This event has been postponed from April 20th to Friday, April 29th.
Nestled amongst rolling hills filled with forest, grassland, and wetlands, the Smith Blackburn Homestead is home to a diversity of plants and wildlife.
This event is all about caring for the trees and trails. Throughout the land and especially near the lake, old mature trees provide important habitat for birds, small mammals, and other wildlife. However, a healthy beaver population in the area means that many of them are being felled. We will be wrapping the bases of some of the bigger and older trees with wire to protect them from the busy beavers.
In 2021, we also planted 30 spruce trees and 110 shrubs to restore an area filled with invasive plants. At this event, we will be manually clipping back the weeds and grasses around these trees and shrubs to reduce competition and allow them to thrive as the growing season approaches. Lastly, we will do some light trail maintenance and trash pickup to make sure the land is clean and safe for both people and wildlife to enjoy.
We will meet at the Smith Blackburn Homestead at 10:00 AM and leave the site by 3 PM. Wear appropriate footwear (waterproof if you have it) and long pants, and bring a lunch, water, hat, sunscreen, and a camera or binoculars if you'd like. If you have your own gloves to bring we recommend that you do so, but otherwise tools and gloves will be provided. Additional information will be sent to you several days in advance of the event.
Stewardship events are weather-dependent and subject to cancellation.
Contact Nikki at nikki.paskar@ealt.ca or 780-862-3117 with any questions.
Click the button below to register. Note that we are now using a new program called Signup.com to manage our event registrations.
Huge thanks to One Tree Planted for supporting this event! Participant names and contact information will be shared with One Tree Planted for this event.
