Here are some photos that we have taken over the past couple of years
Summer 2009:
Canoeing on Campbell's Pond; an Osprey nest by Cambell's pond.
Osprey at Campbell's Pond; Redwing Blackbird, found all over the watershed.
Sediment Trap construction; Mulching and seeding the bank afterwards.
Trees on the Houston property; Canoeing on Campbells Pond
An American Toad found on the Houston Farm.
Hunter-Clyde + Young Environmentalists; Pruning workshop in Trout River
Rolling's Pond Feeder Stream; Canoeing from New Glasgow Lobster suppers to Campbell's Pond
Our crew with the Wheatley River Crew; A great blue heron at Houston Farm
This beaver dam was removed from the South-East Branch. It had been flooding a farm bridge and drowning the surrounding trees, the beavers had been trapped already, but we plan to make this whole branch beaver-free.
Beaver Dam, day 1
Beaver Dam, day 2; Beaver Dam, final day
Bat Box, we built 50 of these.
On Saturday June 6th, 2009, the Blue Heron Sea Cadets planted 250 trees around a wetland on the corner of the Line Road and Route 13. We all finished up with a barbecue. The weather was great - and no flies!
On June 7th, 2008, the Blue Heron Sea Cadets planted 250 trees next to the river in New Glasgow and Hunter River. Each year, the Cadets come out and join community members in a great effort to get the summer watershed restoration program underway. Wayne Easter came along to talk with the cadets and the volunteers, who planted a mix of acadian species on the sloping west bank of the river.
On July 25th, 2008 the Summer Crew kayaked the entire area of Campbell's pond and the surrounding streams to collect data on the water quality parameters feeding into the pond itself. This was a great success as we were able to obtain much data and also have some fun out on the water.
A brush mat that we built at the end of MacLeod Road, near the Confederation Trail. Brush mats are built with spruce boughs, stakes and string, and they fill with silt. After a couple of years, they become part of the bank and so the stream is narrowed. Narrowing the stream helps clean the silt away, exposing gravel for fish spawning. Narrower streams flow faster and become more oxygenated, helping fish to survive.
The work crew removed a fallen tree from the river in 2007.
In 2007, highway 2 was rebuilt and we took the opportunity to build some rock pools so that fish can swim upstream. Fish need pools to rest in, otherwise the journey upstream is too hard for them.
We plant Acadian trees, which are the native species that always grew on PEI. The provincial nursery gives us trees in pots, which stand a better chance of surviving the mice, hares and ice than seedlings would.
In 2007, we had a great turnout for our work-day. Many of the workers are from the Blue Heron Sea Cadets.
In 2007 we planted trees around a wetland that had been created by Ducks Unlimited just north of New Glasgow.
