Promoting nature awareness and appreciation in
Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, BC and beyond.
At the BMN monthly meeting in December, we will hold our annual Silent Auction with the proceeds going to the “Critter Care Wildlife Society”:http://www.crittercarewildlife.org/index.php in Langley. Critter Care specializes the care and rehabilitation of injured or orphaned native mammals, and is one of only four bear rehabilitation facilities in the province. They are having a…
To see the first edition of the Coquitlam _Bad Seed_ newsletter, please click “here”:/assets/bmn/doc/BadSeedNov2011.pdf. Many BMN volunteers have contributed to the City of Coquitlam’s ‘_Bad Seed_’ program, which aims to eliminate invasive plants in Coquitlam through public education and boots-on-the-ground weed-whacking parties.
_Red Fish Up the River_ is an exhibition of Kwikwetlem First Nation cultural objects, regalia and archival documentation at the Evergreen Cultural Centre, 1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam. The exhibit also explores the importance of restoring sockeye to Coquitlam Lake and their canoe building project. The Gallery is open Monday-Saturday, noon-5 pm. For more information, please…
To read the letter submitted by BMN in response to Metro Vancouver public consultation on their draft _Regional Parks Plan_, please click “here”:/assets/bmn/doc/MVParksPlan2011.pdf. BMN’s comments relating specifically to proposed farming at Colony Farm can be found under “Strategy 1.1.6 and 2.1.5” in this letter.
The April issue of the BMN newsletter contains an article on how a non-native wasp — the European paper wasp, _Polistes dominula_ — is taking over our bird boxes at Colony Farm. Colour versions of the photographs that accompanied that article and links to the references can be seen “here”:/assets/bmn/doc/wasp.pdf.