Job Title: Ecological Monitoring and Data Analysis Intern Application Deadline: Nov 22nd Description/Opportunity Transition Salt Spring Society’s Climate Adaptation Research Lab (C.A.R.L.) is a long-term experimental watershed restoration program based in the Maxwell Creek watershed on Salt Spring Island, B.C. We are currently looking to add a new team member in the Winter 2025/26 season…

Wildhaven and Transition Salt Spring have partnered to create an early eco-literacy nature immersion program on Salt Spring Island. This video shares from the first 6 months of our pilot project, which is a weekly hands-on immersion experience. We are focused on forest restoration and experimental regenerative methods on Hwmet’etsum and other ecological opportunities around…

On June 14th, 2023, a group of students from the homeschool group Wild Haven spent the day in the field with our lead scientist Ruth Waldick, restoration ecologist Grace Fields, and botanist/restoration ecologist Angeline Emmott. The students learned how to spot a healthy forest and how those characteristics can act as natural firebreaks. Toward the…

During the May Victoria Day long weekend, Transition Salt Spring’s Climate Adaptation Research Lab (CARL), together with restoration ecology students from UVIC, UBC, and the Gulf Islands Secondary School (GISS), worked on restoring the forest understory to create a fire-resistant environment and reduce wildfire risks on the island. The high school students were excited to…

The 2024 GISS Environmental Science Research Leadership Team did a great job of delving in with the CARL project – they were curious, developed questions, developed experimental designs, investigated, documented findings, analyzed data, explored and discussed limitations and reported all findings.

🌿 Science, Stewardship & Students: A Powerful Partnership on Salt Spring This spring, the TSS Climate Adaptation Research Lab (CARL) team continued a growing partnership with the Gulf Islands Secondary School, working closely with visionary science teacher Sara Peerless to bring environmental science out of the classroom and into the Mount Maxwell watershed. Under Sara’s…

Introducing the C.A.R.L.Y. (Climate Adaptation Research Lab YOUTH) Eco-Literacy Project, an exciting collaboration between vibrant young Salt Spring Island youth from Wildhaven School and the Transition Salt Spring Climate Adaptation Research Lab (CARL). This remarkable collaboration came about this past June when Wildhaven students came to Hwmet’utsum (Mt. Maxwell) to learn about forest management and…