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Muskrat Express newsletter

The club newsletter, Muskrat Express, is produced six to eight times a year and reports on upcoming events and field trips, conservation activities, recent bird sightings and Scout Island Nature Centre news. It has been in production since the late 1970s.


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2012
   

BC Nature AGMJanuary 2012

  • Invasive Species, Invasive Ants
  • Our View of the Night Sky – January & February 2012.
  • Stories the Tracks in the Snow tell us
2011
   

BC Nature AGMDecember 2011

  • WLFN-Nature Trust Writing Contest Results
  • November Birds
  • Cranberries
  • Williams Lake Water Level

Scout Island Fund-raiserOctober-November 2011

  • Report on BC Nature AGM & Conference
  • Bird sightings from the Williams Lake Area
  • Birds with Deformed Bills
  • Northern Saw-whet Owl
  • Green Cleaning Ingredients Explained
 

Scout Island Fund-raiserSeptember 2011

  • Book review: Sidetracked
  • Give Your Crisper a Makeover
  • Pantage Lake - A birding location of significance
  • Hooded Merganser

BC Nature AGMMay & June 2011

  • The McTaggart-Cowan Outstanding Naturalist Award
  • BC Nature Spring Conference and AGM
  • Field Trip Reports
  • Atlassing in June
 

Scout Island Fund-raiserApril 2011

  • Cariboo Chilcotin Checklist of Birds
  • Sagebrush Buttercup
  • Spring Bird Sightings from the Williams Lake Area
  • 2011 Field Trip List

OwlMarch 2011

  • Annual Fund Raising Banquet
  • Scout Island Nature Centre Report
  • Bird Feeding – the Dark Side
  • The Truth about Owls
  • True Winter Insects
 

Scout Island Fund-raiserJanuary-February 2011

  • Update – BC Nature Spring Conference and AGM
  • Scout Island Nature Centre Report
  • Holiday Atlassing in the Itcha Mountains
  • Galls. From A Guide to Nature in Winter
2010
   

Scout Island Fund-raiserDecember 2010

  • 43rd Williams Lake Christmas Bird Count
  • Scout Island Fund-raising
  • Bark beetles
  • Winter World: the ingenuity of animal survival

Jaguar in BoliviaOctober-November 2010

  • 2 Months in the Bolivian Amazon
  • 2011 BC Nature AGM and Conference Update
  • Cariboo Bird Sightings
 

Motherston book by Chris HarrisSeptember 2010

  • Motherstone – British Columbia’s Volcanic Plateau by photographer, Chris Harris
  • Updates from Scout Island, Eagle Lake
  • A Feather (Bird) for Victor’s Hat
  • Bird sightings from Williams Lake

FrogMay-June 2010

  • Amphibian Declines from the Global to the Local
  • Chilanko Marsh Field Trip Report (27th annual bird count)
  • Remaining Field Trips (2010)
 

April 2010

  • Growing succulents and Maintaining a Collection in the Harsh Climate of South Cariboo
  • Science World in Williams Lake, Scout Island has a great booth!
  • 2010 Field Trips

tempFebruary 2010

  • Upcoming Programs
  • Colleen's Visit to Argentina
  • Downy Woodpecker
 

January 2010

  • Two Water/Nutrients Related Talks
  • Your own m3 of the Nature House
  • Northern Hawk Owl
2009

Volunteerings at a bird-banding station - Audrey HoegNovember-December 2009

  • Important membership news
  • October Writing Workshop at the Nature House
  • Where have all the salmon gone?
  • Volunteering at a Bird Banding Station
 

May-June 2009

  • Brunson Lake Field Trip Report
  • Chilanko Marsh Field Trip Report
  • Spawning Stories, Hatching Change

March 2009

  • Anna Roberts - Life Membership
  • Cavity Nesting Birds of the Cariboo Chilcotin and Argentina
  • Dead Wood is Needed for a Living Forest
  • BC Breeding Bird Atlas
 

February 2009

  • Breeding Bird Boat Tour of the Fraser River
  • A Brief History of the Williams Lake Field Naturalists Club
  • Where have all the Redpolls Gone?

by Ken FerrisJanuary 2009

  • Annual Fund Raising Banquet: The Art of Nature: An Evening with Ken Ferris.
  • 41st Annual Williams Lake Christmas Bird Count
  • Cariboo Chilcotin Sustainability Coordinator

 

2008

Northern Pygmy OwlDecember 2008

  • Annual Williams Lake Christmas Bird Count
  • Scout Island Nature Centre Notes
  • Northern Pygmy Owl
  • American Dipper
  • A Scroll Saw Chickadee

November 2008

  • Nature Journeys Memories
  • New Otter Point Bridge
  • Friends of Churn Creek Protected Area
  • Nature Notes from the Williams Lake Area

September 2008

  • Farwell Canyon to Big Creek Field Trip
  • Rose Lake Oxygen Levels
  • Scout Island Nature Centre News

June 2008

  • Field Trip Report - Chilanko Marsh
  • Field Trip Report - A Trip up the San Jose
  • Field Trip Report - Churn Creek
  • The Elton Anderson Award

Pelican near Williams LakeApril 2008

  • Conservation update
  • Scout Island Centre update
  • American White Pelican
  • Breeding Bird Atlas
  • Field trip list 2008
Glen ChiltonFebruary 2008
  • Annual General Meeting
  • Annual Fund Raising Banquet
  • Bluebird Routes
  • Scout Island Marsh Nest Boxes
  • Conservation Update
  • Smallmouth Bass in the Cariboo
Naturalists in the Northern RockiesJanuary 2008
  • Naturalists in the Northern Rockies
  • Williams Lake Christmas Bird Count
  • Conservation Strategy Forum
  • Scout Island Nature Centre News
 
2007
Mating loons on nest platformMay 2007
  • Marsh Festival June 8th and 9th
  • Chilanko Marsh Field Trip report
  • Scout Island Nature Centre Summer Program
Eurasoan widgeonApril 2007
  • Scout Island Nature Centre Spring Banquet
  • Alkali Lake Field Trip
  • Annual General Meeting Report
  • Western Toad Breeding Sites
  • Field Trip List 2007
Chris Harris - Bowron LakesFebruary 2007
  • 2007 Spring Banquet, featuring Chris Harris
  • Bluebird Routes
  • Scout Island Marsh Nest Boxes
  • New in the Library


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