Category Archives: Youth Initiatives

Alumni & Ambassador Ceremony

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Admin

BioBlitz 2019 hosted four special guests at the Friday evening campfire circle – four alumni from the book, ‘Forest Alphabet: Artistic Visions of a Forest in Trust to the Children’. In 2010, Alma, Kai, Kiera & Liam were amongst 33 … Continue reading →

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Photos: Fall walks in the Children’s Forest

Posted on November 20, 2019 by admin

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October’s Nature Study Day November Art/Nature day  

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2019 BioBlitz Photos!

Posted on May 15, 2019 by admin

Bioblitz 2019 was a great success, with nearly 100 participants! Here are a selection of photos from the Bioblitz and forest camp.

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BioBlitz 2019!

Posted on May 15, 2019 by admin

A FOREST FULL OF THANKS… … to the great community turnout for BioBlitz 2019!!! Yet again… close to 100 enthusiastic participants walked into Carrington Bay Park basecamp the first weekend in May to visit, observe or inventory with us the … Continue reading →

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Ceremony Honours Children’s Forest Ambassadors

Posted on May 14, 2019 by admin

green cedar feathers rambunctious children chatter soft forest stillness The Board of the Forest Trust for the Children of Cortes Island Society recently honoured several youth as Children’s Forest Ambassadors at a campfire graduation ceremony during the 2019 bioblitz. A … Continue reading →

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BioBlitz 2018 Video Trailer

Posted on June 30, 2018 by admin

The 2018 BioBlitz in the Children’s Forest was a great success! See this post for the full report, and this post for fantastic photos of the event shot by Seamus Summers. Here is a short video trailer from the BioBlitz, … Continue reading →

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BioBlitz 2018 Photos!

Posted on June 30, 2018 by admin

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This collection of photos, shot by Seamus Summers and Jonah Weyler, captures the wonder of BioBlitz! 2018 in the Children’s Forest. Learn more about Seamus’s photography here. For a full report from the BioBlitz, check out this post, or watch … Continue reading →

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A FOREST FULL OF THANKS …

Posted on June 30, 2018 by admin

A FOREST FULL OF THANKS… … to the great community turnout for BioBlitz 2018!!! Close to 100 enthusiastic participants walked into Carrington Bay Park basecamp and explored the Children’s Forest with us over the first weekend in May.  Guest researcher … Continue reading →

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Youth Streamkeepers Spring 2018

Posted on May 1, 2018 by admin

Youth streamkeepers were making their way gently down the creek, wild, wet & slippery, and any respectable trout or coho were as far away as possible from the hip-wading youth participating in another youth streamkeeper programme! Our location was James … Continue reading →

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BioBlitz! 2018 & our new Camp Skills Workshop

Posted on April 18, 2018 by admin

BioBlitz! 2018… May 4, 5 & 6 Camp Skills Workshop… April 20 In preparation for our Community Campout at Carrington Bay Park campsite, base camp for BioBlitz! 2018, a Camp Skills Workshop will be offered on Friday, April 20 from … Continue reading →

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