Our Mission
Stanley Park Ecology Society promotes awareness of and respect for the natural world and plays a leadership role in the stewardship of Stanley Park through collaborative initiatives in education, research and conservation.
Beavers love Lost Lagoon’s trees to death
February 13th, 2015If you see a tree wrapped in wire mesh in Stanley Park, you can bet beavers are nearby. Beavers are … More
Stanley Park’s Creatures of the Night
January 15th, 2015By Don Enright, SPES Past President Imagine living in a world of near-total darkness, where every night your dinner … More
Dec 2: Have your say! Causeway safety improvements….
November 25th, 2014SPES has been working with the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure to find creative solutions to mitigate the removal of … More
Giving Tuesday, Dec.2: Give the Gift of Nature
November 21st, 2014GivingTuesday is a National Giving Day Most people know about Black Friday and Cyber Monday …now Giving Tuesday is coming to … More
Unique overnight fieldtrip adventure!
November 20th, 2014Calling all teachers and parents of grade 4-7 students: spots are filling up for ‘Nature Ninjas Urban Camping’! Close … More
Discover Stanley Park’s Forgotten Families
October 16th, 2014Have you ever walked Stanley Park’s seawall, its trails or beaches and wondered who wandered there before you? What was … More
Rainy Weather, Fishy Pleasure
September 26th, 2014By Brian Titaro, SPES Conservation Technician It’s September on the wet coast and with that comes the first fall … More
Stanley Park’s Ugly Duckling
September 19th, 2014Written & Researched by Emily Stringer, SPES Eco Ranger Volunteer Along the shores of Lost Lagoon You will be wont … More
Duckling Discovery: Nature Program for Preschoolers
September 16th, 2014Meet mother nature! SPES presents an outdoor nature learning program that introduces young children, aged 3-5 years old, to Stanley … More
Daycamp Programs during Teacher Strike
August 28th, 2014September Special for Camp Organizers! Stanley Park Fun in the Forest…. Our popular forest-based school programs are available and … More
New Coyote Signage in Vancouver Parks
August 21st, 2014The Stanley Park Ecology Society’s Co-Existing with Coyotes program has launched their Parks and Pets campaign which will see … More
This Ain’t Your Grandmother’s Rose Garden
July 15th, 2014Stanley Park’s rose garden is an ecological laboratory, and the experiment seems to be working. By Don Enright, SPES Past President (first … More
Filling in the Forest
June 26th, 2014While many locals may think of Stanley Park as a robust, old-growth forest, it is in fact an ecosystem that … More
Baffling Stanley Park’s Beaver
June 19th, 2014If you’ve visited Beaver Lake in the last few weeks you may have seen an unusual structure by the shore. … More
Happy Father’s Day little fish!
June 13th, 2014One of the best dads in the animal world, is also the smallest. The threespine stickleback is a little native … More
Peek into a hummingbird nest…
June 10th, 2014…and see what hatches from a jellybean-sized egg! Over the course of a few weeks this past May, SPES volunteer … More
Bringing Back a Creek
May 16th, 2014SPES is working on a major project under partial funding support by Environment Canada to restore the landscape around Beaver … More
A Poem for the Park
May 15th, 2014On a warm April day, a poem appeared in chalk on the pavement above the Stanley Park Nature House. Whimsical … More
Vancouver Bird Week 2014
March 26th, 2014From bird nerd to bird curious, from wise old owl to adventurous tot, there is an event for everyone during … More
Rare amphibian discovered in Stanley Park!
March 25th, 2014It was a drizzly Sunday morning on March16, 2014 when a dozen Stanley Park Ecology Society (SPES) staff and volunteers … More
‘Birds and Windows’ Project
March 12th, 2014Birds and windows don’t mix! Find out how you can help researchers reduce bird-window collisions. It has been estimated that … More
The herons are back!
March 11th, 2014We are delighted to report that the Pacific great blue herons have returned to their current nest site in Stanley … More
National Philanthropy Day: celebrating volunteers
November 15th, 2013Today is National Philanthropy Day, so what better time to celebrate the enormous contribution volunteers make to our work. … More
Restoration work at Beaver Creek
September 26th, 2013If you have been walking near Beaver Lake recently you might have seen Stanley Park Ecology Society staff and volunteers … More
