Welcome to the Yellow Point Ecological Society
Do you care about nature, ecology, and the beauty of the Yellow Point region where we are so blessed to live? If your answer is YES, welcome to Y.E.S. – the Yellow Point Ecological Society, founded in 2017 by local residents.
Wednesday May 22nd, 7pm, at North Oyster Community Hall
Join us for a workshop with Todd Carnahan, and Dr. Angela Eykelbosh to learn how our community can prepare for heat domes, smoke and wildfire threats. Presentations will touch on emergency planning, hazard mitigation, and evacuation alerts for our area. Their presentations will be followed by a Q&A.
Todd Carnahan is a FireSmart representative with Emergency Management Cowichan (EMC). He is also a conservation photographer and biologist focused on the nature of Vancouver Island and the Salish Sea. https://www.toddcarnahan.com
Dr. Angela Eykelbosh is an environmental health scientist and knowledge translation specialist with VIHA.
Firesmart Home Assessments are a free and confidential service provided by EMC. Qualified homeowners may be eligible for grants of up to $1000. We will learn how to create an inexpensive air filter for wildfire smoke in the home, and how to beat the summer heat.
Free. In person. Not on Zoom!
The Mystery of Sharp-Tailed Snakes
Here is the video from Carrina Maslovat’s and Laura Matthias’ presentation https://youtu.be/H7_HeeEQlLE. If you have an area of sun-filled Garry oak meadow on your land, and are interested to set up artificial cover object (black asphalt shingle) to observe if you have these tiny snakes (see below) on your land, please contact Linda Brooymans at the Nanaimo area Land Trust. stewardship@nalt.bc.ca The video explains all about it.
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Our purpose is to understand, appreciate, protect and restore the ecosystems and watersheds in the Yellow Point area of Vancouver Island, and to inspire and support local residents and visitors to do the same. We honour the Snuneymuxw and Stz’uminus First Nations, who have stewarded these lands and the waters of the Salish Sea for thousands of years.
We love the forests and lakes, the creeks and streams, the ocean, the farms, the wildflowers, and the many creatures we share this region with, from the bears and beavers to the owls, woodpeckers, blue jays and nuthatches.
We want to protect and celebrate Nature’s beauty. We want to be a voice for the wildlife, the forests and the plants that have no human voice with which they can speak. If you are a kindred spirit, we invite you to join us as a member
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