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Donate to The Nature Trust this holiday season
 When planning your gift giving this holiday season, consider a gift to nature by donating to The Nature Trust. Your support will help us to conserve BC and its amazing plants and wildlife. Recent donations allowed us to provide Western Painted Turtles with a place to "loaf" at Elizabeth Lake in the East Kootenay. Rob Neil, East Kootenay Conservation Land Manager, explains,  "Many people don't realize that because turtles are cold blooded, they need to come out of the water to warm up - hence, they need to loaf on logs and rocks. Increasing their body temperature is important for digesting food, ridding themselves of algae and helping to promote healthy shell growth. At Elizabeth Lake we installed logs so that the turtles and waterfowl would have somewhere to rest."
This is just one small example of how your donation can help to keep nature healthy, and turtles and our children, too! We hope you will make a gift for all seasons to The Nature Trust.
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HONOURING MARK ANGELO Thank you everyone!
 On Ocotober 21 over 170 people enjoyed a special evening recognizing Mark Angelo as a Conservation Champion. With the support of generous donors, The Nature Trust was able to raise more than $19,000 on the live and silent auctions. Special thanks to our Gold Table sponsors, dinner sponsors, wine sponsor and those who provided auction items. An anonymous donor gave $50,000 for the latest Heart of the Fraser property during the event and offered a challenge to others to match it. Already $35,000 has been pledged. If you would like to support the Heart of the Fraser, please contact Deb Kennedy at [email protected] | |
PEARL JAM FANS
A good time for a good cause
Thank you to The Wishlist Foundation for hosting a fundraiser on September 25 in Vancouver to benefit our conservation activities.
As Brad Laing from the Board of Directors for the Foundation said, "I think that The Nature Trust provides a wonderful service for our future by preserving green space. From our Pearl Jam pre-show fundraiser we were able to raise over $3,000 and I know it will get put to good use preserving our future. I am very proud of what both The Wishlist Foundation and The Nature Trust were able to raise over a 4-hour period by friends getting together before a Pearl Jam concert."
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PHOTO CONTEST
Grand Prize Winner!
 Congratulations to Don Erhardt for his photo of Takakkaw Falls in Yoho National Park. The moonlit shot was a winner with our judges and members of the public who voted. Don explains some of the challenges of capturing this outstanding image.
"After a trying seven hours working with a friend to capture the magic of Takakkaw Falls, I thought we were done. It was 10 p.m. Wondering if we should call it a day, my friend noticed the glacier opposite the falls glowing under moonlight. 'I wonder how long it will take the moon to rise above the falls to illuminate them.' An hour after midnight the moon's plane of light traced down the mountainside, across the valley floor and up the falls with such speed that our weariness was suspended by wonder.
"I was about 18 inches above the water for this image and about a half kilometer from the falls. Each frame took several minutes to expose and we could feel the icy fingers from the glacier high above the falls. Weird as it sounds it's like nature was communicating with us. I used a Nikon D700 14-24 mm lens set at 14mm, f.8 and a 62 second exposure at iso 1600.
"What was so astonishing was the peacefulness of the falls under the moonlight. It seemed we were the only ones to have ever seen the falls like this. Awe struck. A rare night indeed. I'll never forget it. Luck is where opportunity meets preparedness, but I like to think there's still a bit of magic in the stars."
Congratulations to category winners: Daphne Eze for All Living Things (lower right), Len Langevin for Renewing Nature (upper left) and Kevin Lee for Nature as Art (upper middle). Special thanks to Lens & Shutter and Nikon for providing prizes, judges Graham Osborne, Andrew Klaver and Vjeko Sager, and everyone who submitted photos and voted for photos. |
| UPCOMING EVENTS
Comox Valley Conservation: Join The Nature Trust's Tim Clermont along with Ralph Shaw and Art Martell to learn about conservation efforts in the Comox Valley.
November 19, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Blackfin Pub, 132 Port Augusta Street, Comox
Chehalis River Eagle Watching Tour: Join The Nature Trust's Jim Hope and Dan Buffet of Ducks Unlimited Canada for a 2-hour walking tour on the Chehalis River as part of the Fraser Valley Bald Eagle Festival. Field glasses, comfortable hiking shoes and proper outer wear recommended. The walk starts at the Sasquatch Inn (located 15 km west of Agassiz on the right hand side of Route 7).
Acoustic Love - Robert Kennedy Live in Concert: Come and experience 'Acoustic Love' with Robert Kennedy and his band as he showcases material from his self-titled EP as well as new tracks from his debut album 'Postcard'. He will be joined by special guest Karolyn Haze. Net proceeds will benefit The Nature Trust of BC.
November 30, 7:00 p.m. Presentation House, 333 Chesterfield Street, North Vancouver
Tickets: $10.00 in advance, $15 at the door
Box Office: 604-990-3474 or www.phtheatre.org/reservation.html
Up Your Watershed: Join Holly Arntzen, Kevin Wright, the Dream Band and 400 students from South Meridian, Coast Meridian and White Rock Elementary Schools for an amazing evening of music celebrating our watersheds, oceans and wild salmon.
December 3, 7:30 p.m. Bell Performing Arts Centre, 6250 144 Street, Surrey
Tickets: $20 General Admission, $10 Seniors/Students
Blue Water Caf�: Join The Nature Trust of BC and the Blue Water Caf� for an exclusive event celebrating the finest food and wine. As one of Canada's most accomplished chefs, Chef Frank Pabst will prepare a five-course dinner pairing a unique boutique Pacific Northwest wine for each course. Chef Pabst has been voted Chef of the Year in Vancouver, Vancouver Olympic Gold Plates Champion, and silver medalist at the Canadian Culinary Olympics.
Space is limited to 70 people. January 21, 2010 1095 Hamilton Street, Vancouver
Ticket price: $175 per person ($75 tax reciept)
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