Our Purpose:

• To promote awareness, stewardship and restoration of our local environment.
• To develop in an environmentally sustainable manner; the social, leisure, recreation and economic potential of the watersheds.
• To promote and develop a broad range of community partnerships for the stewardship of the local environment.
• To maintain restoration work that the society has initiated and completed.

Wood Stove Exchange Program

Are you looking for the right time to replace that smoke-belching woodstove you’re using? If so, the time is now. Cariboo residents are being offered a cash incentive to upgrade their old woodstoves as part of the Cariboo Woodstove Exchange Program. There are only 25 rebates in total. Therefore, it is on a first come first serve basis that residents who replace older inefficient models with more efficient and clean-burning appliances can receive a cash rebate. Did you know that new certified wood stoves burn one-third less wood and can reduce smoke and particulate matter entering the atmosphere by as much as 90 per cent! The first 25 stoves to be turned in are eligible for a $250 provincial rebate, and if residents live within the Quesnel Airshed boundaries they will receive an additional $300, meaning there’s as much as $550 available. The Woodstove Exchange Program is not only helping British Columbians replace inefficient appliances but also helping to raise public awareness about the importance of smoke-free burning. For more information about the Wood Stove Exchange Program, call the Exchange Hotline in Quesnel at 250-992-5833 or toll free at 1-877-992-5833

Give the Gift that Keeps Giving - Holiday Fundraiser.

The Baker Creek Enhancement Society would like to help you with your shopping list. You can choose from a great selection of limited edition art prints for a $40.00 tax deductible donation. Call 250-992-5833 or email bces@telus.net to get your wildlife print today. All funds stay here in Quesnel for environmental projects and help to provide quality nature education programs for youth and adults.

There are over 30 different birds, fish, and animals left, but hurry, they are going fast! Please Note- There is plastic covering protecting the wildlife prints that can be removed when purchased”.

"Holiday Crafts Inspired by Nature"

Saturday - December 8, 2012 from 1pm-4pm. Create unique holiday decorations from sea shells, pine combs, and other natural items. This event will take place at the Nature Education and Resource Centre in the West Fraser Timber Park. We are asking for a $2.00 donation for this event.

Our New Baby

The Nature Education and Resource Centre is proud to announce we have a new baby in our salt water tank! Visit the Centre and enter the contest “Name the New Anemone” that will run until the end of January. The winning name will be announced on our website and the person that comes up with the winning name will win a prize.

The new baby sea anemone is about the size of a quarter (too small to photograph yet). We first discovered her in early November. It is very rare to have sea anemone’s breed in captivity. Stay tuned for more details as the new baby develops.