Announcing the refreshed version of the South Coast Conservation Program’s website. Our hope is that you will find it an improved source of up-to-date relevant resources for species and ecosystem conservation. We continue to have webpages spotlighting various species and ecological communities at risk (SEAR) on the South Coast, with more species to be added. […]

Did you know that a Little Brown Myotis can eat 600 mosquitoes in an hour? Not only do bats devour mosquitoes, but the bats of BC also eat other night-time insects that are considered pests to the agricultural and forest industries.  “Smaller bat species eat the smaller insects, while larger bat species eat larger beetles […]

The Amended Recovery Strategy for the Spotted Owl caurina subspecies (Strix occidentalis caurina) in Canada has been released, dated June 5, 2025. The document was prepared by Environment and Climate Change Canada as per obligations under the Species at Risk Act (SARA). You can find it under the SARA Registry’s species profile on the Spotted […]

Introducing the SCCP’s new online South Coast Species at Risk Recovery Info resource The SCCP is pleased to announce a new online working document to encourage coordinated species at risk actions across the South Coast. It includes, for federally listed species at risk (SAR), the following info: The current federal listing Schedule 1 status, and […]

The SCCP sends out bulletins several times a year with the latest news regarding South Coast conservation efforts and upcoming SCCP events! Sign up to get our bulletin here.

Metro Vancouver and the Invasive Species Council of Metro Vancouver have developed an extensive range of guides and factsheets on how to manage invasive species. In July 2024, they released more guides that were for bamboo, cherry laurel, and common periwinkle. Find these resources here.   Photo: Vinca minor by Robert Flogaus-Faust, courtesy of wikimedia […]

Modernization of the federal Migratory Birds Regulation was put into force by July 30, 2022. It includes a list of 18 species (Schedule 1), including the Pileated Woodpecker, who continue to have year round nest protection, unless the nests have been shown to be abandoned. In order to be considered abandoned the Minister must be […]