VOTE FOR GREENWAYS PROJECT

Please go to this site and vote for Greenways Land Trust to receive 10K from First Credit & Insurance!! This will go towards our greenway project on Jubilee Parkway!

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For more information on this project see the above poster or call our office: 250.287.3785

The Greenways Loop is a 25km pedestrian trail around the City of Campbell River that connects residents and visitors providing increased mobility, social interaction and recreational resources. At the southern end of this pedestrian network will be the Jubilee Connector, the missing 3km of trail that will link the Rotary Seawalk to the Beaver Lodge Forest Lands along Jubilee Parkway and Highway 19A. The project will employ displaced forestry workers, enhance the visual landscape, reduce invasive species, and rehabilitate Willow Creek. As Project Manager, Greenways Land Trust will lead this greenway to completion, incorporating the needs of various stakeholders, City design guidelines and enforcing environmental protectionism.

The Jubilee Connector will be a soft surface urban trail with suburban connector links to allow for neighbouring communities to easily access the greenway. Its design priorities are connectivity, universal accessibility, maintenance ease, safety and aesthetic appeal. Bicycles, strollers and wheelchairs will be welcome on large portions of the trail. The vegetation plan for the Jubilee Connector incorporates the need for invasive species removal, native species retention, biodiversity augmentation, aesthetic appeal, safety precautions and maintenance concerns. Hearty native shrubs, grasses, wildflowers and trees have been selected for replanting. This will allow the parkland to return to a more natural state.

Pending additional financial support the trail will receive upgrades such as a resting point at Highway 19A and Jubilee Parkway. This will offer users a chance to relax and regroup at the entrance to Campbell River, an otherwise unused plot of land. A combination of benches, tables, and bike racks could be located within this project through the support of this giveaway. Completion of this project would incorporate smart growth principles, making Campbell River a more livable, inclusive and energy efficient city.

With these additions the greenway will be more inviting, increasing usage and in turn the ultimate goal of our organization. Greenways Land Trust is a non-profit organization that is devoted to enhancing and maintaining the natural environment and greenway networks of Campbell River. The completion of the Greenways Loop is a priority project that we feel would benefit greatly from your added support.

Please vote here!

Broom Bash in the Mirror

Scotch Broom, Cytisus scoparius, is a Western European shrub that was introduced to Vancouver Island in 1850.

Now, subsequently thriving on many parts of the Island and mainland, this plant costs the farming and forestry industries millions of dollars every year.

It alters ecosystems by prohibiting other plants from taking to disrupted land, in return reducing biodiversity and dominating the landscape.

Often found on roadsides or in open meadows, a single plant can produce 3,500 pods, within which there are 5-12 seeds, easily forming dense thickets of yellow that obstruct mobility and increase wildfire intensity. Greenways Land Trust, an environmental non-profit organization, has been battling this fast growing, noxious weed throughout the Campbell River area for 10 years through their annual Broom Bash. Now in their 11th year, the volunteer event will be held at the BMX track adjacent to Nunns Creek Park on Homewood Road as part of Earth Week. Tim Hortons has partnered in this project, providing assistance to Greenways, plus tools, t-shirts, and Timbits to volunteers. Everyone is welcome to join in the ripping and clipping of Broom on April 25 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the track.

Earth Week is a chance to celebrate our planet and raise awareness of issues concerning its fragile nature. Greenways and Tim Hortons are happy to host this event but stress the need for volunteers in order to make it a success.

Thank you to the Mirror for publishing this article

The Courier Islander article here.

Concerns Over Mine Expansion

Greenways Land Trust, Campbell River Environmental Committee, Haig-Brown Institute and Campbell River Estuary Protection Group are hosting a public information meeting in the Maritime Heritage Centre on April 27th at 7 p.m. to discuss Quinsam Coal's proposed expansion.

Quinsam Coal is looking to construct an underground mine in the 7 South area that could negatively impact the Campbell River's watershed. Chief among the concerns is the potential for arsenic contamination, that if commenced, is near impossible to halt due to bacteria mobilization.

The Courier for more.

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Earth Week is Approaching

Upcoming Events Include:

April 17th - Community Clean-up in Campbellton
From 10am to 2pm. Meet at the Volunteer Tent between Acklands and the Quinsam Hotel.

April 18 - 'Eco Fair'
Sponsored by the Comox Strathcona Waste Management and the Compost Education Centre, this fair will provide free information on how to compost correctly and live greener. 10am-2pm at the Compost Education Centre, 228 S. Dogwood St.

April 21st - Come watch Addicted to Plastics, an award winning documentary film about one of the largest pollutants: plastics. Chat with city representatives about the move towards sustainability and Green City initiatives. Greenways Land Trust will on hand with an information booth. Admission by donation - all proceeds go towards Carihi and Timberline environmental efforts. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the film begins at 7:30.

Watch the movie trailer here.

April 25th - Greenways BROOM BASH 2010
Tim Horton's and Greenways Land Trust are partnering up to rid the BMX track of Scotch Broom. This attractive invasive plant is threatening to invade Nunns Creek Park and we need your help! Swing by Tim Hortons for a Greenways Donut throughout the week and we will see you out at the BMX track on Homewood Rd- across from the Salvation Army and adjacent to the recycling depot from 10 am - 2 pm on Sunday.

Tools, goodies and refreshments provided
For more information call GLT at 250-287-3785

Earth Hour in Campbell River

Electricity demand went down 2% this year in CR during Earth Hour. Is a continuation of this level of energy consumption possible? A question all residents should ask themselves.

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Robson Bight Pollution Trial Verdict

Ted Leroy Trucking has been convicted of six counts of pollution for the Robson Bight spill of 2007. Logging equipment and 20,000 litres of oil and fuel were dumped into the Robson Bight Ecological Reserve in Johnstone Strait due to an unseaworthy badge with a compromised scow.

The company has since gone bankrupt thus the clean-up, totalling $2.5 million, will be paid by the government. This draws attention to the need for mandatory badge inspections and tie-downs regulations.

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