Vancouver Island

One research scientist says the population is growing, but the whales are also leaving other areas

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/24577384 (!marinemammalrescue@lemmy.ca)

Patient Profile here: https://mmrpatients.org/patient/el2401-tofino/

Species: Sea Otter

Patient ID: EL2401

Admitted on: 2024/06/17

Collection Site: Wikkaninnish Island

Reason for Admission: Maternal separation

Weight at Admission: 2.10 kg

Patient Status: in care

Time in Care: 20 days

Current Habitat: Hospital (Intensive Care) 

Energy Minister Josie Osborne says the B.C. Hydro projects will create thousands of jobs over the next decade and ensure the region has enough clean, affordable and reliable electricity to power homes, businesses and the economy.

In the chilly waters of Vancouver Island's Barkley Sound, gardeners are at work on the sea floor.

The wild population of Canada's most endangered mammal, the Vancouver Island marmot, is anticipated to exceed 350 by the end of the summer thanks to the Marmot Recovery Foundation's captive-breeding efforts.

It may not seem like many, but 21 years ago the wild population had dropped to a count of fewer than two dozen.

An album of photos from the Cowichan Pride Parade 2024 in Duncan, BC, Vancouver Island. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBwxvZ

Authors on Vancouver Island are lucky. Many of the region's communities have at least one local, independent bookstore.

“Just five per cent of the province’s land is in the Agricultural Land Reserve, and seven per cent of that is roads, bodies of water, rivers and perhaps some federal land, so they can’t be farmed even though they are in the ALR.”

Situated in the attic and bat boxes of the North Oyster Community Centre in Ladysmith, the tiny mammals have formed a maternity colony, entirely made up of female bats and their young pups.