YVR Cares invests in JEDI Fieldtrips
Thanks to the generous support of YVR Cares, SPES will be able to offer up to 300 young padawans free fieldtrips in the 2023-2024 school year. JEDI stands for justice,…
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SPES’s Statement of Reconciliation – Our Commitment.
We, at the Stanley Park Ecology Society (SPES), gratefully acknowledge that the land and waters on which we gather and help steward are the traditional and unceded territories of the…
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Spring Aquatic Invertebrate Surveys
Last month SPES completed spring aquatic invertebrate surveys, gathering data to understand what is living in Stanley Park’s creeks. Led by SPES Conservation Technician Marisa Bischoff and a team of…
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Celebrate Earth Day in Stanley Park!
Join us on Saturday, April 22nd for a day of earth-friendly action and awareness. WHERE: Beside the Stanley Park Brewing Restaurant and Brewpub in Stanley Park. WHEN: Drop by any…
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Tackling water quality at Lost Lagoon with artificial islands
(Photo of a heron at Lost Lagoon by Rees Tucker) SPES has an exciting and ambitious project to begin revitalizing Lost Lagoon and improve water quality and habitat through the…
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Nominations now closed – Alan Duncan Bird Conservation Award
The Stanley Park Ecology Society and the Vancouver Bird Advisory Committee are pleased to offer the Alan Duncan Bird Conservation Award. The award was established to help encourage local bird conservation…
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We respectfully acknowledge that the land on which we gather and help steward is the unceded and traditional territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nation, and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nation.
Photo: A red cedar in Spapayeq/Stanley Park (Don Enright)