FUTURE: PUBLIC INPUT NEEDED BY JULY 24

MOUNT SEYMOUR’S FUTURE: PUBLIC INPUT NEEDED BY JULY 24

Co-authored by Bev Ramey and Joanna Chin Mount Seymour Resort has released a proposed 60-year Ski Resort Development Plan that is currently open for public comment. The proposal includes a wide range of new recreational infrastructure and activities, including infrastructure for summer use such as: expanded trails, mountain biking facilities, an aerial adventure park, ziplines, a skywalk, disc golf, cabins, glamping accommodations, and potential ski lift and transportation expansions. According to the proposal, the Controlled Recreation Area associated with the…

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TREE-IDENTIFICATION WALK IN QUEEN ELIZABETH PARK, MAY 9, 2026

TREE-IDENTIFICATION WALK IN QUEEN ELIZABETH PARK, MAY 9, 2026

Trip report by Nina Shoroplova We tree-identifying botanists met at the Grace McCarthy Plaza in Queen Elizabeth Park, opposite the Bloedel Conservatory, early on Saturday May 9. First we looked at a couple of flowering dogwoods, Cornus florida. They are the ones whose white (or sometimes pink) bracts show the notch at the top, where they pulled apart after protecting the tiny green true flowers. The green leaves have a central vein and arcuate subveins. We set off northeast to…

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