This weekend field course will introduce participants to the wonderful world of West Coast Mushrooms. Topics to be covered include introduction to fungi (what are they, and what is their role in our forests?), essentials of collecting and identifying fungi in the field, edible, medicinal and poisonous fungi, cooking with wild mushrooms, and more! Thank […]
In this weekend field course get up close and personal with the invertebrates that inhabit the shallow waters of our western shores! in this weekend course you will learn all about the fascinating strategies that they use to survive the rigors of the intertidal zone; their varied and often bizarre means of reproduction, the critical […]
Join us for an evening presentation with Dr. Gregory Jensen on Spineless Wonders: the amazing diversity and adaptations of invertebrates. 🐚 Friday, July 19th, 7 - 9pm @ the Ucluelet Community Centre Like all other animals, invertebrates have to deal with the challenges of things like finding food, reproducing, and avoiding predators. […]
This weekend field course will introduce participants to the world of west coast seaweeds.
Dr. Bridgette Clarkston & Dr. Bridgette Clark present Seansational Seaweeds and How to Celebrate Them! Join us Friday June 7th @ the Ucluelet Community Centre. Seaweeds are weird. Weird, but oh so wonderful. And for coastal marine ecosystems, they are vital — creating habitats, providing food, stabilizing shorelines, and looking gorgeous. This talk will explore […]
The West Coast Ambassador Program: This three-hour orientation session delivers the “big picture” of living in Ucluelet. Learn about local history and basic ecology, cross-cultural understanding, businesses and activities, festivals, host etiquette, and important civic information. This is a great way to get up-to-date local’s information about living and working in Ucluelet. This course is […]
Conservation Status of Marine Mammals of BC: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly with Dr. John K.B. Ford The ocean waters of British Columbia have a remarkable diversity of marine mammals 31 species have been recorded here, this is one-quarter of all marine mammal species in the world! After co-existing with coastal First Nations […]
This weekend field course will introduce participants to the wonderful world of West Coast Mushrooms. Topics to be covered include introduction to fungi (what are they, and what is their role in our forests?), essentials of collecting and identifying fungi in the field, edible, medicinal and poisonous fungi, cooking with wild mushrooms, and more! Course […]
Learn about local history, cross-cultural understanding, businesses and activities, festivals, host etiquette, and important civic information specific to Ucluelet.
Learn about local history, cross-cultural understanding, businesses and activities, festivals, host etiquette, and important civic information specific to Ucluelet.
This weekend field course will introduce participants to the world of west coast seaweeds.
This weekend field course will introduce participants to the world of west coast seaweeds.