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.
What’s This?
May 31st, 2019Is it animal or plant? Alive or not? If you guessed a bryozoan, you are correct! This is a kelp-encrusting … More
Earth Day blows in!
May 30th, 2019Those who came out for our Stanley Park Earth Day Celebration on April 27 were literally blown away by the … More
How are the herons?
May 30th, 2019We are now at week #12 of the heron breeding season in Stanley Park, and the chicks continue to grow at an … More
Batting for bats!
May 30th, 2019It is bat survey season again! The SPES conservation team and volunteers collaborating with BC Community Bat Program (BCCBP) (https://www.bcbats.ca/) … More
Bugs rate water quality in Stanley Park
May 30th, 2019SPES’s Conservation Technician Meghan Cooling has been busy in Stanley Park’s streams this spring searching for aquatic invertebrates. These spineless … More
“Birds” parade through Stanley Park for Bird Week
May 29th, 2019This year, SPES hosted the Vancouver Bird Week Take-Off Celebration to open a week of workshops, walks, talks, exhibitions and … More
Spring Break Eco Camps
April 18th, 2019This Spring Break, two groups of enthusiastic campers took on an exciting and educational adventure in Stanley Park. SPES led … More
April 17: Love a bat!
April 17th, 2019Bat Appreciation Day occurs annually on April 17th. April is a great time of the year to observe bats, as they … More
You otter see beavers!
March 22nd, 2019During March, SPES is hosting evening guided walks to offer a glimpse of the beavers in Stanley Park. Guests will … More
They’re back!
March 20th, 2019(Cover photo: Martin Passchier) What better day than the Spring Equinox to announce the return of the Pacific Great Blue … More
Just keep diggin….
March 14th, 2019Stanley Park Ecology Society’s EcoStewards is a fun, free, volunteer-led event which happens every second and fourth Saturday of the … More
Fur flies in Stanley Park!
March 1st, 2019It hasn’t been spotted in Stanley Park for over a decade, but on February 24, 2019, we received documented evidence … More
What’s This?
February 28th, 2019Is it a reptile’s skin? A snake’s? A lizard’s? Or maybe those are fish scales? It is the skin of … More
Art + Science = Conservation
February 28th, 2019Thanks to support from the Greenest City Grants program, SPES’s Youth4Nature program is making a difference for wildlife habitats in … More
Join SPES’s “Wet & Wild!” Earth Day celebration
February 28th, 2019Earth Day is celebrated this year on Monday, April 22, but SPES is holding its own celebration on Saturday, April … More
