Photo: Trixie Pacis

Meadowbrook Education

Program Overview

Impressive efforts from local residents have resulted in recent successful conservation measures at McGinty Lake. The lake is located on Crown land just 10km east of Kimberley and has recently been granted Interpretive Forest status through strong efforts by the Meadowbrook Community Association.

Our partnership has resulted in free wetland education for primary students in Kimberley every spring and fall. Grade 1-8 classes are offered half-day field trips, exploring the McGinty Lake Interpretive Forest and wetland ecosystems. Through grade-specific programs linked to learning outcomes in BC’s new curriculum, and a variety of interactive teaching methods including props, games, and local examples, we seek to foster a curiosity in nature. Students develop a deeper respect for and understanding of our natural places, working towards a long-term increase in environmental stewardship.

 

Program Opportunities

Alongside our field trip opportunities, we also offer short, optional pre and post trip in-class activities that allow teachers to be active partners in expanding the learning outcomes. The curriculum-link topical themes include: adaptations, mayfly lifecycles, biodiversity, Be a Water Molecule, interconnections, and macro-invertebrate systems.

For more information, to book a field trip, or become a volunteer supervisor, please contact Kim Urbaniak: kim@wildsight.ca.

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Photo credit: Dean Chatterson, Trixie Pacis

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The 2023-24 program was funded entirely by a donation from Rick and Daphne Hammond and family.

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Upcoming Kimberley Cranbrook events

Apple Capture: Pick & Press Events

August 30 - October 8, 2023

Cranbrook and Kimberley are home to many fruit trees and the harvest season is around the corner. Help us ensure that local fruit is diverted from going to the landfill or becoming wildlife attractants by volunteering at one of our Pick and Press events! 

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Join The Team

Want to protect wildlife, clean water and wild spaces? Volunteer with us! Wildsight volunteers are a very special group of people who give generously of their time to stuff envelopes, attend rallies, help run events, put up posters, keep tabs on forestry practices in their communities and participate in citizen science initiatives.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Branch Information

Contact

97 Wallinger Ave
Kimberley, BC V1A 1Y6

Office Hours: Tuesday to Thursday, 9:00 am to 2:30 pm (by appointment only)
Phone: 250-427-2535

kimcran@wildsight.ca