Promoting local natural environment through displays, tours, and exhibits. Includes contact information, calendar of events, program details and a gallery.
Promotes public awareness, stewardship and restoration of the local environment. Includes program details, membership form, events, list of directors and resource centre rentals.
Addresses cross-commodity issues in agriculture and provides a forum for farmers and ranchers to work together to develop agricultural policies, and advance those policies. It also functions as a watchdog for farmers advising them of emerging local and global developments.
Non-profit resource network for people and groups interested in lake issues and lake stewardship. Includes background information, newsletter, event calendar, and regional contact information.
Province-wide conservation organization of hunters, anglers and recreational shooters. Offers profile, list of programs, committee members, membership information, blogs and list of sponsors.
A history of city's famous park, including much related city facts. Articles present current park issues, with text enlivened with original photographs.
Information about major air quality issues, such as quality control, effects on health, emissions, climate change, quality assessments, laws, and reports.
Promoting and encouraging beekeeping in BC. Disseminating reliable and practical information, education, exhibitions and sponsorship of beekeeping activities.
Individuals interested in the investigation of various animals as yet unidentified by science. Includes publications, membership details, links, and animal profiles.
Home of the largest captive breeding centre in North America for endangered burrowing owls. Resources for teachers, kids, and volunteers; visitor information; animal photos and information; and park map.
Registered charitable non-profit society founded by local residents for the purpose of preserving the natural habitat of this property. Includes history, photos, description of current activities, and newsletter.
One of the world's most significant fossil discoveries. The non-profit geoscience foundation provides guided hikes, workshops and supports the development of earth science education programs.
Locally-based, non-profit society, works to maintain and enhance the health of the environment as the basis of a strong economy and vital society. Includes information about membership, projects and a parks guide.
A non-profit society dedicated to facilitating applied ecological research in the Columbia Mountains of British Columbia and to making information stemming from this research available to managers, resource technicians, scientists, and the public.
Involved in a collaborative activities from water quality monitoring to watershed restoration to input into land use planning processes and environmental education. Includes details of activities and photos.
Explores ways to develop environment sustainability and food security. Offers suggestions, tips and workshops in air quality, healthy housing, and green gardening.
Non-profit society raising funds to purchase and preserve the forests surrounding the community. Includes a virtual tour, project news, the society's profile, a membership form, and donation information.
Promotes interdisciplinary collaborations of art, culture, technology, and humanity. Innovative ways to communicate the daily relevance of science. Vancouver, BC.
Established and maintains an aesthetically pleasing botanical garden for the enhancement of public education, the improvement of scientific knowledge and the promotion of plant material. Includes organisation profile, display garden photographs, details on future garden proposal and photo gallery.
Interpretive education and research facility offering insight into the area's ecosystem, its plants and animals. Includes images, a virtual tour, a membership application, and employment and volunteer opportunities.
Electronic atlas project for the plants of British Columbia, covering life forms from vascular plants to algae, and topics from identification to scientific collections.
Licensing and regulatory body responsible for the province's more than 24,000 engineers and geoscientists. Includes searchable member directory, member services, events and resources.
Fraser-Fort George Regional Museum, specializing in hands-on science exhibits and local history. Includes current events, programs and exhibits; photo galleries and online photo archives.
A group transforming underutilized spaces through urban agriculture to promote community growth. Includes group profile, projects, services, participation, food, blog, contacts and donation.
Society determined to preserve ecologically sensitive natural environments from destructive human activities such as industrial resource extraction, road building and other similar developments.
Information about the unusual and rich ecosystem found in the rainshadow of the Vancouver Island Ranges, and efforts and plans to save the plant and animal habitats and species found there.
Protect and restore the marine environment of Georgia Strait. Includes newsletter, membership details, and resources on many environmental issues including a green boating guide.
A site of historic and ecological interest in the neighbourhood of Cedar Cottage, where two former creeks met, Gibson Creek and Davy Creek. Contains photos, history and links.
Seeks to preserve and protect local food systems by helping home owners care for and make use of food crops. Main focus is fruit trees, farms and gardens.
A cycling and environmental advocacy organization in Victoria, that provides information on safe cycling and cycle touring on Vancouver Island and the Canadian Gulf Islands.
Dedicated to promote cross-cultural understanding of the unique eco-systems and cultures among Taiwan, Asia and Canada, and to educate the public about the importance of conservation and bio-diversity. Includes a calendar of activities and photos. [English and Chinese]
Non-profit society that stewards the Green Timbers Urban Forest. Offers information on the forest, even listing, photo gallery and volunteer opportunities.
A non-profit local land trust whose principal purpose is to encourage and support habitat conservation on southern Vancouver Island and the southern Gulf Islands.
Nonprofit organization promoting the conservation of wildlife and its habitats. Includes information about the organization, its projects, and membership, as well as a photo gallery, news, and discussion forum.
Features the gardens of Royal Roads University, including Japanese and Italian gardens and a rose garden. Contains plant inventories and photo galleries.
A group that uses voluntary conservation methods like land donations and conservation covenants to help preserve and protect rural character, and natural and cultural areas.
Forest service operations on crown land, within about a 100 km radius of the city. Includes maps, news, and information about programs, noxious weeds, permits, and recreation sites.
About the Kanaka watershed, regional park, and its natural resources and wildlife, as well as community stewardship efforts focused on the Kanaka watershed, salmon enhancement, habitat protection and restoration.
Fisheries and marine environmental consultants. Local and coastal BC ecological and fisheries studies. Certified SCUBA Dive assessment and underwater assessments.
Offers research projects in molecular genetics, fermentation and bio-process engineering, synthesis and sequencing, protein analysis, cell culture and downstream processing, biomolecular thermodynamics and production of gene knock-outs. Located in Vancouver.
serves as the steward of the timber, range and recreation resources of British Columbia's unreserved public (Crown) forest land, which covers two-thirds of the province.
Gateway for the Cowichan Valley Naturalists' Society, the Cowichan Community Land Trust, and other local environmental organizations and environmentally-conscious businesses. Features events and volunteer opportunities.
Promotes and educates on the status of the Nechako Watershed White Sturgeon population. Regularly updated with ongoing efforts and research. Includes species details, preservation information, publications, research and kids activities.
NEAT is a not-for-profit organization that was formed to lessen the environmental impacts of the local waste-stream and to improve conservation of all resources.
Located on Hanson Island, studying the orcas which inhabit this area, and evaluating the human impacts on them. Includes photos, history, campaigns, contact information, and links.
A registered, non-profit, volunteer organization working to protect and enhance fish and wildlife habitat on the Oyster River. Offers news, events, and volunteering information.
Provides lapidary and faceting workshops, field trips, monthly meetings and newsletter, and an annual show and sale. Includes a membership application and FAQs.
A non-profit organization, promoting research and public education, with the goal of ensuring the long-term survival of the Western British Columbia coastal rainforest ecosystems.
Offers drive-thru recycling services in Abbotsford and Richmond and buys recyclable goods. Gives location information, company profile and recycling facts.
Documents the Physical Shoreline-Mapping System which is a scheme designed and developed in the early 1980's for mapping the physical character of the coastal zone of British Columbia.
Meets monthly to discuss astronomical interests. Observing sessions occur also. Provides members with access to rental telescopes, astronomy related library and monthly newsletter. Includes society profile, newsletter, observations, images and membership information.
Ten-hectare reserve featuring a freshwater lagoon and forested acreage. Current focus of the Society is the construction of the Iris Griffith Field Studies and Interpretive Centre. Includes details of programs and events that will be offered.
Studies environmental issues and informs the public about environmental problems and solutions in the area. Topics include forestry, water, provincial parks, land use plans and climate change.
An environmental non-profit organization registered in Victoria, Canada, dedicated to protecting British Columbia's wildland and wildlife, particularly the ancient temperate rainforest ecosystems.
B.C.'s oldest environmental interest group. Operates an Environmental Resource Centre, lists local environmental events, and initiates various campaigns for better air, water, and land.
Comprises a variety of members from all aspects of forestry - including industry, consulting firms and government. Includes events, news, articles and reports, seminar notes and photographs.
Citizen-driven volunteer group working in partnership with fellow citizens, corporations, and local, provincial and federal governments to protect and enhance part of the Brunette watershed. Includes activities and volunteer opportunities.
Dedicated to collect, preserve, document and promote a diversity of plants, including native plants. Features projects, FAQs, activity archives, events and information about area clubs.
Formed in 1997 for the purpose of assisting local conservation advocacy groups to reach their goals as well as to address major regional conservation and environment issues. Includes director profiles, events, projects and a membership application.
Official voice of independent logging contractors in the coastal region. Includes information about membership, publications, and events. Located in Vancouver.
Student-driven 40 hectare model farm on the University of British Columbia campus. Offers an events calendar, a publication library, project descriptions, and donation details.
This group is involved in modelling and analysis of past, present and future climate primarily using their locally developed Earth System Climate Model, known internationally as the "UVic coupled model".
An association of researchers, professionals and students who have an interest in the field of bioinformatics. Background, meetings, directions and contact details.
Provides an opportunity for those interested in the natural world, to come together to share their ideas and experience on topics including botany and bird watching.
An integrated ecosystem-based resource management program. Includes general information about the program, profiles of board members, news, and resources.
Whale, dolphin or porpoise sightings from Coastal waterways in British Columbia. Monitor and publish numbers, species, sightings and behaviour. A publication of the non-profit Wild Ocean Whale Society (WOWs).
Marine conservation society has been working to highlight the whales, dolphins and porpoise of the BC coast, and to raise public awareness, respect and enthusiasm for their protection and welfare. Based in Powell River, BC.