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YNC Provincial Report by Daphne Solecki 22 Vancouver Naturalist March 2012 YOUNG NATURALISTS’ CLUB of British Columbia 2012 is going to see a change at the YNC. In May, at the AGM, I shall step down as President of the Young Naturalists’ Club of BC, having completed the maximum 5 year term, which was set when the YNC finally left the protection of Nature Vancouver and became an independent charitable organization. Of course, I will remain on the Board and very involved in its work, but it will be different. Happily, we have an energetic young president-elect and a talented, diverse Board of Directors, so YNC can look forward to a good future with new ideas and new vigour. We have wonderful volunteers leading local Young Naturalist Clubs all around the province, and new clubs starting up regularly (see the website www.ync.ca for all clubs). The number of nature clubs in Elementary schools is slowly growing as we learn how these clubs are best served – a bit of a trial and error process but we are getting there. As you may know, there are three other provincial YNCs which are modelled after YNC BC, and we will be working with them and Nature Canada to create a cross-Canada network of young naturalist clubs. We are also fortunate in having three amazing staff – Kristine Webber, Executive Director; Tammy Keetch – Clubs Coordinator; Membership Assistant - Leslie Ritchey. All are part-time and stretch their limited hours so the hours apparently consist of 120 minutes instead of the usual 60. Finally, talented Monica Belko remains as production editor for the quarterly YNC publication NatureWILD, which I shall continue to edit. This terrific team of Directors, YNC Leaders and staff allow me to feel that this is a good time to step away and reduce my involvement in day to day affairs. I am confident that the YNC is now in a position to do just as well without me as with me. None of all this would have come about if it were not for the essential support of Nature Vancouver during the first 6 – 7 years. I want to thank all Nature Vancouver members past and present and all the successive Boards of Directors (especially all the Treasurers who kept the YNC books balanced!) for their encouragement and their belief that the YNC is and will be an essential part of protecting nature and the environment in B.C. in the years to come. President: Daphne Solecki Executive Director: Kristine Webber 604-985-3057 www.ync.ca YNC Vancouver Trip Report by Eva Nagy This year in January we had the great fortune to have Dr. Robert Butler, who is not only an ornithologist and author of several books, but also a great educator, to give us the most interesting talk on crows. He is a fellow of The Explorers Club and the American Ornithologists Union, and an Outstanding Alumnus of two universities. Presently he is an adjunct professor of biology at Simon Fraser University, and president of Pacific Wildlife Foundation, which he co-founded. He is also a co-founder of the YNC. We are grateful that in his busy schedule he was able to come to the Young Naturalists Club. Dr. Butler has a lifetime of stories from expeditions and travels while studying and conserving birds. After an informative talk and slide show we had a lively question and answer period; I was amazed how much experience our young members already had with these fascinating birds. Dr. Butler also donated a book to our club which we had raffled off and it was very much appreciated by the member who received it. My sincere thanks go to the Stanley Park Ecology Society who provided the room and equipment for this occasion free of charge. The meeting was very well attended by 30 children and their parents. In February we revisited the laboratory at the UBC Department of Botany. Shona Ellis, Associate Head of Biology presented our group with a very special program called The Little Things in Life. She had several of her students helped out as our members learned how to use dissecting and compound microscopes. Shona divided us into five study groups: Mosses, Pond Life, What the heck is that?, Flowers, and Carnivorous Plants. Each children had the opportunity to look at organisms in great detail and received a little scrap book where they took notes by drawing what they had seen. We also took turns to visit the greenhouse where everyone planted a bean and took it home to watch it grow. Again, the program was well attended with the maximum number of members the lab could hold. It was great to see how interested everyone was with what they were doing. It was amazing how absorbed all the children were, looking at the beautiful images in the microscopes. It’s a great privilege to be able to visit this lab and have such an informative session with several assistants. Thank you Shona, it was a marvellous experience. For upcoming trips please visit our website. www.ync.ca Please consider a donation to YNC – you may mail a cheque to 1620 Mt. Seymour Road, North Vancouver, BC, V7G 2R9 or give through our website.
Nature Vancouver Contacts www.naturevancouver.ca Board of Directors (Directors’ responsibilities on page 2) President Daniel Overmyer eodano@shaw.ca 604-732-6719 Vice President Bill Kinkaid billkinkaid@gmail.com 604-710-6329 Secretary Cynthia Crampton cynthiacrampton@yahoo.ca 604-738-1405 Treasurer Jeremy McCall jpmccall@telus.net 604-876-7694 Director David Cook cookeco2@yahoo.com 604-924-0147 Director Jude Grass judegrass@shaw.ca 604-538-8774 Director Daphne Nagorsen dnagorsen@yahoo.com 778-230-8007 Director Viveka Ohman vohman@shaw.ca 604-531-3401 Director Dorothy Nelson dnels@shaw.ca 604-224-5668 Director Nigel Peck nigel@npeck.ca 604-255-0121 Director Bev Ramey bevramey@telus.net 604-224-7689 Director Section Contacts Birding Jude Grass judegrass@shaw.ca 604-538-8774 Birding Trips Adrian Grant Duff angrantduff@gmail.com 604-263-7957 Rare Bird Alert Wayne Weber contopus@telus.net 604-597-7201 Botany David Cook cookeco2@yahoo.com 604-924-0147 Conservation Margaret Coutts margaretcoutts@shaw.ca 604-512-1413 Geology David Cook cookeco2@yahoo.com 604-924-0147 Marine Biology Joan Lopez joan.lopez@live.com 604-682-1617 Other Contacts Archivist Mike McNulty mj.mcnulty@gmail.com 778-235-1303 Camp Committee Don Griffiths donansol@interchange.ubc.ca 604-228-1450 Discovery, Journal: Editor Jeremy McCall jpmccall@telus.net 604-876-7694 Book Review Editor Christine Adkins adkins@zoology.ubc.ca 604-731-6377 E-mail Bulletin Elena Klein info@naturevancouver.ca Field Trips Cynthia Crampton cynthiacrampton@yahoo.ca 604-738-1405 Finance Bob Dyer bob_dyer@telus.net 604-922-9798 Membership Chair Jeremy McCall jpmccall@telus.net 604-876-7694 Membership Secretary Sandra Booth boothsj@shaw.ca 604-926-6914 Outreach Displays Nigel Peck nigel@npeck.ca 604-255-0121 Outreach Publicity Nellie Bacou nellieba@telus.net 604-221-1620 Nature Tours Jude Grass judegrass@shaw.ca 604-538-8774 Photography Ron Long rlphoto@shaw.ca 604-469-1651 Reference Binder Daphne Nagorsen dnagorsen@yahoo.com 778-230-8007 Speakers Programs Jude Grass judegrass@shaw.ca 604-538-8774 Vancouver Naturalist: Editor Julian Hudson vnhs_news@hotmail.com 604-278-4451 Volunteer Coordinator Kelly Sekhon kellysekhon@yahoo.com 604-526-9091 Website Management Murat Gungoraydinoglu admin@naturevancouver.ca Young Naturalists’ Club Vancouver Co-ordinator Eva Nagy evnagy@shaw.ca 604-929-4286 Vancouver Naturalist March 2012 23
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