Volunteers helped the Invasive Species Council of B.C. (ISCBC) plant more trees and shrubs at Scout Island Saturday, May 11.
The work is part of an ongoing restoration project.
“We’ve been working on this area,” said Emma Nikkel, outreach coordinator with ISCBC. “A bunch of classes came out to do some weed pulling in the fall.”
All the plants were donated by Gibraltar Mine, making it a community effort, she added.
“We got lots of aspens, water birch, mountain alder, choke cherries, saskatoons and two Douglas-firs. We’ve tried to pair them in the rights spots so hopefully they will survive.”
Fencing has been erected around the new trees and irrigation will be set up in the near future to help the new plants thrive.
“With the fencing being narrow enough, the deer won’t want to go in because they like to see how they can get out again.”
By pinning the fences down, they also hope to stop the beavers from going underneath.
“It’s been great to have everybody out,” she said of the five people who were on hand Saturday to help with the planting.
READ MORE: May is Invasive Species Action Month in B.C.
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