Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI) has become the Hakai Institute‘s first partner in a new citizen science sea star monitoring program.
As Helen Hall, Executive Director of FOCI explained, “”We just launched a really exciting joint project with the Hakai Institute. They are initiating a project to monitor the health of Sea Stars in the Discovery Islands and we can contribute from Cortes Island.”
Continue reading The Discovery Islands Sea Star Monitoring ProgramFriends of Cortes Island (FOCI) is asking Cortes residents to report any sightings of two species at risk on the Island.
Continue reading Two Species at Risk on Cortes IslandFriends of Cortes Island (FOCI) has been working with BC Parks to install a bike rack at the Hague Lake beach access on Cortes Island.
Continue reading Bike Rack for Hague LakeOn Saturday, March 13th, the Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI) carried out a Broom Bash in Mansons Landing Provincial Park.
Continue reading Broom Bash in Mansons Landing Provincial Park
Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI) is holding its annual broom bash, in Mansons Landing Provincial Park, from 10 AM to 1 PM this Saturday.
“We’ve been doing this project on the spit now for five years,” explained Helen Hall, Executive Director of FOCI.
It started out as an attempt to protect the sensitive coastal sand ecosystem on the west side of the spit, facing the dock. Hall said some of the native plants are quite rare in BC.
Continue reading Saturday Broom Bash at Mansons Landing Provincial Park
