Funding for the Wild Coast Nature Refuge We are delighted to have received a donation of $6,000 from the Bowen Island Garden Club, to assist us with ongoing projects at the Wild Coast Nature Refuge. Earlier this year the Garden…
What’s beneath the surface of the Bay? For thousands of years, the Squamish people harvested shellfish in the estuary where Bowen’s Terminal Creek drains into the sea. They called this place Kwilákm: Clam Bay. We know it as Deep Bay,…
Each year we arrange presentations on a variety of conservation-related topics, featuring informative speakers from on and off Bowen Island. We had to take a break during the pandemic, but past presentations are shown below: 2019 The ongoing necessity of…
Today we were delighted to receive a generous donation of $1,266 from the Knick Knack Nook! They very kindly donated the proceeds of this year’s auction to the Conservancy. We are very grateful for this donation from a local organization…
11 October 2022 David SheffieldPark System Planner, Regional ParksParks & EnvironmentMetro Vancouver4515 Central Blvd.Burnaby, BC V5H 0C6 Dear David: Metro Vancouver proposal for a new regional park on Bowen Island Thank you for contacting me, and for making time for…
1300 uploads, and nearly 600 species recorded over the summer! Introduction Three years ago, an Environmental Science student, Chantal Underdown, initiated a broad scale Bowen Island Biodiversity Census project on a citizen science online platform called iNaturalist. Though set up…
Our email to the Minister of FLNRO On the August 9th, 2021 we sent an email to Honourable Katrine Coroy, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, with our second request (our first was in June 2020) to designate…
We are seeing people camping on our lands and adjacent lots at the Cape almost every week. It’s a very serious problem: apart from the damage that campers do, there is a major risk from their fires (and we have…
What’s this Project about? How much do you know about the wild things that share this island with you? They are all around us, but may be disappearing before our very eyes! So, this summer, until September 1st, we’re inviting…
A collection of beautiful films made by Bob Turner Bob Turner, who is resident of Bowen Island, retired scientist, former mayor, and a member of the Conservancy Board, makes short, beautiful films to collect and share the stories of Wild…
