Non-Native Vegetation Removal
Fish Surveys
Water Quality Testing
Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup

Non-Native Vegetation Removal
The Richmond Environmental Youth Corps, the South Vancouver Neighbourhood House Dream Green Team and Vancouver Aquarium volunteers gathered several times throughout July and August to remove both purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicera) and scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) from Fraser River Park. In total, 12 bags of purple loosestrife and 15 m3 of scotch broom were removed from the park.

Above: Close up of the seed pods of Scotch broom. Right: Saisha, Krista and Alec removing invasive Scotch broom.

Fish Surveys and 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.

Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-Up
In September of 2001, the Taiwanese Green Society cleaned up one kilometer of Fraser River Park's shoreline. They collected a total of 200 kilograms of trash, with the most unusual item being a laptop computer!