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Thursday May 21st, 2026 Salish Sea Inhabitants

Thursday May 21st, 2026 Trinity Hall, United Church, on Duncan Street, Doors open at 7:00 Rheal Leon is a local scuba diver and underwater photographer. Through still pictures and video he will show us what lives in the Salish Sea right off our local beaches. Linda Diprose, one of our members, will provide the commentary.

Thursday April 16,2026 Vital Kelp Habitat Restoration in the Salish Sea

Thursday April 16,2026 Trinity Hall, United Church, on Duncan Street, Doors open at 7:00 LeeAnn Ennis studied Biology at the University of Victoria and the Bamfield Marine Station before her career as a naturalist and interpreter with the Vancouver Aquarium, teaching for B.C. Parks, and here on the Sunshine Coast. She is part of a … Continue reading Thursday April 16,2026 Vital Kelp Habitat Restoration in the Salish Sea

February 19th, 2026 Elephants!

Thursday February 19th, 2026 Trinity Hall, United Church, on Duncan Street Doors open at 7:00 ELEPHANT CONSERVATION IN AFRICA – Conservation expert David Powrie has over three decades of experience protecting natural resources and fostering community-led conservation initiatives.  He has managed a 6.33 million hectare conservation area in Kenya and introduced endangered species to South … Continue reading February 19th, 2026 Elephants!

January 15, 2026, The Pantanal with Tammy Siddal

January 15, 2026 Trinity Hall, United Church, on Duncan Street, Doors open at 7:00 Tammy recently visited THE PANTANAL.  Located   mainly in Brazil, this is the world’s largest tropical wetland and floodplain. This dynamic ecosystem with a rich biodiversity experiences a yearly  cycle of flooding and drying.  The Pantanal is known for its abundant  wildlife, … Continue reading January 15, 2026, The Pantanal with Tammy Siddal

January 15, 2026, The Pantanal with Tammy Siddal

January 15, 2026 Trinity Hall, United Church, on Duncan Street, Doors open at 7:00 Tammy recently visited THE PANTANAL.  Located   mainly in Brazil, this is the world’s largest tropical wetland and floodplain. This dynamic ecosystem with a rich biodiversity experiences a yearly  cycle of flooding and drying.  The Pantanal is known for its abundant  wildlife, … Continue reading January 15, 2026, The Pantanal with Tammy Siddal

November 20,2025, Landscape Resilience with Travis Heckford

November 20, 2025, Trinity Hall, United Church, on Duncan Street, Doors open at 7:00 Travis is a Research Landscape Ecologist  specializing in landscape resilience.  Focusing on ecosystems which are prone to fire he develops strategies to restore, maintain or adapt forestry landscape for reduced vulnerability under climate change.

October16, 2025, Terry Brown, “The Amphibiographer”

October 16, 2025 Trinity Hall, United Church, on Duncan Street, Doors open at 7:00. Terry calls himself a  “Amphibiographer”;  a  contradiction of “Amphibious Photographer”, telling stories of life at the interface of land and water, a dynamic realm which combines the familiar above water environment people are used to viewing, with the seldom  seen underwater … Continue reading October16, 2025, Terry Brown, “The Amphibiographer”

September 18, 2025, AGM plus New Zealand

September 18, 2025 Trinity Hall, United Church, on Duncan Street, Doors open at 6:45 PM, AGM at 7:15,  Speaker at 7:30 PM Trevor and Colleen, members of the Malaspina Naturalist Club and excellent photographers, spent a month travelling throughout New Zealand, visiting both the North and South Islands. They found beautiful landscapes, stunning seascapes, and … Continue reading September 18, 2025, AGM plus New Zealand