New Westminster Parks, Culture and Recreation and Evergreen (www.evergreen.ca) have partnered to offer a two-year Parks Stewardship Program: “Uncover Your Creeks: Citizen Science” in Lower Hume Park

• Learn about local ecology
• Help manage invasive plants
• Plant native plants
• Monitor water quality in the Brunette River

Official Program Launch – Sunday, June 16th

Monthly citizen science training and activities will be offered on the third Sunday of each month. Please check the City of New Westminster Events Calendar, at www.newwestcity.ca

 

 

When: Inaugural event, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm. Future monthly events, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm.

Where: Meet at Lower Hume Park Picnic Shelter

New Westminster (Columbia Street & East of Holmes Street)

Who: All ages

REGISTRATION:

This is a free event. For more information or to register, please contact Sharon Johal at sjohal@evergreen.ca or 604.689.0766 ext. 226

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The Brunette River watershed is shared between the municipalities of Burnaby, Vancouver, Coquitlam, New Westminster and Port Moody. The watershed is 80% urbanized and is home to 175,000 people. In much of the 20% of the watershed that is made of up of green space, invasive plants are a threat to the urban ecology and biodiversity that support native plant and animal species.

Through “Uncover Your Creeks: Citizen Science”, the urban ecosystem will be rehabilitated by removing invasive plant species such as Blackberry, Ivy and Lamium and planting native species such as Salmonberry and Red-Osier Dogwood.

CONTACTS:

Jennifer Lukianchuk jlukianchuk@newwestcity.ca
Dana McDonald   dmcdonald@evergreen.ca