Join us for our fourth annual “Loving the Grasslands” event, a special fundraising evening celebrating the beauty, culture, and ecological importance of BC’s grasslands. Your support helps protect these rare landscapes for future generations. The event will take place at Thompson Rivers University. You’ll enjoy an evening of great company, a full premiere buffet, and, of course, our live and silent auctions.
All funds raised support GCC education, stewardship, and research projects!
Event Details
Date: February 5th, 2026
Time: 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Venue: Thompson Rivers University Mountain Room, Kamloops, BC, Canada
Expect a premiere buffet dinner, live and silent auctions, and musical entertainment
Read more about last year’s event
Google map direction: https://maps.app.goo.gl/TNbE3KSqJgFgKZq68
Register here: https://simpli.events/e/LovingtheGrasslands2026
Auction Items
Some of the items up for auction include:
A pair of tickets on one of the Rocky Mountaineer’s 2 day Western Canada routes with the silverleaf service
Stained glass artwork by Lynn Chidwick
2-night essential package at Echo Valley Ranch and Spa
Original artwork by Mark Hobson, internationally renowned painter
2 night package for 2 adults from Sundance Guest Ranch including meals, accommodation, and riding
Birding day tour and lunch with Ian Barnett and Tom Dickinson
Plus items from Okanagan Ranch and Fence Supplies, Bob and Kathleen Haywood-Farmer, Rangeland Adventure Tours, Lyons landscaping, Sagebrush Nursery, Wild Birds Unlimited Kamloops, Monte Creek Winery, Left Field Cider, Sun Peaks Resort, and MORE!
Sponsors
Sharp-tailed grouse Sponsor
The Armstrong Collective
Badger Sponsors
Echo Valley Ranch and Spa
Lynn Chidwick
Mark Hobson
Mike Dedels Ag Consulting
Arrowleaf balsamroot Sponsors
Mary MacGregor Law Corp
Nature Trust of BC
BC Cattlemen’s Association
Sagebrush Nursery
Purity Farm and Garden
Okanagan Ranch and Fence Supplies
Rangeland Adventure Tours
Sundance Guest Ranch
Bob and Kathleen Haywood-Farmer
McTavish Consulting
Keefer Ecological
Sage Environmental
Great Basin Spadefoot Sponsors
Eric Dean
Avanti
AEWLP
Touchstone Appraisals
Triton Environmental
Feistmann
