Notice from the SRD
At this time the SRD parks and trails remain open. While you are enjoying the SRD Parks and trails please practice social distancing by staying at least 1.8 metres or six feet apart from other park users. Preliminary studies have shown COVID-19 can live up to three...
Job Posting 2020
Friends of Cortes Island Summer Job Opportunity Young people (between 15 and 30) are invited to apply for our summer Conservation and Community Engagement Assistant position Do you enjoy working with the general public; have knowledge of natural history and...
Nature is Good for You – on CKTZ
Feeling stressed, worried or just fed up with the gloomy news? It may feel intuitive, but being in nature is good for you. FOCI, Folk U, and CKTZ have joined forces to create our very own ‘Nature is Good for You’ series to inspire you to get out, connect with nature...
Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI) and COVID-19
Friends of Cortes Island is suspending any public events and activities for the time-being in support of the COVID-19 guidelines set out by our National and Provincial Governments. We are still at work, however, and we are continuing to safely develop and implement...
Reducing erosion options for Mansons Landing Spit
The spit and lagoon within Manson’s Landing Provincial Park are part of a Special Feature Zone, which serves to protect their significant cultural and natural features. Important historical and cultural features are located on the upland portion of the shoreline and...
Cortes Forage Fish Project
Feel like you are being watched...? If you have been walking the sandy beaches this past month (December) at Manson’s Landing or Smelt Bay you have had the eyes, in this photograph, …on YOU! Pacific sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) have been spawning and are now...