NATURE VANCOUVER AWARD RECIPIENTS: 2007 – 2011 The Kaye and Charles Ney Award for Exemplary Service 2007 Not awarded 2008 Daphne Solecki 2009 Jude Grass 2010 Jeremy McCall 2011 Louise Irwin The Davidson Award for Conservation 2007 Dawn Hanna 2008 Joseph Lin 2009 Rob Butler 2010 Anne Murray 2011 David Cook 2007 2009 2011 The Garibaldi Awards for Service to <strong>Nature</strong> <strong>Vancouver</strong> Kitty Castle Bob Dyer Hugh Hamilton Mike Gagel Viveka Ohman Leigh Wilks Elly Brok David Foreman Martin McNicoll Juliet Pendray Rosemary Taylor Sue Garber Jeremy Gordon Noriko Naraya Joan Lopez 12 <strong>Vancouver</strong> <strong>Naturalist</strong> <strong>March</strong> 2012 The Frank Sanford Award for Community Service 2007 Tom Nichols 2008 Mary Taitt & Susan Jones 2009 Not awarded 2010 Helen Spiegelman 2011 Marja de Jong Westman The Kay Beamish Award for <strong>Nature</strong> Education 2007 Larry Cowan 2008 Daphne Solecki 2009 Not awarded 2010 Sheila Byers 2011 Eva Nagy 2008 2010 Tim Blair Sheila Byers Julian Hudson Glenda MacPherson Istvan Orosi Nigel Peck Irmgard Dommel Murat Gungoraydinoglu Mark Habdas Fred Hornby Daniel Overmyer Alison Parkinson
<strong>Nature</strong> <strong>Vancouver</strong> Field Trip Info General Information Field Trips are offered almost every weekend by <strong>Nature</strong> <strong>Vancouver</strong> and are the most popular activity for members. Non-members are welcome to join these trips as a way to review the activities of the Society but are asked to limit their participation to three events. Our liability insurance coverage only applies to members in good standing. Those who participate do so at their own risk. Depending on the nature of the field trip, participants will be required to sign a Release of Liability form at the start of the trip. PDF copy of this form is available on the website at http://www.naturevancouver. ca/Main_Field_Trips. It is recommended that members read it before the day of the trip to avoid delays when signing it at the meeting place. Important Information for Participants Members planning to join these trips should contact the leader in advance to confirm carpool arrangements, especially when ferry travel or border crossings are planned. Please do not call after 9 p.m. An adult must accompany children under 15. On trips to the United States, a valid passport or enhanced driver's licence is now required for identification and it is advisable to have additional medical insurance as the BC Medical plan covers only a small portion of any medical costs in the US. For information on travel to the United States, see http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel. Safety Tips for Participants Consider the weather in the trip area (it is often very different from where you live) and bring suitable clothing and footwear! Depending on destination and season, bring insect repellent, sunscreen, a hat, lunch if necessary, more water than you think you’ll need, raingear, walking poles and boots with deep-tread soles and ankle support. Stay together and stay on the trails. Keep behind the coordinator (and ahead of the tail person, if there is one). To avoid false alarms, please tell the coordinator if you’re leaving the group and sign yourself off on the waiver form. Guidelines for Field Trip Leaders In order to conduct field trips, leaders do not need to be especially knowledgeable about birds, plants or other aspects of nature, since that sort of expertise is generally found among the participants. However, it is essential that one person coordinate the organization of the trip for the safety and well-being of all participants. That person is the field trip leader - and that is you. These guidelines are important both for your own legal protection and that of <strong>Nature</strong> <strong>Vancouver</strong>. Please read them carefully. The full text of the Guidelines for Field Trip Leaders and the PDF copy of Release of Liability form are available on the website at http:// www.naturevancouver.ca/Main_Field_Trips. Please return the completed forms to Field Trip Co-ordinator, Cynthia Crampton, 1230 Shorepine Walk, <strong>Vancouver</strong>, BC, V6H 3T8. Public Transit Information For public transit information in the Lower Mainland, contact TransLink at 604-953-3333 or http://www.translink.ca. For trips requiring a ferry journey, please confirm ferry sailing times. Contact British Columbia Ferries at 1-888-223-3779 or http:// www.bcferries.com/ Trip Difficulty Rating For risk management purposes <strong>Nature</strong> <strong>Vancouver</strong> uses a system of classifying field trips by rating their level of difficulty and adding an estimate of the time to be spent on the trail. The trip leader is responsible for deciding on the appropriate classification in conjunction with the Field Trip Coordinator. The difficulty rating system is as follows: A. Easy path or road with minimal elevation change and minimal hazards. B. Trail with possible rocks, roots or other hazards. Moderate gradient, occasional steep but short sections. Up to 100 m elevation change. C. Moderately steep gradient. 100 m to 500 m elevation change. D. Constant steep gradient. 500 m to 1,000 m elevation change. E. Any of the above with some scrambling, use of hands or bushwacking. Not commonly found on regular day hikes but sometimes experienced during Summer Camp field trips. The expected duration is then added to the letter category to obtain a combined letter/figure rating. Example: A C6 hike will be a C hike, as described above, with an estimated time on the trail of 6 hours. The estimated time spent during a field trip should be estimated to the nearest hour, and should not include driving time or time spent on ferries. Information for Carpooling On all trips, passengers should share gas expenses with their driver. The suggested cost of carpooling is $5 per car, per hour of driving, the total cost to be shared by all passengers. • For trips to West <strong>Vancouver</strong>, Cypress, Howe Sound, Squamish and Whistler, car pool at McDonald’s in Park Royal, West <strong>Vancouver</strong>. Take bus #250 or 257 Horseshoe Bay from any stop on Georgia Street downtown. From North <strong>Vancouver</strong>, take #239 or 255 Park Royal. Get off at the first stop after Taylor Way. Cross on the pedestrian crossing directly behind the stop, turn right and walk underneath the first overpass to the McDonald’s car park where we meet. • For trips to North <strong>Vancouver</strong>, Fraser Valley and Mt. Baker area, carpool at Franklin & Penticton in <strong>Vancouver</strong>. From downtown, take bus #10 Hastings or #16 29th Avenue Station. Get off at Kamloops Street (the first stop after Nanaimo) and walk one block east and one north. From Skytrain, take bus #16 Arbutus from 29th Avenue or Renfrew station and get off at Hastings and Penticton. From north Burnaby, take bus #135 and from Coquitlam or Port Moody, take #160 and get off at Nanaimo. • For trips to South <strong>Vancouver</strong>, Richmond, Delta and the Islands, carpool at 49th and Ash in <strong>Vancouver</strong>. Meet near the southeast corner of Tisdall Park on the north side of 49th. Day parking is available on the west side of Ash and the north side of 49th west of Ash (on weekends only). By transit, take Canada Line to 49th / Langara Station and walk one block west to Cambie. Or take bus # 49 between Dunbar and Metrotown, get off at Cambie and walk one block west. <strong>Vancouver</strong> <strong>Naturalist</strong> <strong>March</strong> 2012 13
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