Upcoming and Recent Events
Annual General Meeting 2026
When: 4 PM, 22 February 2026
Where: Lillooet Brewery
We will start with the business of the AGM, and when adjourned, Ian Routley will present: The Powerhouse Restoration Site - 20 years.
2026 Membership Form (PDF)
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Join the Community Bat Programs of BC for a FREE Bat Ambassador Workshop
When: March 14, 2026, 1:00PM to 4:30PM
Where: TRUSU Lecture Room (1st Floor of the Campus Activity Center at TRU)
To register, contact: thompsonbcbats@gmail.com (Space is limited!)
Light Snacks and Refreshments provided! Bat Ambassador handbook and Resources included!
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REPORT DEAD BATS AND WINTER DAY BAT ACTIVITY
Help us detect white-nose syndrome, a disease that has killed millions of bats. White-nose Syndrome is caused by a fungus that grows on bats during their winter hibernation. It has not been detected in BC yet. BC bats are essential to our culture and ecosystems.
They also provide substantial economic benefit by helping control agricultural, forest, and urban insect pests including mosquitoes.
Report to: www.bcbats.ca Phone: 1-855-9BC-BATS ext. 20 Email: info@bcbats.ca
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Lillooet Naturalist Society Code of Conduct (January 2026)
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​Christmas Bird Count (26th Annual)
Held: Friday, December 26, 2025 Lillooet. View Results.
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Using physiology to unravel the implications of heatwaves for big
brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus)
© 2025. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2025) 228, jeb251228. doi:10.1242/jeb.251228
Lillooet supports a wide range of bat species, making it a favorite spot for scientists to study them. This paper explains the work done here in 2023, trying to understand the implications of heatwaves on brown bats.
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Promoting the enjoyment and understanding of nature for naturalists and the public.
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Hiking Guide
Canyon to Alpine
Lillooet Hiking Guide Second Edition
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The Lillooet Hiking Guide Second Edition is now available for purchase. It covers 32 day hikes that take you from the arid interior drylands of the Fraser Canyon to the high alpine. The revised and expanded second edition includes:
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trail and access information with 12 new hikes
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route maps and topographical information
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over 100 new colour photos showcasing each hike
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expanded natural history section
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Out of town orders: lillooetns@gmail.com
Osprey Web Cam
View the activity on the Osprey Nest at the 'Old Bridge' in Lillooet.
Background: Bridge River-Lillooet News Articles:
Recent Events
​Lillooet and Area BioBlitz
Held June 3-5, 2022
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BioBlitz Summary (PDF)
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A BioBlitz is a citizen-science initiative, where people look to identify as many species as possible within a set time frame and over a given area.
BioBlitz’s are a fun way for people, whether they are naturalists, scientists or curious members of the public, to connect to their environment while generating useful data for science and conservation.
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Visit our Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/LillooetBioblitz
See Photos in the Photo Album
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Bluebird Trail Outing
On May 14th a group of 9 Lillooet Naturalists took a spring outing to Diamond S Ranch to check the bluebird nest boxes.
The elevation gain took us back in time to early blossoming of Saskatoon bushes and balsam root. We split up into 3 groups and checked the contents of the nest boxes, working from each end of the ranch. Early nest building is underway by mountain bluebirds but few have laid eggs yet.
We walked to the ponds on the Milk Ranch road and added cinnamon teal, killdeer, shoveler, yellow rump warbler, meadow lark, Wilson’s snipe, Northern harrier, tree swallows and more, for a total of 36 bird species observed during the day.
The plant Spring Beauty, of cultural importance to Indigenous peoples, was in bloom, covering the ground like snow in some areas.
View images in the Photo Album
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A link to the bluebird video made by Lillooet Wild.
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Letters and Reports
Christmas Bird Count 2021
Held: Sunday, December 26th, 2021 AM/PM. Sharp-shinned hawk image courtesy of Ian Routley.
March 4, 2021 Letter to Jackie.Tegart.MLA and Letter to George Heyman, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Strategy RE: Managing Increased Camping and Backcountry Use Through Increased Funding for Rec Sites and Park
Annual General Meeting Minutes
LILLOOET NATURALIST SOCIETY REPORT: 15 SEPTEMBER 2020 - Outreach Trailer Upgrades 2020
BC Nature AGM and conference at Lillooet, BC
‘Canyon to Alpine’
May 4 – 6, 2017
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REPORT to BC Nature and funders (PDF)
Summary of Evaluations including comments (PDF)
Read the monthly articles from the Lillooet Regional Invasive Species Society.
Salmon in the Canyon - FraserFEST
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Held: August/September
Where: Cayoosh Creek Campground
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Come celebrate the greatest salmon spawning river in the world.
Games & activities, information booths, Farmers Market, local artist booths, locally grown and harvested food prepared in Lillooet, music by local performers and featureing Rachelle van Zanten from the Cariboo. Bring your own plate, cutlery and cup for supper.
Sponsored by Cayoose Creek St'at'imc and Lillooet Naturalist Society.
​Bat Condominium
A bat condominium went up on January 26, 2018 at the Lower Spawning Channel, Lillooet BC. Now we wait for the spring and the bats!
Doug Grossler – pole and platform
Sheldon Andrew – concrete and placing pole
Scott Bodaly – master carpenter
John Redan – crew
Kim North – Splitrock site supervisor and rock crew
Vivian BJ – mad conductor and rock crew
Professional consultation and design – Dr. Cori Lausen
Cost of basic condo material paid by ‘Got Bats?’, other materials and time donated
Mascot dog – ‘Mylu’
 Pole in Concrete |
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 Condo Core |
 Rocks and Sand into Core |
 Connecting Chambers |
 Condo Roof |
 Condo Roofing |
 Condo Crew |
 Finale with cupola |
Friends of Lillooet Riversheds - Upcoming Events
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LILLOOET NATURALIST SOCIETY and CAYOOSE CREEK BAND invite you to join us for exciting and hands-on events.
Open to everyone - adults, families and youth. Free Events.
Check out posters around town ...... Hope to see you there!
Funding through Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program, Agriculture Investment Program, Fraser Salmon & Watershed Program, Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation, YWCA Vancouver, Province of BC.
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The song "This Mighty River" was written especially for the Salmon in the Canyon Festival 2011 by Erdman Tuemp and sung by Halyna Smolarczuk.
