This article appeared in the last issue of Sage Whispers. You can find the complete issue here. The article originally appeared in the Kamloops Daily News on June 14, 2011. YOU ASKED: I’m curious to know more about these pretty, … Continue reading →
Jim Cooperman, who presented a talk and slide show at our last club meeting, has a blog site called Shuswap Passion. A recent article presents his assessment of the 2018 Adams River salmon run. Jim Cooperman photo
Continue reading →We have been having a bonus year for mushrooms and fungi in our area. I will add some photos from two recent trips that I have taken. The first will be from October 8 when I visited McConnell Lake in … Continue reading →
Recent rains are bringing up fall mushrooms. Here are a few to be on the lookout for. Sarcodon imbricatus. Spores are produced on small teeth.[/caption] [Tremella aurantia, Witch’s Butter. Notice it is sharing the log with a small bracket fungus, … Continue reading →
During our trip to Osoyoos this year, Carol and I visited the NK’MIP Desert Cultural Centre that presents some of the culture of the Syilx people and natural history of the area. The centre includes a theatre featuring dancing, story-telling … Continue reading →
A few days ago, Glen Dreger sent me two pictures of a large mushroom he collected near Tunkwa Lake. I sent the photos to a mycologist colleague in Vancouver and he suggested that it was Neolentinus lepideus, having the common … Continue reading →
Contributed by Ellie Hill & Margaret Graham with photos by Adele Stapleton and plant identification by Jesse Ritcey Cooler weather prevailed as our Naturalist Club group ventured forth on Sunday, June 3 to explore the grasslands of Lac Du Bois, … Continue reading →
Here is a photo gallery of our owl friends at McArthur Island courtesy of Lynne Borle. Thank you Lynne! Wonder how she gets them to look at the camera every time. Note – the post had some problems with the … Continue reading →
