BMN News & Announcements

With our season of outings quickly approaching, we would like to offer a variety of trips and to do this…

Our March 22, 2023 Nature Walk went very well. 13 of us met at the Hyde Creek Hatchery at 10:00…

BMN members and others volunteered for the City of Coquitlam to remove invasive plants around Como Lake on March 13, 2023. The…

On October 22nd, hikers joined Ian on a trip to Belcarra (təmtəmíxʷtən) Regional Park and traveled through mature second growth…

It was a fun time at Salmon Come Home, hosted by the City of Coquitlam, on a spectacular Fall day,…

The City of Coquitlam once again invited BMN to participate in Coquitlam in Bloom held at Blue Mountain Park on…

As members of the community who value the preservation of our area’s natural assets, BMN sent a questionnaire on environmental…

On August 16th and 22nd, 2022, several BMN volunteers partnered with the City of Coquitlam to remove invasive yellow flag…

On August 27th and 28th 2022, our community came together to weave Cedar hearts, express respect for Nature, and share…

  With wetlands in decline around the world and in our own communities, many species of animals and plants are…

Researchers are looking for people to pitch in tracking gulls On the South Coast, Environment Canada is asking for help…

Glad to speak with Ron McKinnon, Member of Parliament for Coquitlam – Port Coquitlam about the federal government’s commitment to…

Several years ago, filmmaker Matthew Hayes made a short (8 min) video featuring volunteer-extraordinaire, Don Gillespie, and his work to…

The contest rules are simple: 1.Spot your first Bumble Bee this spring and snap a few photos. 2.Try to identify…

For results of this year’s Count and to view the winning photos of the photography contest, click CBC2020-results.

Glad to speak with Ron McKinnon, Member of Parliament for Coquitlam – Port Coquitlam about the federal government’s commitment to protect…

Bat Matters 2020 Virtual Conference September 28 – October 9 Creating Bat-friendly Communities We invite you to join us during…

by Lori Austin I had just finished watching a Zoom presentation, “Communing with Bees”, presented by the Native Bee Society…

by Nancy Furness Trees have 350 million years of experience in looking after our planet and over time humans and…

At our club February, 2020, monthly meeting, we had announced plans for BIRDWEEK Port Moody scheduled from May 2 –…

March 20, 2020   A Message to our Members: BMN has suspended all indoor and outdoor activities for the duration…

“The current Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease outbreak has proven to put people over 65, those with compromised immune systems, and people…

An exciting addition to the Metro Vancouver Parks family is the Widgeon Marsh Regional Park Reserve! Widgeon Marsh is located…

For CBC-2021 results, click here: CBC 2021 Results

David Hancock of Hancock Wildlife is looking for volunteers to help monitor eagle nests in the Lower Mainland. If you…

There is a new research project to understand the breeding-ground origins of birds that experience high rates of mortality from…

BMN will be having our Annual General Meeting and social on Thursday, December 12, at 7:30 pm.

We are experiencing some problems with the Calendar of Events. But expect it to be available soon. Thank you for…

A free online course from The Cornell Lab Bird Academy.: Get up to speed on how the largest biological citizen-science…

Recently a colony of cliff swallow nests on the viewing tower at Grant Narrows was destroyed by vandals or thieves. …

What to know if you are planning to come on a Burke Mountain Naturalist hike. For all of our hikes,…

The Sandhill Cranes of the Fraser River Delta and coastal BC are unique subpopulations that currently have no provincial protection…

The Pacific Parklands Foundation (i.e., the organization who funded construction of our bat mini-condo at Colony Farm) has created an…

Still undecided?  Two environmental groups have surveyed all civic candidates in Metro Vancouver on issues of interest. Here are the…

To mark World Oceans Day, June 8th, the 88-minute Canadian film This Living Salish Sea is available for free viewing…

Want to support one of your favourite charities while getting some great items or experiences in return? From April 21…

Jenn Burt, Marine Biologist at SFU, provided a fascinating presentation at our March monthly meeting on her research on kelp…

Everyone, including the birds, were enjoying the sunshine yesterday near Noons Creek in Port Moody. We counted 23 species during…

Metro Vancouver produced a video tribute to Kiyoshi Takahashi, nature volunteer and BMN member. The video highlights some of his…

BMN members participated in the annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) on Saturday, December 16. In all, 85 observers in 18…

Anne Holt is one of BMN’s founding members, She has served on the executive for 29 years but decided to…

Thank you to Thrifty Foods (Port Moody), Backyard Bird Centre (Port Moody), Pomme Natural Markets (Port Coquitlam), Save-On Foods (Ottawa…

October 11, 2017, 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Burnaby Public Library – McGill Branch Learn about the community activists who…

Canada-wide ‘Bio-Blitz’ on July 1st! This project is a celebration of Canada’s biodiversity and a collective effort to try and…

The City of Coquitlam is seeking your input on twinning and improving the trail system from Eagle Ridge Park to…

To celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary of Confederation, Canadians are being challenged to try as many activities as possible from the…

The cold temperature and icy road conditions did not prevent 76 persons from attending the annual general meeting on December…

‘Ebb & Flow’ : Acrylics, oils, watercolours and pastels by Gay Mitchell Local artist and BMN member Gay Mitchell is…

The City of PoCo is launching a program called *PoCo Heritage Trees*. As part of this, they are building a…

The PoCo Heritage Society is looking for high-quality wildlife photos taken locally for an upcoming natural history exhibit. The exhibit…

For all you need to know, but were afraid to ask, there will be a free webinar on the Atlas…

At the May BMN members’ meeting, Christina Saremba gave a short presentation which included a slideshow featuring photos of some…

A survey was conducted by BC Housing over the winter months of late 2014-early 2015. Through the renewingriverview.com website, people…

A little more than $2300 was raised at our Dec 8th silent auction evening, the bulk of which will be…

It will be an evening of photos, food and the fun of a silent auction at the Burke Mountain Naturalists’…

BMN submitted a letter (dated November 22 2015) outlining our concerns about the plan to dredge a shipping channel for…

BMN has produced a delightful guide for young explorers to eight of our local parks. For more info, please click…

The visioning process was launched by the province in February 2014. The goal of the process is to build consensus…

Two walks are planned on this day to enjoy views of the beautiful lazuli buntings and other migratory birds at…

Each spring, mountain bluebirds migrate through Colony Farm Regional Park. They are there now!

BMN has been participating in the TriCities sector of the Pitt Meadows CBC for the past 21 years, and we’ll…

After a series of Open Houses, the ideas generated by the public have been illustrated in 47 images and posted…

We all heard about the recent audit of an Ontario naturalist group by the Canadian Revenue Agency. Two excellent opinion…

Be part of the Vision for Riverview – Third Open House Dates Please join us for our third open house…

Public Consultation comments due October 12 Kinder Morgan and BC Parks announced a public consultation period regarding the park boundary…

Plans for the route of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline are still being finalized. Only in late March was it…

It’s Time to Speak Up In Elaine Golds’ most recent Green Scene article in the TriCity News, the public input…

On Wednesday, January 22 at 7 pm, Forest Ethics Advocacy is hosting a public meeting with guest speakers on the…

Do you recognize the site shown on the Home Page of this website? It’s one of the proposals for the…

Author and BMN member Lyle Litzenberger has just published Burke & Widgeon – A Hiker’s Guide. This is the first…

To demonstrate to the National Energy Board that thousands of Lower Mainland residents are concerned and want to be involved…

SFU biologists are interested in obtaining yellow jackets for their research on pheromones in these social wasps. If you have…

As part of opening celebrations of a new TD branch in Port Coquitlam, BMN has received an extremely generous donation…

Japanese knotweed (_Polygonum cuspidatum_) is a highly invasive plant that grows rapidly and crowds out native plants destroying natural habitat…

Vancouver joins a host of other people from around the world who also celebrate birds. For the third year in…

A Heron Walk is a walk to *view herons*, and has nothing to do with herons themselves walking…. Two guided…

The largest seabird colony in BC is once again being considered for Federal protection, this time it as a “Marine…

BMN participated in the TriCities sector of the Pitt Meadows Christmas Bird Count (CBC) for the 20th consecutive year in…

The “Oiled Wildlife Society of BC”:http://www.oiledwildlifesociety.com/ and the “Wildlife Rehabilitators’ Network of BC”:http://www.wrnbc.org/ are happy to announce the Oiled Wildlife…

The club’s Silent Auction held on December 11th was a huge success and raised over $2300. The bulk of this…

The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Network of BC is seeking applicants for their annual education bursary. Eligibility requirements are: * Resident of…

_”Watchers of Langley Forests” (WOLF) has announced that the Langley Council has deferred the sale of the lands and will…

The Cohen Commission cost $26 million and heard from 150 expert witnesses over 18 months and examined more than three…

Escape the demands of the pre-Christmas season by spending a few hours along local trails on the annual Christmas Bird…

If you would like to make a contribution to “citizen science” and become more familiar with the birds that use…

The Vancouver International Film Festival runs from Sept 27th to Oct 12th. There are lots of films which focus on…

The dates of two open houses where the draft _Riverview Heritage Conservation Plan_ will be presented for public comment have…

Delta naturalist and author Anne Murray writes a regular op-ed article in the “Georgia Straight”:http://www.straight.com/ online. Her July piece is…

This is a reminder that all questionnaires are due July 31st If you haven’t completed the questionnaire, please follow the…

The “Heritage Canada Foundation”:http://www.heritagecanada.org/ has announced its 2012 Top Ten Most Endangered Places List, and the 244 acres of Riverview…

Critical public consultations for the future of Riverview will take place this spring and fall. The spring meetings have just…

At the May meeting of the Burke Mountain Naturalists, owl researcher “Sofi Hindmarch”:http://www.sfu.ca/biology/wildberg/sofi/index.htm told us about the problem of owls…

In late March, members of the BMN-Young Naturalists Club visited the facilities of the _Burrowing Owl Conservation Society of BC_.…

BMN members have been building and installing nest boxes for local birds for many years. One BMN member in particular…

Researchers at SFU are studying Cooper’s hawks in rural and urban environments around Vancouver. If you have any information about…

Crews of BMN members have just completed this spring’s cleaning and maintenance of the 200 or so bird nestboxes installed…

BMN has a new trifold brochure that describes all you need to know to have a successful nest box in…

Can’t swing a quick birding trip to Texas this spring? Don’t worry, you can watch Texas birds coming to a…

Watch the 6 minute film on the `Plight of the Barn Swallow’, made by the Vancouver Avian Research Centre in…

Once again, BMN showed how to keep the _fun_ in fundraising. Our December silent auction — together with the bake,…

The provincial government’s Special Committee on Cosmetic Pesticides is conducting province-wide consultations on the elimination of the unnecessary use of…

At the BMN monthly meeting in December, we will hold our annual Silent Auction with the proceeds going to the…

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…

_Red Fish Up the River_ is an exhibition of Kwikwetlem First Nation cultural objects, regalia and archival documentation at the…

To read the letter submitted by BMN in response to Metro Vancouver public consultation on their draft _Regional Parks Plan_,…

The April issue of the BMN newsletter contains an article on how a non-native wasp — the European paper wasp,…

At our February BMN meeting, members and guests were enthralled with Ron Long’s fabulous photos of rare plants on the…

A BMN member is in the news for winning an international award from the “Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural…

Please check out this great article by Anne Murray on the compensation project at Colony Farm by clicking here.

Every year, Metro Vancouver residents and businesses generate 3.4 million tonnes of garbage and recyclables that need to be managed.…

Congratulations to BMN member Ruth Foster who has received this year’s award for her volunteer work removing invasive plants and…

BMN is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, and we are delighted to announce that this milestone is being marked…

Port Moody’s Mayor and Council will make a decision about the controversial Plasco garbage gasification plant at the next City…

The deadline for submission to the Environmental Assessment Office of comments on the draft Terms of Reference was April 8th.…

Today, Coquitlam-Maillardville MLA Diane Thorne presented the petition with 11,000 signatures of BC citizens who insist that the Riverview Lands…

The BC Government has announced plans to develop the Riverview Hospital Lands in Coquitlam, BC. Although details are not yet…

At the annual Civic Appreciation Dinner on January 20, the City of Port Moody announced winners of their Environmental and…