Seven adults and two children came to monitor wildlife in the Dillon Creek Wetlands, on April 1st.
Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI) streamkeepers Cec and Christine Robinson and FOCI’s Autumn Barrett-Morgan led the educational event. They began by listening to the birds, whose calls came from every side, and the gurgling flow of Dillon Creek. The aroma of damp earth rose to everyone’s nostrils.
Continue reading Monitoring fish and insects in the Dillon Creek WetlandsThe Forest Trust for the Children of Cortes Island Society will hold its AGM on January 29th, 2022.
It has been close to 12 years since Sabina Leader Mense and Christine Robinson launched the initiative to purchase 600 acres from Island Timberlands forest holdings.
Continue reading January 29: Forest Trust for the Children of Cortes Island AGMCKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Three alumni facilitated the monthly Children’s Forest Walk in Carrington Bay Regional Park — an inclusive adventure of discovery, informally led by the kids who attend each outing — on Aug. 1.
Continue reading Monthly Children’s Forest Walk teach kids life skillsThis program was funded by a grant from the Community Radio Fund of Canada and the Government of Canada’s Local Journalism Initiative.
One of the advantages of virtual AGM is that people from Vancouver, Calgary, and select locations on both the West and East Coast can also attend. Most were in houses, but one was in a parked car and another on a sandy beach somewhere in Washington state. The Forest Trust for the Children of Cortes Island (FTCCIS) reviewed significant accomplishments of the past year at a ZOOM conference on Jan 23, 2021.
Continue reading Significant Accomplishments reported By Forest Trust for the Children of Cortes Island
This program was funded by a grant from the Community Radio Fund of Canada and the Government of Canada’s Local Journalism Initiative.
The Chum have returned.
Squirrel Cove’s eagles have been announcing this to anyone listening, for weeks.
Three juveniles rose to flight, in response to the human presence at the mouth of Basil creek. They left their meal on the bank. The head of a salmon had been pecked off. Its body lay further up the bank.
Continue reading The Chum have returned to Basil Creek
