7:30 pm – @ 9:30 pm: Introductions and Welcoming
ceremony and prayer by Osoyoos Indian band elder, Modesta
Stelkia-Betterton and Chief Clarence Louie, Debut Film: “Coyote
Spirit,” and Botany BC program: “Historical
(Pre-European settlement) Ecosystem Mapping for the Okanagan Valley and its use
in Conservation Planning” by Ted Lea (BC MOE, Victoria), Review Friday/Saturday field trips
Field Trip to Mount Kobau and Similkameen
River near Chopaka for Group 1 and Haynes Lease for
Group 2 (divide into two groups, each individual chooses one group and
joins the other one the next day) and return to Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre by
@5:00 pm.
Dinner on own (we encourage you to form splinter groups and take
advantage of the assemblage of experts and professionals; see dining ideas in
the registration document)
1.
Don Gayton:
Grasslands of the Okanagan
2.
Terry McIntosh &
Ole Westby: Okanagan Plants and
Landscapes
Field Trip to Mount Kobau and Similkameen River near Chopaka for Group 1 and Haynes Lease for Group 2 (divide
into two groups, each individual chooses one group and joins the
other one the next day) and return to Nk’Mip
Desert Cultural Centre by @5:00 pm.
3.
Adolf & Oluna Ceska: Explorations of Ecological Reserves in the
Osoyoos area.
4.
AGM (incl.
acknowledgements & determination of next year’s location)
fire pit and social to follow.