On the Road with our new Mountain Caribou Presentation

Thanks to generous funding provided by BC Hydro, NWPS headed out on the road and delivered 7 of our new Mountain Caribou presentations. Students in Kamloops, Revelstoke, New Denver and Nakusp participated in this fun educational program which aims to teach communities about one of Canada's most endangered species.

This program was possible thanks to the help of the folks at the Mountain Caribou Project.

Learning how we can help by staying out on Mountain Caribou habitat during critital times.

Checking out one of the caribou antlers!!



Playing 'Sleeping Wolf'. The Students, or caribou, try and forage for lichen which is being guarded by a sleeping or blindfolded wolf. The caribou below isn't going to go hungry as he is approaching the lichen quickly.

Earth Day 2007

On April 28th, NWPS joined the District of North Vancouver and the residents surrounding McKay Creek to restore habitat surrounding the creek. The group worked to remove invasive species from the area, especially invasive garden waste that had been dumped in the forest. At the end of the day, we planted several native tree species.

Removing invasive plant species by hand is tedious, but very important task. One of Earth Day event participants was unaware of the effects of dumping garden waste and said "I will never dump another plant in the forest now that I know what it does."

Removing a huge blackberry root ball!

Planting native tree species in forest beside MacKay Creek

A Western Trillium was discovered for the first time at the site. The plant is a protected species.