In 2019, BC Nature celebrated 50 years of being a federation, having organized under the official title of Federation of BC Naturalists in 1969. However, BC Nature's expansive history can actually be dated as far back as 1957, when the Standing Committee of Federations was created by Dr. Clifford Carl. This was then followed to become the Council of Naturalists, in 1962. They functioned on similar interests as we still do today, acting as a coalition on issues such as threatened species, land-management, club affairs, summer camps and more.