Friends of Pinhey Sand Dunes Newsletter Archives - Biodiversity Conservancy International

Friends of Pinhey Sand Dunes Newsletter: October 2025

This newsletter includes:
Update on our work during the sunny, autumnal October days; Monarch-hosting milkweed, know how to distinguish them; Other insects that love milkweed; New Pinhey Sand Dunes executives

Friends of Pinhey Sand Dunes Newsletter: September 2025

This newsletter includes: September roundup of dune, volunteer, NCC, tour, and fundraising activities; A guide to dragonflies and damselflies; BCI work on biodiversity in Vietnam; How to help the Pinhey Sand Dunes through donations

Friends of Pinhey Sand Dunes Newsletter: August 2025

In this month’s newsletter: Latest work on the dunes, the mural, and an upcoming fund-raising activity; What to spot at the dunes; How to donate to BCI and Friends of Pinhey Sand Dunes; New executive and outstanding positions

Friends of Pinhey Sand Dunes Newsletter: July 2025

In this newsletter, you can read about: Wings of Change: How Hop Trees Are Helping Giant Swallowtails Thrive, New Executive volunteers, All hail to the valiant Pinhey Sand Dune volunteers, Poem “Life of a Wildflower”

Friends of Pinhey Sand Dunes Newsletter: June 2025

In this newsletter, you can read about:
BCI at Pollinator Appreciation Day; The start of our shed mural project; An interview with Pinhey Sand Dunes founder, Dr. Pete Dang.

Friends of Pinhey Sand Dunes Newsletter: May 2025, part 2

In this month’s newsletter: Pollinator Appreciation Day; Jane’s Walk at the Pinhey Sand Dunes Inspires and Educates Community

Friends of Pinhey Sand Dunes Newsletter: May 2025, part 1

In this month’s first newsletter: Work begins at the dunes; Join us; Early spring bees at Dune 2.

Native plants to be planted at the dunes

Friends of Pinhey Sand Dunes Newsletter: March 2025

In this month’s newsletter: Planting the Sanctuary for Butterflies and Pollinators at Dune 2; Empty pop bottles with lids needed for watering.

Friends of Pinhey Sand Dunes Newsletter: February 2025

In this month’s newsletter: learn about butterflies and caterpillars at the dunes in 2024, and find volunteer positions now listed on Volunteer Ottawa.

Friends of Pinhey Sand Dunes Newsletter: January 2025

In our first Friends of the Pinhey Sand Dunes newsletter, you can register for an online presentation about bumblebee habitat at the dunes, and learn about our school tours program