Delta Nature is presenting a free program that will look at ongoing efforts to protect an environmentally rich part of B.C.
Pink Mountain: A story of biodiversity, conflict and success, with Ron Long will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. at Benediction Lutheran Church in Tsawwassen.
The biodiversity on Pink Mountain seems to be unmatched in B.C. but is threatened by industrial development. The Pink Mountain Biodiversity Research Initiative was designed to quantify the diversity and eventually protect Pink Mountain, which is in the northeast part of the province.
The results of the surveys have exceeded all expectations and have identified more rare species than any other location in B.C.
This talk is a follow-up to one presented several years ago at the beginning of the Pink Mountain project. It will review the significance of Pink Mountain, the interesting results of the surveys and the progress made towards preservation.
Long worked as a professional photographer at Simon Fraser University for 36 years. For much of that time he photographed exclusively for the Biological Sciences Department and so has a great deal of biology in his background.
Now retired, Long travels regularly to interesting places around the world to, of course, take photos. Nature photography, in general, and wildflowers, in particular, are his preferred subjects.
For more information on the program, contact Delta Nature president Tom Bearss at [email protected].
