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Iona Beach
Non-Native
Vegetation Removal
Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
Fish Surveys
Water Quality Testing
Non-Native
Vegetation Removal
Both scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) and purple loosestrife
(Lythrum salicera) are feisty non-native plants that are
outcompeting Iona Beach's native vegetation for nutrients and
space. Hardworking Vancouver Aquarium volunteers tackled robust
scotch broom trunks with blade and saw, and never-ending fields
of purple loosestrife with incredible stamina. In total 30 m3
of scotch broom and 22 bags of purple loosestrife were removed.
Well done team!
Iona Beach
is a sea of purple in the summertime! |
Removing
scotch broom at Iona Beach. |
Great
Canadian Shoreline Clean-Up
The North
Arm of the Fraser River is a busy spot for tugs moving logs
for the lumber industry. |
In September
2001, 34 students from R.A. McMath Secondary School in Richmond
along with a handful of Vancouver Aquarium volunteers cleaned
up 0.5 kilometers of the Fraser River's North Arm. They collected
a total of 15 kg of trash!
Industrial Wood Removal In September 2001, the students of R.A.McMath
also took part in an industrial wood clean-up. They removed 1,890
kg of wood from Iona Beach's valuable wetlands.
Fish
Surveys
A group of dedicated Vancouver Aquarium volunteers have committed
themselves to early Sunday mornings of rain and mud. This hardworking
team began is continuing the baseline data collection that the
Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre's Waterway Enhancement
Team began in the summer of 2001. This data will be vital in assessing
changes in the health of the Fraser River Estuary over a long
term basis. To
see the results click here.
Water
Quality Testing
A group of dedicated Vancouver Aquarium volunteers have committed
themselves to early Sunday mornings of rain and mud. This hardworking
team is continuing the baseline data collection that the Vancouver
Aquarium Marine Science Centre's Waterway Enhancement Team began
in the summer of 2001. This data will be vital in assessing changes
in the health of the Fraser River Estuary over a long term basis.
To see
the results click here.
More
results from the field.
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