Feature Image: Chinese Mystery Snail at Lost Lake “Nature once determined how we survive. Now we determine how nature survives.” – Sir David Attenborough Whistler is fortunate to have the Sea to Sky Invasive Species Council (SSISC) to help protect biodiversity, our strongest natural defence against climate change. SSISC was formed in 2009 to minimize the […][...]
Whistler Western toad migration is almost done! If you’ve been up at Lost Lake recently, you may have seen these tiny toads behind the black carriers in the wetlands or crossing the paths around you. You may have even helped us move them off the path (thank you!). Just in case you didn’t have a […][...]
This past week the annual Western toad migration began again at Lost Lake Park. Tens of thousands of these tiny toads gradually emerge form the lake to travel to the surrounding forests, though less than one per cent survive the journey. Western toads are found west of the Rockies between Mexico and Southern Alaska. They […][...]
