We made 12 Bat Boxes!! Frieda, who conducted acoustic monitoring at Laughlin Lake and along the island in 2017 and confirmed 10 different bat species, gave us a fun opportunity and interesting knowledge about bats. Hope these Bat Boxes connect us to various bats on Galiano Island and help us learn more about them. And […]
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Author: Katie Kushneryk; Undergraduate student in UVic’s School of Environmental Studies Last autumn, in November 2016, I had the opportunity to participate in ES 470 Advanced Field Study: Community and Regional Coastal-Marine Conservation. As an undergraduate student at the University of Victoria pursuing a double major in Environmental Studies and Marine Biology, this field course […]
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The Future of Food Field School—Launch of a New Program
Last week, students from the Saturna Ecological Education Centre took part in our brand-new Future of Food Field School. We took a moment to ask education coordinator Reed Osler what the program is all about. (Photos by Yucco Takeda) Reed, what is important about the Future of Food field school? Well, the goal is to learn about […]
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Music for the Environmental Soul
The Musical Walkalong for Learning: An Outpouring of Art, a Gift to Students (Photos by Britt McLeod) Each August on Galiano Island, something amazing happens in the forest. Musicians, singers and performers make their way into the woods of one of Galiano’s protected natural areas… and they begin to play. As they fill the air […]
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An Overnight Adventure: Two Students Write
Two grade 9 students who recently took part in a Two-Day Adventure write about the experience. (The programs they took part in were Coastal Forests of Pebble Beach and Galiano Eco Safari.) Galiano: an Educational Journey By Eric Lee After two short ferry rides, we arrived on Galiano Island. Once there, we began with an […]
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Adult Environmental Education in Galiano’s Coastal Forests
Adult Learning in Coastal Galiano Forests The Galiano Conservancy is thrilled with the recent collaboration with Panorama Recreation Centre for an adult program. Adults from the ages of 50 to 85 years of age took the short ferry ride over from Swartz Bay to Galiano for our Coastal Forest of Pebble Beach program. Participants were […]
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Help Bats for Halloween
As Halloween approaches Images of scary, blood-sucking bats become common place in fall. This is the perfect time of year to join with the BC Community Bat Program, and the Little Brown Myotis Bat Project on Galiano Island to counter these bat myths and do something to help bats. “The conservation of bats in BC […]
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It’s that time of year!
Welcome back to school, teachers. We’re looking forward to another year of hands-on outdoor education programs with you here on beautiful Galiano Island. The Galiano Conservancy Association specializes in curriculum-based, local, environmental science programs. We are a leader in creating experiential programs about Garry oak and Douglas fir forest ecology, sustainable agriculture, intertidal life, and […]
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Battling Broom on Mt. Sutil
The resilient and invasive Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) is back in full force this season, with flowers quickly coming into bloom in disturbed sunny sites across the island. Distinguished by its bright yellow flowers and woody stem, the perennial plant can have up to 3500 seed pods per individual, which when released, can travel up […]
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Program Spotlight: Back Country Experience
School’s (almost) out for summer! With the summer break quickly approaching, numerous off-island students had the opportunity to celebrate the end of the school year with educational trips to Galiano. For the Back Country Experience Program, the Galiano Conservancy hosted Grade 9 students from Cambie Secondary in Richmond, for a three day, experiential environmental education […]
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