Join Beaty Biodiversity Museum members from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. in this special, members-only, sneak-peek event. A Beaty Biodiversity Museum membership means joining and supporting a lively community of people inspired by biodiversity, engaged with the natural world, and dedicated to conservation.
January 31 – April 20, 2014Dana CromieThis series of portraits is Dana Cromie’s reaction to the ongoing reduction by human activity of natural habitat.
Perhaps no one knows the link between humans and the environment better than a farmer? But we often forget the link between agricultural land and biodiversity. That is why the recent decision by the BC government to amend the Agricultural Land Commission Act jeopardizes not only the future of one of BC’s premier industries but also imperils biodiversity in general and species-at-risk in particular.
Have you ever wondered how the hundreds of black Beaty cabinets become filled with specimens? Beaty collectors include dedicated specialists from the community, who contribute dried specimens and detailed notes. Two outstanding contributors, Oluna Ceska, a mycologist, and Adolf Ceska, a plant ecologist, both from Vancouver Island, arrived at the Beaty loading dock on March 31, 2014 with 52 shoe boxes containing 3312 new specimens of dried fungi, collected from 2010 to 2013.
April 6, 2014, 1:00pmJackie Chambers Jackie Chambers, Education and Outreach Manager of the Beaty Biodiversity Museum, will reveal the ecological and cultural importance of this amazing plant. Included with museum admission or membership
March 15-30, 2014Join the Beaty Biodiversity Museum every day at 12:30 p.m. for a different hands-on activity, brought to you by volunteers, staff, curators, and special guests! Meet new friends while exploring different aspects of the biodiversity around us.
I have spent lots of time professionally and recreationally around rivers and I cherish every visit. So, I thought that I knew a lot about rivers, but I did not know this. In the 1990s, grey wolves were re-introduced into Yellowstone National Park (in the US) after an absence of about 70 years.
The Mackenzie River system, some 6,236 km long in total, has its headwaters in the Omineca Mountains of central British Columbia and is the longest river in Canada – and second only to the Missouri/Mississippi in North America. The entire river basin (1.8 million square kilometers) is one-fifth the size of Canada!
Thank you for considering a contribution to the Beaty Biodiversity Museum. Your support helps ensure that our mission of preserving the rich natural biodiversity not only in British Columbia, but worldwide, will continue to flourish for many more years
Roman Polanski’s classic film Chinatown (1974) depicts some of the seedier consequences of the “water wars” that have accompanied much of California’s development. More recently, the thirst for water by California’s Central Valley for the agricultural
