Salmonberry flower
Session 5 – Plants, Pollen, and Pollinators
Sunday, May 24, 8:30am - noon
Field portion: Retired Royal BC Museum biologists, Claudia and Darren Copley will lead us on a revealing natural history walk through meadows and forests of the SSIC Blackburn Lake Nature Reserve. As experts in (among many other things) BC’s insects and spiders, they will share a wealth of understanding about native plants, insect and spider biodiversity, and how these contribute to forest and meadow ecosystem dynamics. Darren and Claudia bring a wealth of field collecting and natural history interpretation experience to their walks that are guaranteed to be highly engaging, insightful and a whole lot of fun.
Lab portion: The lab portion of this session will be an opportunity to explore and share some close-up views of the collections from the field. Who knows what amazing in-depth images can be conjured up by Elaine Humphrey using her travelling Scanning Electron Microscope? Darren and Claudia will join Elaine and all the participants to reveal details of our collections and other specimens we might bring to the event.