Mushrooms of the West Coast 2022

Ucluelet Community Centre 500 Matterson Drive, Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada

This weekend field course will introduce participants to the wonderful world of West Coast Mushrooms. Topics to be covered include introduction to fungi (what are they, and what is their role in our forests?), essentials of collecting and identifying fungi in the field, edible, medicinal and poisonous fungi, cooking with wild mushrooms, and more! Course […]

$250.00

Let’s talk about Seaside Snakes

Ucluelet Community Centre 500 Matterson Drive, Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada

Come and  learn all about garter snakes (what they eat, where they live, how they spend their time) and the cool part .... they play in the west coast ecosystems around us.

Best of both worlds: Moth antenna on a smelling drone

Zoom Event

Nature has developed amazing chemical sensors which greatly surpass man-made sensors in sensitivity and speed. A male Manduca sexta hawkmoth can sense the female's pheromone in concentrations as small as 1 in 10^17 molecules of air! To learn more about and mimic the way moths locate food and mates, I equipped a small palm-sized drone, […]

Free

Shorebird Soiree

Roar @ Hotel Zed 1258 Pacific Rim Hwy, Tofino, BC, Canada

We are having a party, a celebration of the shorebird migration and the Raincoast Education Society!!  🎉 Thursday April 27th, the Raincoast Education Society will be having our annual Shorebird Soiree fundraiser from 5 - 9pm at Roar & Hotel Zed. This event will be a magical evening of good food, good people, shorebirds flying […]

$1.00 – $25.00

Birding on the Mudflats

Hotel Zed Tofino 1258 Pacific Rim Highway, Tofino, British Columbia, Canada

Find fellow birders, spotting scopes and bird guide Mark Maftei from the RES on the viewing platform of Hotel Zed Tofino!

Coastal Raincoast Ecology

Yellowgate Trail across from Pacific Sands Resort Tofino

Part of the West Coast Ambassador Program: This 2 - 2.5-hour session, taught by Barb Beasley, focuses on coastal terrestrial ecosystems. From the forest floor to the top of the canopy, this course will explore the interactions that occur in our local terrestrial ecosystems and the many species that inhabit them. This alternates between Ucluelet […]

Free

Marine Ecology

Ucluelet Aquarium 180 Main St, Ucluelet, BC, Canada

The West Coast Ambassador Program: This 2 - 2.5-hour session focuses on the rich marine environment that plays an integral role in life on this coast. This course will cover the intertidal and pelagic ecosystems of Clayoquot and Barkley Sounds, including seaweeds, invertebrates, and marine mammals (and more!) as well as local oceanographic conditions. The […]

Free

Small Town, Big Picture: Tofino

Načiks/Monks Point 174 West St., Tofino, BC

Learn about local history, cross-cultural understanding, businesses and activities, festivals, host etiquette, and important civic information specific to Tofino.

Free