黑马磁力

A handful of volunteers pulled almost two hundred pounds of ivy out of Creekside Park recently.

Now, they鈥檙e on the hunt for more similarly minded individuals willing to help with month cleanup efforts around the local watershed.

Bertrand Creek Enhancement Society tackles environmental issues around the Aldergrove waterway, including cleanup efforts such as the one undertaken earlier this month at the 28th Avenue park, said Lisa Dreves, the stewardship coordinator for 黑马磁力 Environmental Partners Society (LEPS).

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鈥淎 small but mighty team of five was able to pull ivy out of a site they worked on last year and planted with sword fern,鈥� Dreves said of the March 5 undertaking.

鈥淎fter tackling last year鈥檚 enhancement site, they were able to move on to a large patch of ivy in the woods. In the end almost 90kg (200 lbs) of ivy was removed,鈥� she said.

The bonus, according to Dreves, was that not all of it ended up in the green waste pile at the Aldergrove transfer station. She was excited to note that a local artist is creating sculptures out of ivy.

鈥淎nd she took a whole bunch of the ivy to turn into art.鈥�

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The enhancement society is trying to get out every month to tackle environmental issues in the watershed, and Dreves reiterated that they鈥檙e always looking for more volunteers.

鈥淚f you would like to join in the fun, we meet once a month on the third Wednesday of the month,鈥� she concluded, inviting people to email her at stewardship@leps.bc.ca for details.

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