CONTACT: YNCCowichan@gmail.com
We offer a new opportunity to engage children (5 -11) in nature activities one Saturday per month. Please feel free to bring younger children along with you as well. The Cowichan Valley Young Naturalists are proudly supported by Cowichan Valley Naturalists' Society (CVNS) and the Cowichan Land Trust.
There is also a Cowichan Valley Young Naturalists Club for homlearners that meets once per month on a Tuesday, for more information please click here. Please note that homelearners are also welcome to join the Saturday group if that is a better fit for the family.
Young Naturalists and their families are invited to attend the CVNS Winter Solstice Extravaganza every December and the CVNS Summer Solstice Picnic each June.
For information about the club please email ync@naturecowichan.net or visit our Facebook page (Young Naturalists Clubs of the Cowichan Valley" and click "Like" to follow news/updates on club events. . The URL is https://www.facebook.com/
SATURDAY EXPLORER DAYS
Saturday, June 8, 10-2:00
**The Cowichan Valley Naturalists and Young Naturalists Club
will be attending this instead of the usual June evening picnic event.**
Eves Provincial Park Board of Directors invites the YNC to Eves Park 50th Birthday Party!
Where: Eves Provincial Park, 8107 Little Mountain Road, Westholme
Please bring your own picnic, Eves Park Board will supply cake and beverages
10-12 Work bee and Nature walks
12-2:00 Picnic, Speeches, children’s and adult activities
Please RSVP, this gives us an idea of how many to prepare for.
RSVP and Questions: Carol Sim, 250-748-0580 Genevieve Singleton email twinflower@telus.net
Low Tide
Day, Saturday, May 25, 2013
Low Tide Day is open to everyone and is not just for Young
Naturalists, so invite your friends, neighbours, and classmates. Print the
poster and take it to school or post it where people can see it. The event is
very exciting this year.
We will be in two locations during the day: Hecate Park (by
the boat launch and Cowichan Estuary Nature Centre) at the west end of Cowichan
Bay Village, and Kil-pah-las Beach at the east end of Cowichan Bay. Here is a map http://goo.gl/maps/9uYkQ
Program:
8:30-9:30 – pancake breakfast (by donation) at Hecate
Park, provided by Cittaslow.
9:00 -- sign up for the beach cleanup at Hecate Park.
10:00 – Beach seine with DFO scientists at Kil-pah-las
Beach
11:00 – Quadrat survey with Dr. Bill Austin at
Kil-pah-las Beach. This is the famous “critter count”
12:00 – Music with Jane's Way, nature activities,
birding, and bring-your-own picnic lunch at Hecate Park
2:00 – Grand opening of the Marine Gateway at Hecate
Park.
Saturday January 26th, 2013 10:00 am Mason Bee House Building at The Freshwater Eco-Centre Duncan
Saturday February 16th, 2013 10:00 am Bird House Building/ Backyard Bird Count at The Freshwater Eco-Centre Duncan
Tuesday March 26th, 2013 March Break Wildfoods Walk, location TBA
Saturday April 20th, 2013 10:00 Inside The Hive at Bees n' Glass Lake Cowichan - RSVP LIMITED SPACE
