Ms. Que Banh<p>Tribute to the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PacificNorthwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PacificNorthwest</span></a>.</p><p>One of the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/woodburned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>woodburned</span></a> planks on the boardwalk at the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Somenos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Somenos</span></a> Marsh Wildlife refuge/estuary. I overlaid one of my foggy Autumn photos of Lake Cowichan over the marked plank photo.<br>This wetlands estuary is a key part of S’amunu (Somenos) watershed in South <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CowichanValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CowichanValley</span></a>, just outside of downtown <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DuncanBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuncanBC</span></a>.</p><p>Learn more &amp; visit it sometime - birders love these wetlands:</p><p>The Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society (SMWS) is a 35-year-old charitable society made up of people who care deeply about the S’amunu (Somenos) Watershed. This biodiversity-rich watershed is the traditional home of the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Quwutsun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quwutsun</span></a> People, a nursery for salmon, a resting place and winter home for migratory waterfowl, and a sanctuary for many other endangered and common species. The work of the SMWS is both restorative and educational.<br><a href="https://www.somenosmarsh.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">somenosmarsh.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VanIsle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VanIsle</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PacificNorthwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PacificNorthwest</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Cascadia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cascadia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PNW</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PhotoEdit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhotoEdit</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CreativeArtist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeArtist</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VisualArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VisualArt</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WorldWhereWeLive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldWhereWeLive</span></a></p>