Category: Community
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Volunteer: Counting Coho
Monday, August 24 – Beach Creek pond Removal, identification, and counting of coho and cutthroat trout from the large pond on Beach Creek in the Memorial Golf Club in Qualicum Beach to assist in the removal of sediment from the pond. We have worked on several occasions with the Town and the Golf Club in…
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Volunteer at Family Day!
Saturday, August 22: Family Day at the Qualicum Beach Museum A popular event for families and young children, QBS will be there once again with an aquarium tank display containing several invasive aquatic species which threaten our local streams and ponds, including goldfish and giant American bullfrog tadpoles. We used this display at the recent…
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Celebrating Wild Salmon
“Wild Salmon Blues’ is a fundraising event that will be of interest to those who are concerned about Indigenous rights, environmental stewardship and wild salmon conservation. Click here for details.
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Help Our Plants!
LITTLE QUALICUM RIVER REGIONAL CONSERVATION AREA (LQRECA) It’s that time of year to help out our hundreds of plants in the estuary by starting up and extending our irrigation system again. QBS members are invited to join the work team at 9 am on Thursday, May 14 in the parking lot at the end of …
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Calling All Volunteers!
Work Bee At Seaside Nature Park In planning with the Town last year regarding maintenance at SeasideNature Park, it was agreed that we will have four major sessions at the Park.The first is coming up on Thursday, April 30th at 1PM. Jeannine will be there for the safety briefing, and helping us to ID the plants…
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“Block Of Doom” Removed!
The derelict concrete dock known locally as the “Block of Doom” which had rested on the Qualicum Beach waterfront for over a year, was successfully removed this week. The structure was cut into three sections, carefully lifted by heavy equipment and transported by truck to the Regional District of Nanaimo Regional Landfill on Cedar Road,…