RELATED STORY: NORTH COWICHAN RENAMES PORTION OF DINE TRAIL TO S’AMUNU TRAIL Later that same day, the fun starts in Downtown Duncan at the WNAF 2022 Launch Party & WildWings Nature Artists Exhibition opening reception held together at Just Jakes Restaurant, one of WildWings major sponsors. 2, by the society’s Celebrate Somenos Family Day at the Somenos Marsh Open Air Classroom. ![]() 1 with the S’amunu Make A Difference Day watershed cleanup, followed the next day, Oct. This year’s festival kicks off fast and furious on Oct. “The project, which has been ongoing since the 1970s through different organizations, sees the swallows nesting in the nest boxes in the marsh inspected and counted to determine their survival rates.” “Funds raised from the auction will support our Project Nest Box in which we are partnered with students from Cowichan Secondary School,” he said. Paul Fletcher, the society’e executive director, said the festival will have more than 30 different events during October, including a swallow nest box auction with boxes painted by prominent Cowichan artists that will be on display in downtown Duncan during the festival. RELATED STORY: SOMENOS MARSH WILDLIFE SOCIETY DECLARES SALMON EMERGENCY IN SOMENOS WATERSHED The theme of the festival this year is “The Return of the Stseelhtun” and will focus on the society’s work to help recover fish populations in the S’amunu (Somenos) watershed. Started in 2009 by the Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society, the WNAF is an annual series of community events that bring attention to the biodiversity of the Cowichan Valley by using nature as a background to celebrate the interconnectedness of nature, art, culture, and community. ![]() ![]() The 13th annual WildWings Nature & Arts Festival will be held throughout October.
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