Neighbourhood Walk in Juniper Ridge
Juniper Ridge 3076 Simmilikameen Place, Kamloops, BC, CanadaThe Kamloops Naturalist Club is offering a series of neighbourhood walks this spring for club members who wish to visit natural areas close to the city. Our first scheduled event is a hike on Saturday April 12, following bike trails through a scenic wooded area between Juniper Ridge and Barnhartvale. The trail will take us into dry grassland, Douglas fir forest with an understory of pine grass, and a moist gully with Douglas maple and Saskatoon. There are two options – an out-and-back trail to a scenic overlook (total time … Continue reading →
Clean the Beach
Riverside ParkHi Everyone. Remember that this Sunday is Clean The Beach day in Kamloops (see the poster in the second attachment). There is lots of fun stuff as well as the clean up. If you don’t want to help with the clean up, we’d welcome your help at the KNC table in Riverside Park (see email below and poster in the first attachment), starting at 12:30. Let me know if you can help with the table (nflood@tru.ca) —let the city know if you can with the clean up. https://www.kamloops.ca/our-community/news-events/events-calendar/clean-beach-day (You don’t actually have to … Continue reading →
April General Meeting
Heritage House Riverside Park, CanadaApril 17 – Catherine Tarasoff Success! Spontaneous Native Plant Recovery Following the Control of Reed Canary Grass In this presentation, Catherine will talk about her collaborative work with BC Parks, Kamloops Naturalist Club, TRU and others at Tranquille Wetlands to control the aquatic invasive reed canary grass. Reed canary grass was intentionally planted as a forage crop and has invaded most of the wetland area. Because herbicides are not permitted within aquatic areas an alternative treatment was used - benthic barriers.Catherine has pioneered the use of benthic barriers for the control … Continue reading →
Lac du Bois Garbage Cleanup
This is our annual cleanup day in collaboration with the City, Parks, and a number of other clubs. 9:00 to 11:30. See the poster for details.