Congratulations to Chantelle Pellerin for brining the nighttime skies above Lillooet Lake to life for us. Don't forget to #hashtag your images If you want to see your picture in our Photo of the Week feature don't forget to #hashtag your images as #pembertonbc or #wellnessalmanac.
Councillor James Linklater asked us to share this Call for Input from Pemberton & Area Residents on the Recreation Facilities Feasibility Plan. HERE IS HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED: PARTICIPATE IN A HAVE YOUR SAY SESSION - Whether you are a local community group, business or individual, the Village will help you organize a discussion group … Continue reading Have Your Say on Recreation
A sign of spring... tiny pink orchids popping up in the forest. The Calypso orchid, also known as the fairy slipper or Venus’ slipper, is a perennial orchid found in undisturbed forest. The plants live no more than five years, and bloom from late March until June. It is classified as threatened or endangered in … Continue reading Seasonal Observations: Calypso Orchid
On Saturday, May 11, the Village of Pemberton, SLRD and Interact Club host an Emergency Preparedness Open House at the Pemberton Community Centre. In addition to the chance to sit in a fire truck, police car or ambulance, visit with Smokey the Bear, the Pemberton Fire Department’s famous Hot Dog BBQ and information on everything from camp fire … Continue reading Youth Artists Wanted! Shake Out Poster Contest, May 11
Are You Prepared? Here's a great offer to get you started - 15% discount off the purchase of a home emergency kit! Check out the flyer for promotional code and link to order: Pemberton Resident Offer To touch , feel and inspect a home emergency kit - stop by the Emergency Preparedness Week-Open House … Continue reading
Our Man on the Binoculars, John Tschopp, reports that the recent warm weather has brought hordes of summer breeders to the valley: Swallows, Warblers, Kingbirds, Hummingbirds, Vireo, Wood Ducks, and all sorts of Sparrows. The Sparrows still come to the feeder, before they disperse to their nesting spots. This gives us a chance to take … Continue reading Seasonal Observations: Golden-Crowned Sparrows
Spotted by local bird expert, John Tschopp, dropping by for a visit last week, for a good feed of Upper Meadows worms, on its way north: the long-billed curlew. The long-billed curlew is the largest nesting or regularly occurring sandpiper in North America, also sometimes called the sicklebird or candelstick bird. Back in 2005, Whistler … Continue reading Seasonal Observations: Long-billed Curlew
Loved this shout-out from Pemberton Search and Rescue in the Pique last week. Next up, the Canada Day Spud Run. (And a chance to battle another extreme of Pemberton weather...)
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