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Get ready for Wings Over the Rockies 2022
What a week the 25th annual Wings Over the Rockies Nature Festival will be!
Wings is Celebrating Nature …Winging it for 25 years from May 9 to 15. The week is packed with more than 100 activities and events focusing on the special wildlife and environment of the Columbia Valley. The festival is centred in Invermere, with events in various locations between Wasa and Golden.
All events and presentations are led by knowledgeable nature enthusiasts who are pleased to share their expertise. See the Wings schedule and purchase tickets here.
Wings is delighted to welcome Dr. Harvey Locke, conservationist, writer and photographer as the guest speaker for the Wings Gala on Saturday, May 14.
A former lawyer, Dr. Locke changed his passion into a new career, becoming an authority on national parks, wildlife, large landscape and connectivity conservation and climate change. His work with international organizations to conserve biological diversity and halt biodiversity loss has been recognized with a number of prestigious awards.
Purchase tickets for the Gala, to be held at the Columbia Valley Centre.
The Wings Online Auction goes live on Friday, May 6 at noon with a link from the Wings website. This is an opportunity to acquire amazing adventures, extravagant art, learning opportunities and one-of-a-kind items. The auction closes Sunday, May 15 at noon.
Local fans are thrilled that The Wardens, a Rocky Mountain-based band, will be returning to Invermere. Their songs and stories rise from the land they protected as Canadian national park wardens.
Purchase tickets for the Friday, May 13 concert at the Columbia Valley Centre.
Photographers, young and older, will be interested in the Photo Contest.
Photos in four categories for adults and a special category for photo buffs under 16 may be submitted at no cost on-line for prizes in each category.
The Grand Prize is a two-day workshop with nature photographer Denise Hoffgaard. Check the contest details.
Mark your calendars, study the Wings schedule, and go to the website to buy tickets for your chosen events before they sell out. May 9-15 will be a very exciting week!
Wings Over the Rockies Nature Festival theme for our 25th Festival, “Celebrating Nature…Winging it for 25 Years,” recognizes the vital role that the outdoors plays in our physical and mental well-being but also that humans have a responsibility to protect these special natural places. The Columbia River Wetlands is one of the largest intact wetlands on the continent, sheltering elk, deer, wolves, cougars, grizzly bears, fish, amphibians, insects, more than 260 bird species and nearly 40 threatened animal and plant species.
Lead image: WOTR Birding event at Richie’s Point, Wilmer. Photos submitted
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