Call for Volunteers -- RDNO

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Volunteers needed - Earthday project

Please join *SPrKL* for our Feel Good Earth Day Project

Anytime between 11:00 am. and 12:30 pm.

Tuesday April 22nd

Creekside Dog Park

(Corner of Kalamalka and Kidston Roads Coldstream)

Bring work gloves, and pruners/shovels/rakes if you have any – make sure you put your name and phone # on them!

Snacks and juices will be provided
Hope to see you there!

 
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SPrKL news - Volunteers needed.

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Volunteers wanted!!

 

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Hello, Volunteers and Friends of Bishop Wild Bird Sanctuary!

It's that time of year when the migratory birds are returning, the bees are beginning to buzz, the trees are budding and blossoming and flowers are starting to bloom!

It's also the time of year when we do a big spring clean-up at the bird sanctuary. Please join us this Saturday, any time between 10 AM and 3 PM to lend a helping hand and have a few laughs. 

Wherever your interests lie, you can help out - trail building and maintenance, native plant and butterfly garden care, water feature revival, wood chipper operating... Every little bit helps, even if you can only be here for a short time.

We'll have some fruit, snacks, and water on hand. If you'd like to bring kids or grandkids, feel free to do so as well. Please let us know if you're able to attend by Friday, April 26th so that we can make sure that we have enough refreshments.

Thanks! We look forward to seeing you on Saturday, 

Aaron, Laisha, Jonah and Amalia

and the Board of Directors of Bishop Wild Bird Sanctuary

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Bishop Wild Bird Sanctuary
12408 Coldstream Creek Rd.
Coldstream, BC  V1B 1G1
t: 250.542.5122
e: bishopwildbird@gmail.com

 

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Readers write - Volunteers needed.

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Readers write - Searching for volunteer botanists.

To Friends of Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park:

BC Parks is looking for a few keen volunteer botanists!!

Next Friday July 6, a Conservation Specialist and a Range Officer will visit Kalamalka Park to train Rangers on methods for setting up and conducting Long Term Ecological Monitoring (LTEM) in the grasslands of Kal.  LTEM plots track change over time in plant communities, and help identify species at risk. 

  

This could be a wonderful opportunity for the right Volunteer(s) – we are looking for Volunteers who fit the following criteria:

-  enthused and informed botanists

- willing to do technical and thorough work (identifying different plants and grasses in the plots is tricky!). 

-  able to attend the training July 6

Interested people should contact me before Thursday July 5.

Wendy Pope, North Okanagan Park Ranger 

Office:  (250) 260-3041

Cell:  (250) 549-5488

Email:  Wendy.L.Pope@gov.bc.ca

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Reminder - SPrKL News - Volunteers needed!

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

SPrKL News - Volunteers needed!

Hi Everyone!

 

Please come out on June 15th and/or 16th to help us clean up the wetland next to the RDNO Office.

We'll be weeding on the 15th and planting on the 16th – see the attached poster for more details.

 

There will be free refreshments including PIZZA for all volunteers.

 

Any time and effort you can afford to donate to SPrKL during these two days would be greatly appreciated!

 

Hope to see you there! Please pass this email on!

 

~Trina~

on behalf of SPrKL Directors

 

 

 

 

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SPrKL News - Volunteers needed!

Hi Everyone!

 

Please come out on June 15th and/or 16th to help us clean up the wetland next to the RDNO Office.

We'll be weeding on the 15th and planting on the 16th – see the attached poster for more details.

 

There will be free refreshments including PIZZA for all volunteers.

 

Any time and effort you can afford to donate to SPrKL during these two days would be greatly appreciated!

 

Hope to see you there! Please pass this email on!

 

~Trina~

on behalf of SPrKL Directors

 

 

 

 

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(SPrKL) News: Volunteers needed!

Yellow Flag Iris Removal at Kalavista Lagoon: October 1, 2011 10:30am

You are invited to help remove the noxious weed, Yellow Flag Iris, from Kalavista Lagoon on Saturday, October 1st 2011.

We will meet at the parking lot by the tennis courts at 10:30 am and take a short walk from there to the site.

You will need hip waders and gloves.

SPrKL will provide refreshments. RDNO is providing heavy duty garbage bags and weed disposal services.

It should be another messy, fun time.

I hope you can make it,

~Trina, on behalf of the SPrKL Executive

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Scotch Thistle Harvest at Kal Park this Friday - Please spread the word!

Please join Park Rangers and other volunteers from the Friends of Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park for a Scotch Thistle harvest!

This Friday, August 26, at 9:00 a.m., we will meet at the Red Gate for an hour or two of work. We will cut off the seed heads of as many thistles as we can during that time. The plants only grow for two seasons so if we can eliminate the seed heads (before they go to seed) on the plants for a few seasons we might be able to reverse the infestation.

Wear long pants, thick gloves and bring hand clippers.

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Volunteers needed!

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Readers write - Volunteers needed!.

Greetings from the Society for the Protection of Kalamalka Lake (SPrKL)!

As part of the North Okanagan Regional District’s Adopt-A-Stream Program, SPrKL has adopted the reach of Coldstream Creek running between Kirkland Drive and McClounie Road.
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On May 15th this year, we held a well attended and fun ‘Stream Clean up Day’. Since then, SPrKL, with the support of the District of Coldstream, has received a Federal ECO Action Grant to supply and plant vegetation along this reach.

We are asking for your support with further creek clean up and planting on September 18th from 10 am until approximately 1 pm.

We will meet at the Coldstream Municipal Hall at 10 am where a qualified professional will conduct a hands-on planting workshop before we begin the actual planting. Refreshments will be provided.

If you are willing to help out and /or want more information, please contact Trina Koch: tkoch@eba.ca

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Readers write -- "Weed Warriors" of Coldstream!

Hi Gyula,

Here are two pics of Coldstream's Weed Warriors marshalling at Coldstream Municipal Hall with the RDNO's Weed Control Officer John Friesen.

I hear Sharon Lawrence will be the recipient of an RDNO 2010 Environmental Leadership award!

Inge
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Thank you, Inge!

Coldstream Residents! Attention! (Others may attend as well)!

Many thanks for the participants of the May 15 Coldstream Weed Pull Event!

It was so much fun it’s worth repeating!

We need volunteers again to do the Task.

Where to meet:

Coldstream Municipal Building.

When:

June 5, 2010 at 9 till about noon.

Apparel:

Casual, appropriate for the weather. Suggest boots, gloves and hats.

What to bring:

Tools (shovel and tarp), drinking water and a “good attitude”.

For information call Sharon at two-five-zero 542-7335.

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Volunteers needed!

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