[NPSBC] NPSBC South Coast evening presentation

[Dawn Hanna]

Hi everyone. Just a reminder about this Thursday's presentation:

Thursday, April 3
The ecology and conservation of culturally significant food plants in Garry Oak and Maritime Meadow ecosystems of the Pacific Coast
with Dr. Peter Arcese
With the removal of predators such as cougars, wolves and bears from the Southern Gulf Islands, black-tailed deer now occur at densities 10 times higher than in regions where predators or hunters are common. This talk will illustrate how deer have transformed native plant communities in BC and elsewhere in the world, and are now causing many once widespread species to become rare or extinct throughout the islands of the Georgia Basin. Deer-free islands now provide the best chances to conserve native plant communities but renewed interest and human hunting also has led conservation biologists to push for population management of deer to revitalize native plant populations. Options for maintaining native plant and animal communities in the basin will be discussed.

Dr. Peter Arcese is a Professor and Forest Renewal BC Chair in Conservation Biology at UBC and has worked on the ecology and evolution of mammals, birds and plant populations in North America and Africa since 1978.

The evening presentation will take place in the Cedar Room at VanDusen Botanical Garden at 37th Ave. and Oak St. in Vancouver. The presentation starts at 7 p.m. Admission is free for members; a donation is appreciated from non-members.


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