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Trees Broken, Uprooted, Toppled by Wind
Beaufort Picnic Area, Cameron Lake, British Columbia
19 Apr 2019
LEO Network
Event
Dead grey whale towed to Institute of Ocean Sciences in Sidney for necropsy
Sidney Channel, British Columbia, Canada
5 Apr 2019
CHEK
Event
Intrusion of Beach Stones and Saltwater into the Coastal Forest
French Beach Provincial Park
24 Mar 2019
LEO Network
Event
Eagle preys on duck on Saanich Peninsula
North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
26 Feb 2019
Victoria News
Event
72 dead baby sharks removed from dead pregnant shark during necropsy at Coles Bay
Coles Bay, Saanich, BC
7 Feb 2019
Event
Pregnant shark washes up on Vancouver Island shoreline
North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
6 Feb 2019
Vancouver Island
Event
Pregnant Bluntnose Sixgill Shark (
Hexanchus griseus
) in Coles Bay
Cole Bay, British Columbia, Canada
5 Feb 2019
LEO Network
Event
Windstorm and Widespread Forest Blowdown
Whisky Creek, British Columbia
10 Jan 2019
Port Alberni Valley News
Event
Heart of White Rock breaks along with pier
White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
20 Dec 2018
CBC
Event
Hundreds of sea lions take over docks of Cowichan Bay
Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
14 Nov 2018
CHEK
Event
Sitka spruce (
Picea sitchensis
) die-off French Beach
North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
1 Nov 2018
LEO Network
Event
Dangerously high levels of Red Tide found in bivalve shellfish on B.C. coast
Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada
1 Nov 2018
Global News
Event
Three new humpback whales identified off east Vancouver Island
Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada
30 Oct 2018
CHEK
Event
'A really, really significant sighting': Vancouver Island birdwatchers aflutter over unusual arrival
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
18 Oct 2018
CBC
Event
Vancouver temperatures hit an all-time record low yesterday
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
5 Oct 2018
Daily Hive
Event
Dead and dying birds rain down in unexplained occurrence in B.C. community
Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Canada
21 Sep 2018
National Post
Event
Rare sighting of lone Brown Pelican in Oak Bay waters
Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada
5 Sep 2018
Victoria News
Event
Red Cedar (
Thuja plicata
) mortality from drought stress
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
3 Sep 2018
LEO Network
Event
Drought has volunteers walking Cowichan Lake area’s dry rivers and creek-beds looking for stranded fish fry
Cowichan Lake Area, British Columbia, Canada
22 Aug 2018
Lake Cowichan Gazette
Event
White-winged Dove
(Zenaida asiatica)
in Port Renfrew
Port Renfrew, British Columbia, Canada
22 Aug 2018
Event
Northernmost American Bullfrog
(Lithobates catesbeianus)
Observation on iNaturalist
Inland Lake Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada
21 Aug 2018
iNaturalist.org
Event
Thick smoke in the Alberni Valley, lasting days
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
15 Aug 2018
LEO Network
Event
Ship Creek Almost Dry
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
7 Aug 2018
LEO Network
Event
'Red tide' algal blooms appearing around B.C. coastal waters
Coastal Waters, British Columbia, Canada
18 Jul 2018
CBC News
Event
Warning issued after toxic death cap mushrooms found in Greater Victoria
Cedar Hill Golf Course, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
17 Jul 2018
Times Colonist
Event
Exploding Salish Sea seal population sparks call for a cull
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
7 Jul 2018
Vancouver Sun
Event
Brown ocean water at White Rock beach caused by ‘algae bloom’
White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
6 Jul 2018
Peace Arch News
Event
Sea Otter
(Enhydra lutris)
Foraging in Re-occupied Soft Bottom Habitats
Haro Strait, British Columbia, Canada
21 Jun 2018
LEO Network
Event
Bald Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Targeting Forage Fish in Open Water
Island View Beach, British Columbia, Canada
21 Jun 2018
LEO Network
Event
Sea Otter (
Enhydra lutris)
Sighted in the Haro Strait
Island View Beach Regional Park
8 Jun 2018
LEO Network
Event
'Set net' of Great Blue Heron
(Ardea herodias)
Island View Beach, Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
8 Jun 2018
LEO Network
Event
Rare killer whale sighting in Victoria's Inner Harbour
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
7 Jun 2018
CTVNews
Event
Where salmon recreational fishing will be closed to boost orcas
Gulf Islands, British Columbia, Canada
2 Jun 2018
Times Colonist
Event
B.C. on track to break records for dry weather in May
White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
31 May 2018
Lake Cowichan Gazette
Event
European Starlings
(Sturnus vulgaris)
invaded our neighborhood and city
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
29 May 2018
LEO Network
Event
What is Eating Garry Oak (
Quercus garryana
) Leaves?
Mount Tolmie, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
27 May 2018
LEO Network
Event
Old-growth logging in Nahmint Valley
Nahmint Valley, British Columbia, Canada
26 May 2018
CHEK
Event
Gulf Islanders raise alarm over too many whale-watching boats
Southern Gulf Islands, British Columbia, Canada
26 May 2018
CBC News
Event
California Quail
(Callipepla californica)
Expanding Poleward
24 May 2018
LEO Network
Event
Pair of Sea Otters
(Enhydra lutris)
Observed in Cordova Channel
Tsawout First Nation Beach, British Columbia, Canada
19 May 2018
LEO Network
Event
"Total devastation": Dozens of fish killed in North, West Vancouver streams
West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
7 May 2018
CBC News
Event
Shifting species composition of sealions at Hornby Island
Flora Islet, British Columbia, Canada
8 Apr 2018
LEO Network
Event
Bivalves recently cracked by sea otters (
Enhydra lutris
) indicating re-occupation
Island View Beach, British Columbia, Canada
7 Apr 2018
LEO Network
Event
Vancouver Island cholera outbreak 'a unique situation,' health officials say
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
25 Mar 2018
Vancouver Sun
Event
Cholera found in herring eggs from Oceanside area
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
23 Mar 2018
NanaimonewsNOW
Event
Unseasonably early daffodils prompt wish for cold weather on B.C. farm
North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
9 Feb 2018
Lake Cowichan Gazette
Event
Chordgrass (
Spartina
sp.) eradication at Goose Spit
Goose Spit Regional Park, Comox, British Columbia, Canada
5 Dec 2017
LEO Network
Event
Victoria breaks rainfall record for November
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
2 Dec 2017
Lake Cowichan Gazette
Event
Paper Mill Dam: Swimming Hole Monitoring
Paper Mill Dam, Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
25 Nov 2017
LEO Network
Event
Wednesday's warm weather record-breaking in Duncan
Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
24 Nov 2017
Cowichan Valley Citizen
Event
King-of-the-salmon (
Trachipterus altivelis
) stranded on beach
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
26 Sep 2017
LEO Network
Event
'Very rare' King-of-the-Salmon fish found on Vancouver Island beach
Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada
24 Sep 2017
CBC News
Event
Rare "king-of-the-salmon" washes up on Oak Bay beach
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
21 Sep 2017
Surrey Now-Leader
Event
Atlantic salmon arrive in French Creek -- Not in a good way!
French Creek, British Columbia, Canada
10 Sep 2017
Fisherynation.com
Event
Wildfire smoke leads to weather alert on Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
5 Sep 2017
Victoria News
Event
Dry Koksilah River threatens fish in Cowichan Valley
Koksiloh River, British Columbia, Canada
5 Sep 2017
Lake Cowichan Gazette
Event
Juvenile Pacific herring (
Clupea pallasii
) in southern coastal BC
Southern BC Waters
2 Sep 2017
LEO Network
Event
Mysterious, Brain-Like Blob Found in Lagoon
Lost Lagoon, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
31 Aug 2017
Event
Increase in Common Raven (
Corvus corax
) abundance
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
22 Aug 2017
LEO Network
Event
Warning about Death Cap mushrooms in Victoria and Vancouver
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
22 Jul 2017
NEWS 1130
Event
Death cap mushrooms popping up early in Uplands
Ripon Road, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
18 Jul 2017
Times Colonist
Event
Death cap mushrooms beginning to return to Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
17 Jul 2017
CBC News
Event
Potentially fatal death cap mushrooms spotted in Victoria neighbourhood
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
17 Jul 2017
Vancouver Island
Event
Fewer European Earwigs (
Forficula auricularia
) in Victoria, BC
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
4 Jun 2017
LEO Network
Event
Leaping lizards! Victoria under invasion
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
27 May 2017
Times Colonist
Event
Victoria Day heat a 10-year Duncan high
Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
25 May 2017
Lake Cowichan Gazette
Event
Pacific sardine (
Sardinops sagax
) in Port Moody Arm
Port Moody Arm, British Columbia, Canada
28 Apr 2017
LEO Network
Event
B.C.'s provincial tree threatened by climate change, expert says
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
15 Apr 2017
CBC News
Event
No assurance that water in Cowichan River now will help with summer drought
Lake Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada
5 Apr 2017
Lake Cowichan Gazette
Event
Herring spawn on eelgrass
Coal Port, Delta, British Columbia, Canada
2 Apr 2017
LEO Network
Event
Herring spawn near Lily Point
Near Lily Point, Point Roberts, Washington, United States
25 Mar 2017
LEO Network
Event
Gray Whale (
Eschrichtius robustus
) near Vancouver
Sturgeon Bank Wildlife Management Area, British Columbia, Canada
10 Mar 2017
LEO Network
Event
Bumper harvest as herring return to Strait of Georgia in great numbers
French Creek, British Columbia, Canada
5 Mar 2017
Vancouver Sun
Event
Manila Clam (
Venerupis philippinarum
) Die-Off
Lummi Bay, Bellingham, Washington (Lummi Nation), United States
23 Feb 2017
LEO Network
Event
Thousands of Dead Red Rock Crabs (
Cancer productus
) on Beach
Denman Island, British Columbia, Canada
30 Dec 2016
LEO Network
Event
December Blossoms of Japanese Flowering Cherry (
Prunus subhirtella
)
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
3 Dec 2016
LEO Network
Event
Sand lance (
Ammodytes personatus
) school
Island View Beach
1 Dec 2016
LEO Network
Event
Juvenile Sand lance (
Ammodytes personatus
) intertidal burrowing
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
3 Nov 2016
LEO Network
Event
Garry Oak (
Quercus garryana
) Leaves and Flowers Opening in November
Mount Tolmie, Saanich, BC, Canada
1 Nov 2016
LEO Network
Event
Juvenile Pacific Herring ball (
Clupea pallasii
)
Henderson Point, North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
10 Oct 2016
LEO Network
Event
Unusual Turbidity in Sarita River
Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada
3 Oct 2016
LEO Network
Event
Mixed schools of Sandlance (
Ammodytes personatus
) and Pacific herring (
Clupea pallasii
)
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
2 Oct 2016
LEO Network
Event
Plumose anemones (
Metridium
spp.) detaching from rocks
Bowyer Island, Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada
30 Sep 2016
LEO Network
Event
Surf smelt (
Hypomesus prestiosus
) school
15m north of the Island View Beach boat ramp
28 Sep 2016
LEO Network
Event
Increasing Sea Surface Temperature at Entrance Island
Entrance Island, British Columbia, Canada
19 Sep 2016
LEO Network
Event
Large school of post-larval California anchovy (
Engraulis mordax
)
Trincomali Channel, Valdes Island
23 Aug 2016
LEO Network
Event
Fraser River sockeye salmon at lowest numbers since records began in 1893
Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada
22 Aug 2016
Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly
Event
Shift of Diverse Subtidal Community to Sea Cucumber (Holothuroidea) Barrens
Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada
6 Aug 2016
LEO Network
Event
California anchovy (
Engraulis mordax
) schools
Turnstall Bay, Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada
20 Jun 2016
LEO Network
Event
Increased Spread of Japanese Knotweed
Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada
23 Apr 2016
LEO Network
Event
Lowest Water Table on Record (Summer 2015)
Delta, British Columbia, Canada
22 Apr 2016
LEO Network
Event
Stage 3 Water Restrictions in Shawnigan Lake, BC
Shawnigan Lake, BC
20 Apr 2016
LEO Network
Event
Band-tailed Pigeon - Lower Mainland BC
South Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
18 Apr 2016
LEO Network
Event
Record High Temperatures for April 18, 2016
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
18 Apr 2016
LEO Network
Event
Hummingbird Sightings on the Sunshine Coast
Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
27 Mar 2016
LEO Network
Event
Are Vancouver's recent Gray Whale sightings the start of regular seasonal visits?
Stanley Park Seawall, British Columbia, Canada
1 Oct 2015
Georgia Straight
Event
Bullfrogs threaten B.C. ecosystems
Southwestern British Columbia
21 Jul 2015
Canadian Geographic
Event
Big Mama and the return of the humpback whales to the Salish Sea
Salish Sea
17 Jun 2015
Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly
Event
Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanum Dulcamara)
Delta, British Columbia, Canada
5 Jun 2015
LEO Network
Event
Victoria Harbour 2: Contaminants in Sediment and Mussels
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
28 Jan 2015
LEO Network
Event
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