Anne and Jim Ginns land protected near Thetis Lake Park

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An ecologically diverse 23 hectare parcel of land bordering Thetis Lake Regional Park is now officially protected by the Habitat Acquisition Trust (HAT).

For nearly 50 years it was owned by Anne & Jim Ginns, who always wanted to see the land permanently protected.

The Ginns donated a significant portion of the value of the property to HAT to achieve this goal, the Trust said in the statement.

An article in the Times – Colonist adds further details. A few incorrect details in the article have been corrected above.
https://www.timescolonist.com/search-results-7.2864?q=ginns

Dr. Jim Ginns is a mycologist living in Penticton. He has made presentations to SVIMS several times and is a member of the Pacific Northwest Key Council. He is the author of numerous scientific publications including Polypores of British Columbia (Fungi: Basidiomycota).
https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/Docs/Tr/TR104.htm

Amanita book

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Britt Bunyard, who was at SVIMS this spring and did a presentation on his work on Amanitas, reports:

We hope you will share this announcement to your members–an exciting and beautiful new book on all the Amanitas of North America. And all pre-orders received before June 1 will get a major discount (33% off the cover price)! Orders can be placed at the fungimag.com website and questions can be posted there or sent directly to me at fungimag@gmail.com.

Other Club Presentation Online

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Message from SVIMS President David Walde: There are no further meetings or events for the SVIMS summer 2019 to summer 2020 program year. The membership general meeting for May 7th has been cancelled. The Annual President`s Picnic that had been planned for early June has also been cancelled.

We have been looking at alternative approaches to our monthly speaker presentations, but for a number of reasons we have had to hold off with these plans for now.

Other PNW mycology clubs have moved their presentations online and SVIMS members may want to take advantage of these. The Oregon Mycological Society’s event for April (on powdery mildews) is now online here. The Cascade Mycological Society is also going to do a live feed of their speaker for April 22nd. The Webinar is by Trent Blizzard of Modern Forager in Colorado and will be on Oregon Burn Morels. Please follow this link for details on his presentation and instructions on how to access his talk.