Tamsin intrigued us at our meeting on the wonders of our local nature.

Posted by Patty Klassen

On Wednesday, September 16th, Tamsin Baker was our Guest Speaker. Tamsin's passion was contagious and got us all involved in her presentation.
Tamsin engaged visitors at our Ribfest / Kids Zone Activities.

Tamsin Baker graduated from UBC and for 14 years she was The Land Conservancy of BC’s Lower Mainland Regional Manager. Since 2012, she has been the SCCP/Stewardship Coordinator for the South Coast Conservation Program where she has been coordinating various landowner contact and habitat enhancement projects for species and ecosystems at risk.

The South Coast Conservation Program was established in 2015. It is a multipartner (Senior Agencies, Local Government, Stewarship Groups, etc.). SCCP participates in presentations at schools on 'species at risk'.

Local Species at Risk / Endangered = RED

Reptiles: Western Painted Turtle
Molluscs: Oregon Forestsnail
Mammals: Pacific Water Shrew

Special Concern = BLUE

Amphibians: Northern Red-legged Frog

Birds: Great Blue Heron

Owls: Are BLUE listed in the Tri-CitieThese are the Western Screech-owl, Barn Owl and Short-eared Owl

Mammals: Pacific Water Shrew

Local natural areas needed to support native species are vanishing due to various human-related threats such as habitat loss, invasive species and pollution. The Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley are hotspots of biodiversity with over 260 species at risk, 150 of which may be found in the Tri-Cities.

In BC, species and ecological communities are analyzed and then listed by the BC Conservation Data Centre. On a Canada-wide basis, species are listed by the Committees on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) and then can be added to Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk (SARA).

For more information on Species at Risk, to learn more, or to report sightings, visit:

www.sccp.ca

Thank you Tamsin!