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Find out more about this unique ecosystem and how you can help protect it.
Are you a Bird Watcher? Check out the eBird Canada listing for Esquimalt Lagoon.
Free Event: Conserving Our Shorelines
Tuesday April 17, 5 – 7pm
Shoal Centre 10030 Resthaven Dr, Sidney
More information: www.oceancanada.org/ocp-events/
To register: Email Dr. Anne Marie Goodfellow
View poster: Conserving Our Shorelines April 17
Beach Clean-up held Sept. 22, 2017
ELSI teamed up with the Greater Victoria Green Team again to hold a beach clean-up on Coburg Peninsula. We collected more than 2,200 cigarette butts, 42 food wrappers, over 100 pieces of plastic, glass, foam and paper, and the strangest find was an airplane seatbelt. Thank you to all the great volunteers! We also spotted a fire caused by barbeque ashes dumped near a log. The Colwood Fire Department came to extinguish the fire.
Take Birds Under Your Wing!
2017 marked the 100th anniversary of Canada enacting the Migratory Bird Convention Act. Take action on behalf of the birds by signing the pledge to help conserve birds. Learn more about 100 years of of bird conservation in Canada.
Urban Sanctuary Project
ELSI, GWI, the Robert Bateman Centre and other regional conservation partners are collaborating to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Migratory Bird Convention Act, enacted by Canada in 1917. The Project goals are to improve stewardship of the upland and marine ecosystems that support birds and other wildlife in our urban centres, and to raise awareness of the 3 sanctuaries in the CRD:
The Urban Sanctuary Project is a collaborative effort of local conservation partners to increase awareness of the three federally-designated Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in the capital region.
Coburg Peninsula on Shaw TV
In February 2016, Lorraine Scollan of Shaw TV did a piece on some of the issues at Esquimalt Lagoon and Coburg Peninsula.
Featured Projects:
Dune Restoration
ELSI volunteers have been working since 2006 on Dune Habitat Restoration project on the Coburg Peninsula. The goals of the project are to:
- restore native dune habitats through the establishment of demonstration restoration plots
- realign beach access points and benches to reduce trampling across sensitive dune habitat
- monitor the effectiveness of restoration
- raise public awareness of dune habitats and engage residents and visitors in stewardship of the dunes.
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