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Youth Summer Camp Pull – Sault Ste Marie Himalayan Balsam Community Project

Bellevue Park

Summer camp event for kids! Register your kids in summer camp the week of August 14 - 18. Summer Camps | Science North The 2023 Sault Ste. Marie Himalayan balsam Community Project is a city-wide environmental stewardship campaign that focuses on the prevention and management of Himalayan balsam. The Invasive Species Centre is teaming up […]

Webinar: Introduced Plant Pathogens Threatening North American Forests

Online

Introduced plant pathogens threaten North American forests. Some arrived in the distant past: chestnut blight, white pine blister rust, beech bark disease, Dutch elm disease, butternut canker. Damaging introductions continue through the late 20th Century (sudden oak death, laurel wilt) and recent decades (ohia rust, Fusarium blight, rapid ohia death, beech leaf disease). Introduction of […]

Pull Event – Sault Ste Marie Himalayan Balsam Community Project

East End Park

The 2023 Sault Ste. Marie Himalayan balsam Community Project is a city-wide environmental stewardship campaign that focuses on the prevention and management of Himalayan balsam. The Invasive Species Centre is teaming up with local organizations to tackle the growing Himalayan balsam population by educating the public on identification, prevention, reporting and management. The goal of […]

ISCBC End-of-Summer BioBlitz

Your smartphone or camera can be a handy tool to help protect BC’s biodiversity. This Labour Day weekend – wherever you go to enjoy the great outdoors in BC – snap some photos and join in on iNaturalist for ISCBC’s End of Summer BioBlitz September 2nd – 4th! Allison McCabe, Horticulturist and ISCBC’s Senior Lead of Outreach, […]