Events

Join Team WaterSmart and IIABC to learn more about irrigation practices in our region.

Link to Register: Irrigation Workshop

Take part in this year's 20th annual hunt for the golden shoe in regional and community parks. Each week a golden shoe is hidden in an RDN park and a clue to its location is released. Head out to the park to find the shoe, log your entry and maybe win a prize. Adventurers of all ages will enjoy the hunt. Clues and instructions for the locations of the shoes will be posted weekly to getinvolved.rdn.ca/golden-shoe, and RDN social media (Facebook and Instagram).

Contact RDN Recreation and Parks by calling 250-248-3252 or 250-752-5014

Join the RDN’s Drinking Water and Watershed Protection team at a special event to learn about groundwater, with a focus on the Jingle Pot, Wellington and Doumont area.

Registration is FREE and all residents are welcome. It is a two-part event, with lunch being provided for those attending the entire event.

More details below:

WellSmart Workshop 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.:

Join the RDN and representatives from the Ministry of Water, Land and Natural Resource Stewardship and others, to learn about well maintenance/operation, protecting your water source, water testing, treatment options and drought management. 

Aquifer 211 Workshop 1 – 3 p.m.:

Join the RDN and representatives from the City of Nanaimo, the Ministry of Environment and others to learn about groundwater, what an aquifer is and how to do your part in protecting Aquifer 211, a bedrock aquifer located below the Jingle Pot, Wellington, and Doumont area, which is showing declining water level trends.

For more information and to register for one of or both the sessions, email the Drinking Water and Watershed Protection Program at watersmart [at] rdn.bc.ca (watersmart[at]rdn[dot]bc[dot]ca). Please specify if you will be staying for both sessions and needing lunch.