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Habitat Restoration Projects
Photo: Marg Cuthbert |
Volunteers are the key
to the success of our habitat enhancement planting projects!
The Friends of Semiahmoo Bay Society has been active in many
projects including work at the Little Campbell River Estuary,
Blackie Spit
and as part of the City of White Rock Foreshore Restoration
at East Beach.
Funding to assist with our
restoration projects is graciously provided by Nature
Canada, Important Bird Areas program. This is a
program of Birdlife International and it is co-managed by
Nature Canada and Bird Studies Canada! |
Little Campbell River
Estuary Habitat Restoration Project:
This is an ongoing restoration project that was started in
2001, on the Semiahmoo First Nation Reserve. Volunteers are
needed to remove invasive plants, plant new native trees and
shrubs and maintain the existing restoration site. This work
is planned for March 14, 2010 and late September/early
October.
Blackie Spit, Savenye Environmentally Sensitive Area,
Crescent Beach:
Friends of Semiahmoo Bay Society is working with Surrey
Parks, Fisheries and Oceans and FREMP (the Fraser River
Estuary Management Program) in this important site.
Work already completed has included the removal of creosote
logs and English cork elm trees. Volunteers are needed for
invasive plant species removal (Scotch broom, tansy and
daphne), planting native trees and shrubs that have more
value for wildlife and maintaining the existing site at the
forage fish project.
This work is planned for March 7, 2010 and late
September/early October.
photo: Alison Prentice |
Forage fish Habitat Restoration Site
photo: Alison Prentice |
City of White Rock Foreshore Restoration at East
Beach:
Planting of Douglas’ aster and Canada goldenrod was done in
2008.
Thank you so much for all your help in making a difference
for and in Boundary Bay!
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Resources
News from the Global
Invasive Species Team
Invasipedia, a new TNC wiki! (Global, Planet Earth)
There is little doubt that the Global Invasive
Species Team web site, now in its 12th year, is
chock-full of useful information. However, some of
its resources are rather old. What to do?
To keep the site content relevent and fresh, we have
now launched a wiki that can be edited by anyone!
Now, all invasive species practitioners can
contribute their vast knowledge and experience to
our current set of documents, and add new content on
how to best manage invasive species. While
Invasipedia is currently restricted to plants, if
the users wish to expand its scope---well, they can!
For those who are frightened that an open wiki is
going to be a recipe for disaster, rest assured that
we are monitoring this site and will watch for
pointless vandalism. We are confident that this
exciting project will be a place for users to launch
their best management practices.
To help jump start this process, we have preloaded
the wiki with GIST treatments for about 30 species.
You can start your wiki-work by reviewing these
treatments, and if you see something that could be
added to, please do so. When you get confident, you
can start adding treatment for new species! Some
resources to help you get used to Invasipedia are
given below.
Have fun!!!!
Invasipedia
(http://www.invasipedia.org) |
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Friends of Semiahmoo Bay Society, with partners, invites you to celebrate
Boundary Bay, Canada's Top Bird Area.