Florence Lake, Victoria BC

10/18/2025

Here is a fun video if you haven’t already seen it.

Todd Carnahan from Habitat Aquisition Trust tells us about the endangered western painted turtles that live at Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary.

09/30/2025

For anybody interested in dragonfly nymphs, and why they’re so odd compared to the dragonfly. Here’s some more interesting reasons on how different they are.

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01/25/2020

07/16/2019

Come see hat at the Luxton night Market

06/26/2018

Looks like fun, check it out!

https://www.facebook.com/events/
651327731883974/permalink/651327738550640/

11/04/2017

This looks like fun thing to do on the weekend.

08/17/2017

This looks cool!

09/06/2016

Here's another good program by HAT to help people learn about nature!!

https://www.facebook.com/HabitatAcqTrust/posts/10154079726344440:0

HAT and Goldstream Nature House team up every year to keep salmon nature education programs a part of local children's education.

Do you know a local business that you would like to see as a sponsor for the Goldstream Chums program?

Let them know by tagging them below or sharing this with them.
http://hat.bc.ca/our-blog/goldstream-chums

07/13/2016

So who do you call for amphibian sighting.

https://www.facebook.com/HabitatAcqTrust/posts/10153942566774440

ONE NIGHT LAST SPRING, when John Potter and Joan Hendrick were out scanning a kilometre of dark, rainy road by their house in the Highlands, a woman stopped her car to ask if they were looking for something. “Yes,” replied Hendrick, “dead amphibians.” She laughs as she tells the story, but she can’t...

07/03/2016

Another project by HAT

https://www.facebook.com/HabitatAcqTrust/videos/10153920359224440/

06/11/2016

Here's a photo contest put on by a great group check it out.

https://www.facebook.com/HabitatAcqTrust/posts/10153865805614440:0

HAT’s Wildlife Photo Contest 📷

Share your best wildlife photos and your love of nature in HAT’s Wildlife Photo Contest!

Habitat Acquisition Trust wants your help to find the perfect photos for HAT’s Wildlife Cards. To participate SHARE this post and LIKE our page. To enter, email HAT your high quality photo and post it to our page.

The pool of photos will be narrowed down to 25 through popular vote using the Facebook LIKE button, so get your friends involved! HAT staff will choose the winning photos from the top 25, so make sure to stay with the theme and give us your best shot! Bonus points will be given for following HAT on Instagram, Twitter, and by joining our monthly e-newsletters. WINNERS will receive photo credit and exposure through HAT community, as well as their very own set of the winning Wildlife Cards.

THEMES: flora and fauna native to southern Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, people in nature, and landscape shots.

Within the species at risk category preference will be towards photos of our focus species at-risk: Sharp-tailed snake, Western Painted Turtles, Blue-grey Taildropper, Bats, Amphibians, and Western Screech Owls, go to our blog http://goo.gl/LwkbnP for more information and links.

CONTEST CLOSING DATE: July 10th, 2016

02/17/2016

You could be a Turtle Stewart!

You could be HAT's next Turtle Steward!
If you have ever seen turtles on your property, have a pond, stream, or lakeside yard. We'd like to hear from you.
Contact us at: [email protected] or 250-995-2428

Being a Turtle Steward means receiving support from HAT to protect the Western Painted Turtle in your own backyard.
http://hat.bc.ca/i-want-to/report-a-turtle-slug-or-snake/about-western-painted-turtles

If you want to protect the Western Painted Turtle and support HAT's stewardship efforts, but don't have the right property to do it, you can still contribute. Every dollar makes a difference:
http://hat.bc.ca/donate