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This is the 25th anniversary for the Show & Shine!
Gates open at 8am for car registration.
| Event Date | 07-28-2019 10:00 am |
| Event End Date | 07-28-2019 2:00 pm |
| * Location | Central Park |
| Event Date | 06-13-2019 10:30 am |
| * Location | Merritt Civic Centre |
For more info visit http://abed.sd58.bc.ca/wordpress/ | Event Date | 06-06-2019 5:00 pm |
| * Location | Merritt Civic Centre |
Thursday May 16th 2019, 7 PM at NVIT Lecture Theatre: Frances Backhouse – “Once they were hats” The biology of beavers and their role in Canada’s history.
[This presentation was postponed in 2017 due to weather – rescheduled by popular demand]
Biologist and author Frances Backhouse has published books on a wide range of nature topics, including owls and woodpeckers, and also on historical topics such as the women in the Klondike gold rush. Her latest book examines humanity’s 15,000-year relationship with Castor canadensis, and the beaver’s even older relationship with North American landscapes and ecosystems. This will be a fascinating presentation blending biology and history. Some of you have heard Frances’s recent CBC Radio Ideas program on beavers.
Contact Info:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit www.nicolanaturalists.ca
| Event Date | 05-16-2019 7:00 pm |
| * Location | Nicola Valley Institute of Technology |
Thursday April 18th, 7 PM at NVIT Lecture Theatre: Dr. Lauchlan Fraser and Rachel Whitehouse – New grassland studies in the Merritt area (details to come).
The Merritt-based Nicola Watershed Community Round Table has a new partnership with the Grasslands Conservation Council of BC, promoting education and research at the Laurie Guichon Memorial Grasslands Interpretive Site near Merrit. Thompson University Professor Lauchlan Fraser and FLNRO ecologist Rachel Whitehouse are leading this work and will give a joint presentation on the project. Controlling invasive weeds, like knapweed, is a huge problem across the grasslands of southern BC and this project is testing some innovative methods to maintain healthy grasslands. Exciting work happening right on our doorstep.
Contact Info: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit www.nicolanaturalists.ca
| Event Date | 04-18-2019 7:00 pm |
| * Location | Nicola Valley Institute of Technology |
Join Widlfire Mitigation Specialist, Krista Minar, for this FREE workshop. Learn how to plan and prepare for the wildfire season, using FireSmart principles, to help reduce your community's risk of wildfire loss. | Event Date | 04-16-2019 6:30 pm |
| * Location | Merritt Civic Centre |
| Event Date | 04-13-2019 6:00 pm |
| Event End Date | 04-13-2019 |
| * Location | Merritt Civic Centre |
| Event Date | 04-13-2019 2:00 pm |
| Event End Date | 04-13-2019 |
| * Location | Merritt Civic Centre |
Come out and join us and get started in the 2019 growing season! Bring your seeds and knowledge to swap or a small donation and pick from our existing collection. Hope to see you their for questions please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.!
More info at https://www.facebook.com/events/1312944965511220/
| Event Date | 04-10-2019 6:30 pm |
| Event End Date | 04-10-2019 |
| * Location | Merritt Civic Centre |
Thursday March 21st, 7 PM at NVIT Lecture Theatre: Stephanie Winton – Research on Rattlers at White Lake
The Western Rattlesnake (also known as the North Pacific Rattlesnake) is listed as a Threatened species in Canada. Roadkill is one of the greatest causes of mortality. Stephanie Winton recently completed her graduate studies at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops. Her work involved the effects of roads on the Western Rattlesnake in the White Lake area. Excellent research on an enigmatic and often feared species.
Contact Info: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit www.nicolanaturalists.ca
| Event Date | 03-21-2019 7:00 pm |
| * Location | Nicola Valley Institute of Technology |
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