Directory of Science and Environment Resources

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This category is for sites about the local area's geography, natural environment, and wildlife. It is also for sites about local activities, events, institutions, and organizations related to science and the environment, including zoos, botanical gardens, research institutions, clubs, and professional organizations.

Resources in This Category

• Beacon Hill Park History

  http://www.beaconhillparkhistory.org/
  A history of city's famous park, including much related city facts. Articles present current park issues, with text enlivened with original photographs.

• Butchart Gardens

  http://www.butchartgardens.com/
  Fifty five acres of floral display, offering spectacular views, with meandering paths and expansive lawns.

• Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society

  http://cwrugby.com/
  A division of Environment Canada and located on the University of Victoria campus, conducting research on climate and sea-ice modelling as well as the carbon cycle.

• Earth Future

  http://www.earthfuture.com/
  The community website of a prominent Victoria author, Guy Dauncey, who has written about a world of ecovillages and self-organizing neighbourhoods with near-zero garbage, bicycles and climate-friendly cars.

• Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition

  http://gvcc.bc.ca/
  A cycling and environmental advocacy organization in Victoria, that provides information on safe cycling and cycle touring on Vancouver Island and the Canadian Gulf Islands.

• Greater Victoria Viewing Sites

  http://www3.telus.net/driftwood/grvic.htm
  Part of British Columbia Wildlife Watch: learn about all the best spots in Victoria to view wildlife.

• Habitat Acquisition Trust Online

  http://www.hat.bc.ca/
  A non-profit local land trust whose principal purpose is to encourage and support habitat conservation on southern Vancouver Island and the southern Gulf Islands.

• Hatley Park

  http://www.hatleypark.ca/
  Features the gardens of Royal Roads University, including Japanese and Italian gardens and a rose garden. Contains plant inventories and photo galleries.

• Islands Trust Fund

  http://www.islandstrustfund.bc.ca/
  A Victoria group that uses voluntary conservation methods like land donations and conservation covenants to help preserve and protect rural character, and natural and cultural areas the in the Islands Trust Area.

• Race Rocks Ecological Reserve

  http://www.racerocks.com/
  Society dedicated to the study of marine ecology in The Race Rocks Ecological Reserve Marine Protected Area off the coast of Victoria.

• Raincoast Conservation Foundation

  http://www.raincoast.org/
  A non-profit organization, promoting research and public education, with the goal of ensuring the long-term survival of the Western British Columbia coastal rainforest ecosystems.

• Resources Information Standards Committee

  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hts/risc/
  Documents the Physical Shoreline-Mapping System which is a scheme designed and developed in the early 1980's for mapping the physical character of the coastal zone of British Columbia.

• Sierra Club of British Columbia

  http://www.sierraclub.bc.ca/
  An environmental non-profit organization registered in Victoria, Canada, dedicated to protecting British Columbia's wildland and wildlife, particularly the ancient temperate rainforest ecosystems.

• Spectrum Education Enterprises

  http://www.islandnet.com/~see/
  Victoria company providing consulting, writing and editing services on the topics of environmental sciences and lifestyle with expertise in atmospheric sciences and global change.

• Trust for Sustainable Forestry

  http://www.sustainableforestry.com/
  Natural habitat preservation society offering information on goals and history of the organization, founder biographies, and investor information.

• Victoria Butterfly Gardens

  http://butterflygardens.com/
  Houses a great indoor collection of rare and beautiful butterflies.

• Victoria Natural History Society

  http://www.vicnhs.bc.ca/
  Provides an opportunity for those interested in the natural world, to come together to share their ideas and experience on topics including botany and bird watching.

• Victoria Transport Policy Institute

  http://www.vtpi.org/
  An independent research organization dedicated to developing innovative and practical solutions to transportation problems.

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