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image from the trail entrance of Norah's Pond, located at the Allan Brooks Nature Centre in Vernon BC. It shows the gazebo to the left with the plaque dedicated to Norah Foord. Norah's pond has a mixture of dried and green grasses and provides shelter and breeding grounds for many insects and animals, supporting the local ecosystem.
2025 Norah's Pond Revitalization Project
Starting mid-August this year, Norah Foord’s Pond will be undergoing a revitalization. This is a major...
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BAT PUPS LEARNING TO FLY
News Release July 24, 2023 OKANAGAN AND SIMILKAMEEN REGION, BC – Are you noticing more bats...
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BC Annual Bat Count helps monitor endangered wildlife
Program calls for bat roost reports and volunteers Written By: Paula Rodriguez de la Vega, Okanagan...
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Blossoms and Berries -- Uses of wild Sunflowers and Saskatoon berries.
Check out Roseanne Van Ee’s recent nature column in the Vernon MorningStar! Learn about different...
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ABNC presentation -- Grasslands Conservation Council of BC.
Alexis Olynyk outlines programs and purpose of Allan Brooks Nature Centre in Vernon BC
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Spring up to help local bats
BC Community Bat Program’s Okanagan Coordinator asking for help with bats. With bats waking...
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Okanagan Nature Nut: What good are mosquitos?
Ugh!! Mosquitoes! Hordes of them, buzzing in your ear and biting incessantly are a maddening nuisance....
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Part 2 on the ‘fascinating night guardians’
The Okanagan’s low to mid elevation ecosystems have the greatest variety and population of bats in all...
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Okanagan Nature Nut Narrows in on Bats
It’s bat season in B.C. They’ve migrated back to B.C. or left their hibernaculas to forage for insects....
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Fewer butterflies colour the Okanagan
They are some of the most delightfully coloured signs of spring. Some people say butterflies are like...
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