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Latest Posts
- Replacement Tower Location Decided
- Super-sized communications tower is not right for Mount Douglas
- Tower on PKOLS-Mount Douglas Open House, April 4, 2024
- Salmon Carcass Transplant, Mar. 16th, 2024
- The Wisdom of Our National Parks
- Aquavalid Water Monitoring of Douglas Creek
- Heating Tank Spill in Douglas Creek Watershed
- Tower Update Nov 20th
- Your Help is Urgently Needed!
- We support a New Tower, Next to the Existing One
- Proposed New Tower on PKOLS Problematic
- Dogs as Agents of Disturbance
- These Ecosystems in PKOLS-Mount Douglas are at Risk of Being Lost
- Extinction Threats to the Ecology of Saanich
- Environmental Protection Ruling
- Ecological Impacts of Dogs in Natural Areas
- Saving the Species
- Fire Safety is More Important Than Ever in PKOLS-Mount Douglas
- Volunteers, First Nations work to bring back a disappearing oak prairie: Mongabay News.
- Great Horned Owls
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PKOLS - Mount Douglas lies within the traditional territories of the W̱SÁNEĆ peoples, represented by the W̱JOȽEȽP, BOḰEĆEN, SȾÁUTW̱, W̱SIḴEM and MÁLEXEȽ Nations; as well as the the lək ̓wəŋən peoples, represented by the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations. The W̱SÁNEĆ and lək ̓wəŋən peoples have been here since time immemorial, and their relationship with the land and water is long and rich.
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Author Archives: Ed
Proposed New Tower on PKOLS Problematic
Saanich is planning to erect a taller tower well into the current parking lot. This is to replace the tower you see on the left. The image below, drawn to scale, would show the tower dominating the approach, blocking multiple … Continue reading
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Dogs as Agents of Disturbance
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Extinction Threats to the Ecology of Saanich
The Salish Sea archipelago, in which the Saanich Peninsula is included, is an enormously biodiverse region that supports unique mega flora with diverse topographies and microclimates. Throughout this unique ecological zone, there are populations of rare species that vary from … Continue reading
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Environmental Protection Ruling
In June of this year, the Environmental Protection Tribunal of Canada clarified an issue of dogs running at large within a migratory bird sanctuary. An individual was fined for having their dog off-leash in Cadboro Bay, which is in the … Continue reading
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Saving the Species
Justine Hunter’s article in the Globe and Mail highlights the unique species found in Southern Vancouver Island and how many are found nowhere else in the world, species that are in danger of becoming extinct. This is highlighted in the … Continue reading
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Volunteers, First Nations work to bring back a disappearing oak prairie: Mongabay News.
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Great Horned Owls
The Great Horned Owl is a large owl that hunts at night. They are about 70 cm tall with a 160cm wing span. The males and females are very similar in appearance, with the females being slightly larger. They lay … Continue reading
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Ground Nesting Birds and Others
We often repeat the protection mantra: please stay on the marked trails. There are several excellent reasons for this. The most obvious is that our feet treading the ground compresses the soil and trample plants. Then, where we walk others … Continue reading
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Endangered Coastal Douglas-fir
PKOLS-Mount Douglas is Saanich’s largest protected Coastal Douglas-fir forest. Our nature preserve is in a narrow climatic region with a Mediterranean-like climate that allows these trees to grow; unfortunately, through many factors, these forests in this zone are mostly unprotected … Continue reading
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