Gather 'round for storytime, kids! Many intellectual giants <cough [bots] cough> this week losing their fecal sacs over the American Ornithological Society decision to replace eponymous names for birds. "You're erasing history" they cry. Let's explore some history with #BachmansSparrow. 🧵1\12

🚨 BIG NEWS!!! What's The Deal With Birds? is going Hollywood! That's right folks, there's a film in the works inspired by your favorite spoof journal article 😝. Find out more and support this female-led project here: franksbirds.com/donations 1/3

Saturday, June 22, 8:30am - Welcome the arrival of summer with an educational bird walk focused on seeing birds and their interconnection to Maplewood Flats. Register for your spot by donation: zeffy.com/ticketing/a160…

Excited with our 16th annual Osprey Festival lineup ! Thx @NorthVanRC District of North Vancouver Discussion East Van Graphics #northvan

Join us this Saturday 2nd annual Indigenous Knowledge for Climate Change Action Symposium! 11am-3pm RSVP: bit.ly/4chOrMX includes an exhibition, discussions around Tsleil-Waututh views on climate change. Sponsored by District of North Vancouver Discussion Sustainability Grant. #northvan

Challenging Colonial Land Management on the North Shore - From Maplewood Flats to #FireSmart Logging Sat Sept 7, 11am-1pm. Free walk & dialogue on local conservation & land mngt practices w CeaseWyss Paul Hundal, @dutchphoto & Les George #NorthVan #WestVan North Shore News

Our #CoastSalish Plant Nursery re-opens this Saturday for best time to plant #nativeplants in #Vancouver . Check out words from Alejandro our Manager breaking it all down. Video: youtube.com/shorts/w9EBlkY… #northvan #deepcove #seymour #reconciliation Tsleil-Waututh Nation

North Vancouver District gets $4.8M for shoreline restoration of Whey-ah-Wichen/Cates Park dlvr.it/TDPQw6

Land-based Pedagogy Learning Circle at Maplewood Flats on Sept 28. Through a place-based & land-based education pedagogy, we consider how education systems can enable settler accomplices & First Nations do landback projects. Tickets: zeffy.com/ticketing/81ed… #landbasededucation

What a weekend! Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Land Based Pedagogy Learning Circles event on Saturday walks and talks. We continue to deepdive into how education systems can promote landback actions #decolonizingconservation #landbasedpedagogy #tsleilwaututh

#Climateaction only has one solution = #skytrain and this plan must mobilize redress and reconciliation to partner w #SquamishNation to make reality. Climate action and reducing cars on second narrows won’t be achieved by rapid buses. We’ve seen the numbers. #northvan

We are hiring an Operations and Administration Manager! 🌿 Join our team at Maplewood Flats to support wild birds, nurture biodiversity, build community, and practice landback.🔗 Learn more & apply: wildbirdtrust.org/about-wbt/jobs… #wildbirds #habitat #conservation #placebased #redress

Assessing the population status of 463 bird species that regularly occur in Canada. The 2024 State of Canada’s Birds is a partnership between Birds Canada and Environment Canada Get the full story at StateOfCanadasBirds.org Art by Shaylena Stenback. #stateofcanadasbirds

Did you know our Coast Salish Plant Nursery services the #meetingevents industry with #CoastSalish plant decor. For events emphasizing #IndigenousKnowledge #ClimateAction #conservation #decolonization we’re happy to support. Inquiries to [email protected] #vancouver

These trees are living ancestors of our city, carrying the legacy of our natural & cultural heritage. Development & biodiversity protection can go together. But it can't occur in expense of the other. I request our policymakers to ensure progress that respects our environment.

Here’s hoping for no rain tomorrow evening. Happy Hallowe’en everyone!

A pharmaceutical giant stopped importing long-tailed macaques to the #US after a DoJ investigation. Then the company dramatically increased its importation of these endangered monkeys into #Canada. thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/ottaw…

Glad to have BC Youth Climate Corp on site with University of British Columbia SALA Archus Sam Kohlman considering #sealevelrise #climatechange impacts on Maplewood Flats Working w Voor Urban Labs designing decolonial landbased education to mobilize public as accomplices for L andback for Tsleil-Waututh Nation

Grateful to @takayatours for supporting the installation of our purple martin nest boxes here in unceded @tsleilwaututhnation waters. Habitat restoration and wildlife management needs to be centred with a First Nations rights framework #decolonizebirding #vanbirdweek #vanbird

Saturday is 17th Annual Osprey Festival. ʔəm̓i ce:p (Welcome) to a celebration of shared lands & cultures in #NorthVan səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). learn about #landback plant + bird walks, food, children’s zone, visual arts. Thx to funders Real Estate Foundation of BC & NVRCC wildbirdtrust.org/osprey-festiva…