SLSS Projects

Wild Days Are Back!

Take the family out for a fun outdoor adventure & learn about the Slocan Lake watershed from local naturalists and scientists!

Saturday, August 4 – 9 am-12 pm. Hosts of Valley of the Ghosts – Explore the Valley of the Ghosts from old saloons in Sandon to recovering forests with saskatoons along the K&S Rail Trail. Meet @ the Prospectors Pick store in the Sandon. Leaders: Hal Wright, Vida Turok, Marcy Mahr and Jim Moore. Co-sponsored by the North Slocan Trails Society.

Saturday, August 11, 9 am-12 pm. Toads & Bats Take to the Trails – Discover how adult and baby toads along with elusive bats are using the rail trail along Summit Lake. Meet @ the Rail Trail at the southeast end of Summit Lake and park on Summit Road. Leaders: Kat McGlynn, Elodie Kuhnert. Co-sponsored by Hills Recreation Society and Kootenay Community Bat Project.

Saturday, August 18, 8 pm-11 pm. An Evening with the Stars – Take a tour of the universe and enjoy an intergalactic experience of star-gazing. Meet @ the Centennial Park gazebo in New Denver. Leaders: Colleen O’Hare, Guy Mackie, Olaf Lutz. Co-sponsored by Royal Astronomical Society of Canada’s Okanagan Centre.

Wild Days are FREE! Look for posters or check the Valley Voice in July for details. Also, visit us at the SLSS booth at the Friday Market! For Wild Days information: contact 250.358.7714 or email: theresa.tremaine[at]gmail.com.

Eyes on Slocan Lake 2014

Like to watch wildlife around Slocan Lake? Got a smart phone or digital camera and enjoy photographing nature? If so, please join SLSS’s new project called Eyes on Slocan Lake.

It’s a biodiversity mapping project developed by the SLSS in partnership with the Selkirk Geospatial Research Centre (SGRC), with support from the Columbia Basin Watershed Network (CBWN). It aims to capture the nature’s richness in the Slocan Lake Watershed using the iNaturalist app. Check out more about Eyes on Slocan Lake here.