The stump ranchers: How #Merville lost its #trees. The #logging and #colonial settlement history of the #Comox Valley helps us understand why the coastal #DouglasFir #ecosystem is now #endangered.

https://thediscourse.ca/comox-valley/the-stump-ranchers-how-merville-lost-its-trees

Trumpeter swans on the lookout in K'ómoks estuary.

I used a telephoto lens and kept a respectful distance from them. I always do with wildlife. This is not about me getting the shot, this is about respecting wildlife. In this particular case, they spend the winter here so they need to eat and rest before they move on to their next destination.

#ThrowbackThursday
2020.

#Laichwiltach Nation’s Hereditary Chief Tsahaukuse's (aka George Quocksister Jr.) traditional, #handwoven Chief's #hat. Made from yellow #cedar bark with beading & an #EagleFeather attached.
Sitting in front of the woven hat is a row of some #handcarved miniature canoe #paddles, carved from red & yellow cedar. Chief Darren Blaney of the #Xwémalhkwu aka #Homalco #FirstNation #carved over 100 of these paddles. They were carved in #honour of the many young Homalco lives lost.

Awesome news I got early notice that my application for 2025 VISSA program was processed & I've been accepted to participate. I'm participating in annual Herb Bradley Snowsports Festival - with all gear & lessons covered for Nordic. I haven't tried their Nordic program yet & am stoked to learn! I booked a day for more sitski training too - it's only $10 for program participants.

Ojistoh, my Mohawk sister-friend, is going with me as my support friend & personal assistant.

I am SO EXCITED!
It's been 4 years since I was last able to participate in adaptive snowsports!

These photos are from my lessons in 2020.

I'll find out in November if I will get a spot at 2025 VISSA at Mt. Washington. I want to try out their adaptive Nordic program, if I get in. I also want to practice more sitski because I'm interested in doing races if I can get good enough to qualify for competitive racing in the future. I loved riding it down from the Eagle lift summit a few times when I was accepted into program in 2020.

I love Winter & being up on the mountains in snow. I just don't have many opportunities to go up mountains in snowy Winter.

Flight schedule for the final #HawaiiMars flight today has been released by the BC Aviation museum! Details for overflights of #PortAlberni #CampbellRiver #Courtenay #Comox #PowellRiver #Qualicum #Parksville #Nanaimo #GulfIslands #Ladysmith #Crofton #Duncan #Victoria #YYJ

It will have a number of escorts including at the final landing by the Snowbirds!

We will be watching from across the water from #yyj airport in Mill Bay!
#aviation #history #bcam #martinMars

My Summer edition of #WatershedSentinel #EnvironmentalNews #magazine has arrived.
Reading it, tonight.

https://watershedsentinel.ca/

Published out of #Comox in #BritishColumbia #Canada.