Metchosin Talk and Walk Series
(Compiled to early 2018 by Moralea Milne, compilation continued by Kem Luther/Andy MacKinnon)
2006
Coastal Douglas-fir Forests Andy MacKinnon
Marine Environments Garry Fletcher
Wildlife Trees Todd Manning
Rocky Point Bird Observatory Paul Levesque
Agriculture Derek Wulff, Deiter Eisenhauer, Marty
Martinwood, Don Lindsay, Linda Dowling
Rare Mushrooms Adolf and Oluna Ceska
2007
Burial Cairns Darcy Mathews
Green and Blue Spaces Strategy GBSS Committee
Old Growth CDF Forests and Canopy Andy MacKinnon and Arthur Robinson
Bats Dave Nagorsen
Matheson Lake CRD Park Colleen Long
Pearson College David Hawley and International Students
Mushroom Walk Andy MacKinnon
2008
Invasive Species Wendy Tyrell
Cougars and Bears Peter Pauwells
Native Plant Gardening Carolyn Masson
Protected Trees of Metchosin Andy MacKinnon
Birds Claudia and Darren Copley
Conservation Options Habitat Acquisition Trust and TLC
Forage Fish Ramona De Graaf
Mushroom Walk Andy MacKinnon
2009
Green, the Cowboy Way Gary Kangas
Identification of Pebbles Eileen Van der Flier-Keller
Bullfrogs Stan Orchard
Native Plants Jenifer Penny
Intertidal Creatures Ryan Murphy and Adam Harding
Climate Change Richard Hebda
Marine Life/Rock Fish Ryan Murphy (Race Rocks Steward)
Mosses Terry McIntosh
Mushroom Walk Andy MacKinnon # 30
2010
Burial Cairns Darcy Mathews
20 Boss Mosses Kem Luther
Mushroom Madness Pot luck Andy MacKinnon
Night Skies of Metchosin Gary Seronik, Bill Weir and Sherri Buttnor
Modern Dinosaurs and Terrible Lizards Todd Carnahan and Christian Englestoft
Edible & Medicinal Plants of Metchosin Andy MacKinnon
Birds of Metchosin Ann Nightingale
Mushrooms Kem Luther
2011
River Otters Cait Nelson
Native Bees Gord Hutchings
Turtles, Slugs and Snakes Todd Carnahan
Butterflies James Miskelly
Dragonflies Claudia Copley
Bee Condo Workshop Gord Hutchings
Edible Mushrooms Sinclair Philips, Kem Luther, Kevin Trim
2012
Green Fire movie on Aldo Leopold Kem Luther
Crows Rob Butler
Octopus Jim Cosgrove
May BioBlitz, Owls Andy MacKinnon, Ann Nightingale
Animal Signs Gary Schroyen. #50
RPBO Ann Nightingale
Mushroom Andy MacKinnon and Kem Luther
Edible Plants (Berries) Fiona Hammersley Chambers
2013
Sasquatch John Bindernagle
Night Skies Nazim (Pearson College) and Bill Weir
Spiders Rob Bennett
BioBlitz Butterflies and Moths. Miskelly and Avis
Wildlife Trees Todd Manning
Alpine Andy MacKinnon
Wolves Gary Allan
Mushrooms. Britt Bunyard
2014
Bigleaf Maple Tapping for Syrup. Ian McKenzie.
Wolf movie
Echinoderms. Phil Lambert
Rare & Interesting Birds of Van Is Mike Yip #65
Animal Signs. Gary Schroyen
BioBlitz (4th) Bees Ted Leishner
Grasshoppers and Crickets James Miskelly
Burial Cairns Darcy Mathews
MycoBlitz Britt Bunyard #70
2015
Mammals of Van Is Dave Nagorsen
Alpine Plants of Van Is Hans Roemer
Slugs Kristiina Ovaska
Native Plant Gardening Kristin and JamesMiskelly
The Ants of BC (Fire Ants) Rob Higgins
Marine Mammals John Ford #76
The Secret Life of Mycoheterotrophs! Andy MacKinnon
Plus BioBlitz recap Kem Luther
Owls Ann Nightingale
Biodiversity of Plants Barbara Hawkins
MycoBlitz Adolf and Oluna Ceska #80
2016
Sea Otters (Jan) Jane Watson #81
Stewardship/Invasive Species? (Feb) Joel Ussery
Coexisting with Carnivores (Mar) Nitya et al
Orchids (April) Sasha
Creatures of the Night (Apr) HAT w/Englestoft (Bats and Owls)
Boundary Layer (May) Kem Luther #86
Forest canopy (Sept) Neville Winchester
Sustainable Stewardship/Homes (Oct) Gord Baird
The Origins of Fungi–Mycoblitz (Nov) Britt Bunyard
2017
Slime Molds Richard Winder #90
Moths & Butterflies of Metchosin (Feb) Jeremy Tatum
Ten Lichens of Metchosin (Mar) Ryan Batten
Bats (Apr) Dave Nagorsen/Jill Robinson
Bees (May) Elizabeth Elle #94
Invasive Species, Yellow Iris HAT
Birds (Oct) David Bird
Mycoblitz (Nov) Roo Vandegrift
2018
Harvesting Mushrooms (Jan 12) Kevin Trim
Metchosin’s Lichens (Feb. 9) Curtis Bjork
Becoming A Pollinator Steward (Mar) Paige Erickson-McGee and Lora Morandin
Alien Invaders (April 13) Patti Whitehouse and Neville Grigg #100
Seaweeds (May 11-12) Sara Wickam
Moth Lifestyles (May 11) Libby and Rick Avis
The Old Man and the Vultures (Sept) David Manning
The Art & Science of Mycophagy Dr. Denis Benjamin, MycoBlitz speaker
Sand spit restoration (Nov 16) Pippi Lawn
2019
Wild Cultivation (Jan 18) Nancy Turner
The Salmon Forest Tom Reimchen
Seaweeds Amanda Swinimer
Bumblebees Syd Cannings #110
Backyard Bioblitzes with iNaturalist Andrew Simon
Eelgrass Nikki Wright