Comox Valley Naturalists (CVN) invites the public to a forest of knowledge and a natural urban adventure on Saturday May 17 between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m..
A series of one hour guided walks will take place in the City of Courtenay Vanier Nature Park off Vanier Drive, where a new Garry oak restoration project is underway. This project is being co-managed by CVN and the City of Courtenay.
Choose between three walk times that each have a different leader who will share their expertise about Garry oak trees, forest ecosystems and the ongoing work in the park. This project has funding from CVN, the City of Courtenay and Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation.
Nick Page, who leads the first walk at 10:00 a.m., is a professional biologist who works on the assessment, restoration, and management of species and ecosystems in coastal B.C.. His professional work focuses on urban sustainability, biological monitoring, watershed assessment, environmental design, and landscape ecology.
Leading the second walk at 11:30, Fred Newhouse is a Registered Professional Forester who has worked in forest consulting as well as having stewarded a woodlot for many years. As a Comox Valley Nature member, he is working on both the Vanier Garry oak Restoration Project and Trees of the Year.
Verna Mumby leads the walk at 1:00. Mumby has 30 years of working in arboriculture as an ISA Certified Arborist and Consulting Arborist. She is still learning every day from the trees. When not hugging trees, she is knee deep into microscopy looking for microbes in the soil. Verna is the coordinator for CVN鈥檚 Trees of the Year event.
For more information and to register for one of the walks, see the CVN website Event tab .
