To participate in our in-person activities, you will be asked to sign a waiver stating you are fully-vaccinated and have not been in contact with someone with COVID-19.

Regular evening meetings, in-person, are occurring. The topic for the next meeting is described below the calendar.

Details on the activities are in the calendar below and on pages devoted to each activity. The next program is also described below.

About the Central Okanagan Naturalists’ Club

CONC is a naturalists’ club based in Kelowna, BC, part of the Central Okanagan. Please note that we are a group interested in birds, botany, cycling, hiking, and snowshoeing (in the appropriate seasons); we are not interested in running around naked.

We recognize that our activities take place on the traditional and unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan people.

We organize a variety of weekly activities and hold monthly meetings to discuss club business and see a presentation on a topic of interest to the club. A few members, active or retired professionals, produce scientific articles. Details are available on the About Us page.

Many members participate in local, regional, and provincial bodies whose interests reflect the Club’s interests.

CONC is involved with December/January Christmas Bird Counts, the January Sweagle (swan and eagle) Count, the Johns Family Nature Conservancy Park Critter Count in May and the Okanagan Mountain Park Critter Count in June.

A 2020 activity was the Mission Creek Greenway Biodiversity Challenge organized by CONC in conjunction with the Friends of Mission Creek and Regional District Parks. How many species did naturalists find along the Greenway in 2020? The Challenge iNaturalist website is here.

Join us!

Membership information is available on the Information for Everyone page.

Upcoming activities

The activities are listed in the calendar above.

Additional information on hikes/snowshoe/bicycle trips is on the Hiking page.

Additional information on birding trips is on the Birding page.

Friday botany trips in the spring (and occasionally in the fall) are described on the Botany page. Note that this information includes places you can visit on your own, along with species lists,

Monthly Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month, September through May, at 7:00 p.m., currently in person whenever possible and otherwise via Zoom, with a picnic in June and a potluck in January.

Next meeting: May 14, at Evangel Church on Gordon Drive

Title: Forestry in British Columbia

Presenter: Archie Macdonald

About the presentation: A retired forester, Archie will present some thoughts on forestry in BC.

More details on this and other CONC meetings: Upcoming CONC meetings document.

Latest newsletter

The latest newsletter (Spring 2024) has been published.

Please use the menu system at the top of each page and its links to explore our different activities. To ask specific questions, use our info address: contact us.

Contact information:
Specific people on the executive.
The webmaster.
Last updated: 2024 04 11