GOMPS would like to thank all who volunteered to collect acorns this fall! Check back frequently for news of other opportunities to volunteer.
Have you purchased or renewed your membership for the new year?
News
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2017 Acorn Collecting Complete
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GOMPS AGM, April 24, 2017
GOMPS AGM
GARRY OAK NURSERY ESTABLISHMENT & FUTURE
DATE: Monday, April 24, 2017
TIME: 7:00-9:00PM
LOCATION: UVic, Rm C118, David Strong Building
(Evening parking is available on-site for $3 after 6PM)
Please join GOMPS (Garry Oak Meadow Preservation Society) for its AGM & to celebrate the Establishment of GOMPS Garry Oak Nursery!
GOMPS Board is excited to share with you an update on the establishment of GOMPS Garry oak nursery & plans for its future as well as a celebratory cake!
The nursery ground is being prepared now and we hope to move our new seedlings (grown from locally-sourced acorns) this month into the nursery. Volunteer opportunities will then be available.
Please remember to renew your membership (just $15 individual, $20 for
family) to support this venture and/or advocacy for Garry oak meadows.ALSO: As our Board is always looking for new members, please consider letting your name stand for election – everybody wins!
Please NOTE: Our updated GOMPS website: http://www.garryoak.info
There have been many exciting changes at GOMPS. Do you have any questions for our Directors? Have you renewed your membership for 2017?
You can email us or use our Contact Form on the website. Memberships will be sold at the AGM.
Your voice is important as is your support and we look forward to seeing you at our AGM!
Garry oaks’ future is in all our hands!
GOMPS Board of Directors
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Old leaflet Newsletters available online
View historical GOMPS newsletters online.
Click here to display a list of them, The Leaflet, from 1994 – 2010, in PDF format.
If you wish to see current issues of the Leaflet, click here.
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Pierre François d’Estrube Obituary
It is with sorrow that we report the passing of Pierre d’Estrube. Pierre was a founding member of the Garry Oak Meadow Preservation Society. His passion and dedication were a driving force behind our Society’s efforts to preserve and protect the fragmented Garry oak ecosystems rapidly in decline throughout Greater Victoria.
A celebration of Life will take place on Saturday, March 11 from 2 to 4 PM at the Union Club.
Here is a link to the notice in the Times Colonist:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timescolonist/obituary.aspx?n=pierre-franois-destrube&pid=184324601
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2016 Acorn Collecting Complete!!
GOMPS would like to thank all who volunteered to collect acorns this fall! Check back frequently for news of other opportunities to volunteer.
Have you purchased or renewed your 2017 membership?
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AGM and the Future of GOMPS
The Future of Garry Oaks & Associated Ecosystems
DATE: Tuesday, June 7, 2016
TIME: 7:00-9:00PM
LOCATION: UVic, Rm C118, David Strong Building
(Evening parking is available on-site for $2.50 after 6PM)Please join GOMPS (Garry Oak Meadow Preservation Society) for a short AGM followed by refreshments & then a facilitated discussion on the evolution of our charitable society & how we might renovate our role in the struggle to preserve Garry oak ecosystems. In this new millennium, NGOs, charities & societies such as ours are seeing a decline in membership, funding & local participation – what can we do to reverse this trend?
If you care about British Columbia’s only native oak & its most threatened ecosystems, please join this vital community discussion on the future of GOMPS – all interested public & issue-focused groups welcome! We need your input:
- What role GOMPS can, could & should play in Victoria’s natural areas scene?
- In which direction should we focus our efforts?
If you know of anyone else with interest, passion or expertise in the fields of conservation, biology and natural areas protection, please extend this invitation to them.
Do you have any questions for our Directors? You can email us or use our Contact Form on the website.
Your voice is important as is your support and we hope to see at our AGM!
Our future is in your hands!
GOMPS Board of Directors
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GOMPS AGM scheduled May 26, 2015
Join our Society Tuesday May 26, 2015 at the University of Victoria for our Annual General Meeting.
The meeting will be held from 7:00 to 9:00 pm in the David Strong Building, Room C118.
More details are in the image below or click here to download a PDF copy of our Annual General Meeting poster for display in your office, favourite coffee shop or at your community centre!!
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Friends of Devonian Park
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THE INVASIVE SPECIES COUNCIL OF BC “TOGETHER IN ACTION STEWARDSHIP ORGANIZATION AWARD”!
The Friends of Devonian Park is a long-time stewardship organization based in Metchosin, outside Victoria. This group of volunteers has worked every Sunday November to March since 2002 at Devonian Park, a popular oceanfront regional park in Metchosin that includes Douglas-fir, maple and Garry oak meadows and a creek. The volunteers have put in more than 3700 volunteer hours over the years – an amazing long-term commitment. They have removed over one tonne of invasives from the park, including Scotch broom, Himalayan blackberry, ivy and spurge laurel. This has allowed the return of a significant number of native species, the restoration of a beautiful Garry oak meadow, and the groups’ dedication has fostered a stewardship ethic that many others have embraced.
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AGM 2013 Minutes
The Minutes and Reports from our 2013 Annual General Meeting.
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Caterpillars on Garry oak trees
Sage advice from VNHS President Darren Copley on the Linden Looper caterpillars which seem to be chewing away at some of the Garry oak trees:
Typically this problem fixes itself, so wait it out. Not much can be done to prevent the current generation of caterpillars from finishing their life cycle as they should be pupating soon, but plan on tackling things for next year. For fall and winter, this problem can likely be treated like the winter moth as Erranis females are wingless.
See the GOERT pdf which includes options for control using Tree bands to prevent the females from laying eggs at http://www.goert.ca/documents/Operophtera-brumata.pdf and here’s another good page on tree banding: http://www.truro.ca/tree-banding.html
While Btk can be used earlier in the year to kill all young Lepidoptera (moths and butterflie) Larvae, think twice before using it in or near a sensitive ecosystem with rare butterflies — Btk is non-selective and kills all larvae!
Other great predators of these looper larvae are Chestnut-backed Chickadees. Also, be careful not to stomp on any caterpillars that look like they have eggs layed on the outside of their bodies. This could be from a parasitic wasp or fly which will hopefully help out over time.