YOUR HELP NEEDED FOR UPCOMING DCA WORK BEES!

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Please consider lending us a hand on the following dates, if you are able!***

Note: During the spring months, we need to be mindful of breeding and nesting birds, and the potential for flying checkerspot butterflies. If C-spots are seen flying in any of the following areas of work during this time, a work bee may be postponed.

 

(1)     Thursday, May 25  —  Central Park Clean-up, Round-2

Meet: 10:00 am, at Main Entrance (Denman Road).

Bring: leather gloves, loppers, pruning saws, buckets, shears, secateurs

Activities: Clearing remaining Scotch Broom from a few areas; Bracken control on trails; Some English Holly removal

 

(2)     THREE DAYS: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 26-28  — Settlement Lands BROOM BEES

Meet: 10:00 am on whichever day(s) you like, at the corner of Chickadee and Central Roads.

Bring: Gloves, loppers, pruning saw, secateurs, battery powered reciprocating saw with ear protection.

Activities: Cutting of small and large broom plants

 

(3)      Tues, May 30th  —  Railway Grade Marsh Trails

Meet: 1:00 pm, at north entrance

Bring: loppers, secateurs, shears, machete, gloves.

Activities: Cutting back salal, bracken etc. from trails

 

(4)      FOUR DAYS: Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday, June 1-4  —  Settlement Lands Projects

Meet: 1:00 pm on whichever day(s) you like, at main parking area (middle of Central Road)

Bring: Weeding tools, small pick-mattocks; spades, shovels, loppers, secateurs, shears, buckets, tarps, yogurt containers, gloves

Activities: Initial site preparation for butterfly garden; Digging and removal of invasive everlasting pea plants; removal of invasive St. John’s Wort (flowers) and initial digging of SJW and periwinkle

 

CONTACT Erika Bland for more information about any of the above. 

250-702-7773    erikaaction@gmail.com

Thank you! ♥

***MORE WORK BEES WILL BE POSTED WHEN THEY ARE SCHEDULED. PLEASE CHECK BACK REGULARLY FOR UPDATES!