Forest Trust For The Children Of Cortes Island Society is a
Environmental Charities Charity located in Whaletown, BC.
Services Provided by Forest Trust For The Children Of Cortes Island Society
We participated in the annual Christmas bird count, in association with the Cortes Island Museum, Bird Studies Canada, & Audubon USA (Jan 3, 2016), with 5 youth and 4 adults participants & 20 bird species recorded. We offered a youth naturalist/interpretive training for 18 youth & 5 adults. We operated the 1st official 24-hour Bioblitz (an animal & plant species inventory) of James Creek/Carrington Bay forest lands with 9 presenters, and 35 youth and 35 adult participants, learning species identification & wilderness skills. They youth developed leadership & culinary arts skills through a community dinner they organized and prepared. We offered 2 public evening presentations on bats by MOE Provincial Small Mammals Specialist & Herpetologist (April 15/July 15). We had 69 youth, 170 youth/adult participants, and 31 volunteer helpers participating in our ongoing programs with an accumulation of 526 volunteer hours.
