Central Kootenay Committee back to tackle invasive plants
By Nelson Daily Staff
The Central Kootenay Invasive Plant Committee will be back on the Nelson waterfront early next week for another round of removing invasive plants.
The Central Kootenay Invasive Plant Committee (CKIPC) is a non-profit society comprised of concerned local citizens, land managers, government and non-government agencies who are working to improve the way we manage non-native invasive species in the Central Kootenay region.
During the spring the committee joined forces with Trafalgar Middle School students to remove invasive common tansy and scotch broom and restoring the sites with native non-invasive shrubs and trees.
Monday the group will once again be on the Nelson Dogwalk armed with $5000 funding for their Communities Pulling Together Program from the Canon’s Take Root Program, presented by Evergreen.
Evergreen is a national environmental organization that makes cities more livable through community naturalization projects.
Canon’s Take Root Program, presented by Evergreen, will provide a $5,000 grant and a PowerShot digital camera to 30 local groups across Canada every year for the next three years.
Take Root aims to add more than 7,500 trees to the Canadian urban landscape annually and encourage community engagement in public spaces through native tree-planting events, invasive-species removal and other community stewardship, monitoring and developmental activities.
Tuesday and Wednesday crews will trek to Davis Street Park to remove common tansy and scotch broom and restoring the sites with native non-invasive shrubs and trees.
