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Putting The Park To Bed
Looking For Fun on Thursday, November 6th? We have just the opportunity!! Town Parks Staff has allocated most of the day, and will work with our volunteers at Seaside Nature Park to undertake a clean-up in the Park and put it to bed for the winter. They will have extra staff and equipment to tackle the more…
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Tracking With Technology
At the 2025 QBS AGM, Allie Wall, a biologist with the British Columbia Conservation Foundation (BCCF) spoke to those in attendance about recent research activities and how to access the data being gathered. One major initiative being undertaken by the BCCF in cooperation with the Pacific Salmon Foundation is identifying and understanding Survival Bottlenecks for…
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AGM Reminder
QUALICUM BEACH STREAMKEEPERS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ST STEPHEN’S HALLVILLAGE WAY, QUALICUM BEACH SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2025 9:30 AM, The 2025 AGM for QBS will be held on October 18th, for the annual report on activities, the election of board members for 2025/6, and a presentation by a guest speaker. The Hamilton Wetlands and Forest Preservation Society…
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Expanding Plant Coverage
Little Qualicum River Estuary Regional Conservation Area (LQRECA) – our latest work party took place on Thursday, October 9 when nine volunteers and our Cultural Monitor, Kris from the Qualicum First Nation, worked together to plant 55 more native plants on the spit. The plants consisted of 10 large Shore Pine, 5 Garry Oak, 10…
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Forests and Rivers
BC NATIONAL FOREST WEEK AND WORLD RIVERS DAY QBS will have a display at two upcoming events this weekend …. at a Forest Week event at the Qualicum Beach Museum from 1 to 4 on Saturday, September 27… and at World Rivers Day in the Parksville Community Park from 11 to 3 on Sunday, September…
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Successful Rescue!
A 15 person volunteer team assisted fisheries biologist Dave Clough to remove wild fish from a Memorial Golf Club sediment collection pond on Beach Creek on August 25. The team used a seining net to find over 130 coho salmon smolt and fry, a solitary cutthroat trout and a handful of sculpin and crayfish. All…