iNat ID mushroom workshop Sunday, SVIMS special meeting Monday

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  1. The iNat Mushroom Identification workshop in Victoria on Sunday is only half full so far.

Mushroom Identification workshop with the iNaturalist program and website.

Sunday, July 21st, 2024

10am-12pm 

Sign up link and Victoria location is in an email to members from SVIMS President on Friday, July 19.

 

 

2. Special General Meeting 

your vote counts, as we are a membership-driven club:

JULY 22nd, Monday

at 7pm

ZOOM ONLY – 15 minutes, max

The link to the meeting is in an email to members from SVIMS President on Friday, July 19.

 

 

Mycologist Jim Ginns, 1938-2024

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Picture of Jim downloaded from Keith Seifert article https://imafungus.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1007/BF03449474, used by Creative Commons license.
Picture of Ann from the Okanagan Naturalist’s Club article. Photographer unknown.

SVIMS is sad to hear of the passing of mycologist Dr. Jim Ginns. He died on April 29, 2024.

Jim and his wife Anne retired to Penticton, BC in 1997. He has made presentations to SVIMS several times and was a member of the Pacific Northwest Key Council. He is the author of numerous scientific publications including Polypores of British Columbia.

Anne died in January of this year. The South Okanagan Naturalist’s Club has published a tribute to Anne and her work.

Jim and Anne were also noted conservationists. For nearly 50 years they owned an ecologically diverse 23-hectare parcel of land bordering Thetis Lake Regional Park. It was their goal to see the land permanently protected. The Ginns donated a significant portion of the value of the property to our regional land trust Habitat Acquisition Trust (HAT) to achieve this goal.

In 2018, they also donated their 42-hectare property in Gatineau, Quebec to the municipality of Cantley as a nature reserve, now called Parc écologique Ginns.

2024 SVIMS Calendar

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The beautiful 2024 SVIMS Calendar is now available (see front cover below). SVIMS members have contributed their photographs and graphic art for each month. The calendars can be purchased by either members or non-members.

The calendars are $20 each.  They make a great gift to family and friends.

 If you require shipping, please add $5 per calendar for shipping and handling.

See Payment Options on Merch menu.

If you would like to contribute to the 2025 calendar, see the lower part of Merch menu.

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