Flora & Fauna

In this section of the website, we provide lists of the flora and fauna of the Bulkley Valley. Currently, the following groups are available:


 

Other resources:

These are some helpful links to projects and activities related to wildlife around our  homes:

Butterflies and Bees

  • The Butterflyway project, coordinated by the David Suzuki Foundation, is a citizen-led movement growing highways of habitat for butterflies and bees across Canada, one backyard and one neighbourhood at a time.

Satyr Anglewing (Polygonia satyrus) heralds spring near Driftwood Creek (April 10). J. Pittman photo.

Bats:

Ashleigh Ballevona of the Skeena Bat Project has provided some links for just about anything to do with bats and their habitat around your home.

Bat information sign at Willowvale wetland, Smithers

 

Birds and Bats

Here are a series of bird- and bat-safe construction standards and guidelines for your home or business:

 

Blogs

And just for some fun reading:  here are a couple of naturalists blogs from outside the Bulkley Valley.  Contact us with your suggestions for additional blogs.

Simply the best if you like birds, photography and a bit of physics: Exploring Kootenay Lake

North Coast Diaries  (set on the Oregon Coast).

Bug Eric (everything you ever wanted to know about insects, and more, from Colorado Springs)

Bird and Moon Comics by American science writer and naturalist Rosemary Mosco.