There are 30 groups of Young Naturalists in communities all over the province.  For each group, a leader arranges Explorer Days when members and their parents can go on outings led by local nature experts. A parent or adult guardian goes with a member on every outing.

When a member has gone on twelve outings he or she is awarded a YNC cap!

Through the Action Awards program, members will find many different, interesting ways to study and protect nature while earning points towards great prizes.  Some of these Actions will be explained in the magazine, but members also find projects in our Activity Guides (Bronze, Silver, and Gold).

Members work for certificates and pins that recognize their accomplishments in:

• Nature study
• Conservation projects
• Participation in local community events such as shoreline cleanup, school nature gardening, Pitch-in week, and recycling campaigns.

Members receive the NatureWILD magazine four times a year.  It contains articles about wild animals, fish, fossils, rocks, and all sorts of other topics, written by leading BC naturalists.

In the magazine there are also games and puzzles, and stories about and from Young Naturalists who are undertaking exciting and challenging projects all around the province.

• who care about nature in this beautiful province of British Columbia
• who want to know as much as possible about everything from the smallest beetle burrowing in the earth to the mighty eagle soaring over the forest
• who want to make sure these creatures will always be here, sharing the planet with us.