Remove invasive plants at the Delta Nature Reserve

This event is on rain or shine

Meeting Spot

We are meeting at Barrymore Drive/Monroe Drive junction in Delta.

Maps of meeting spot (please click on each map for clearer look):

https://www.meetup.com/The-Lower-Mainland-Green-Team/photos/6245842/

https://www.meetup.com/The-Lower-Mainland-Green-Team/photos/6245842/#96244652

Please park along Barrymore Drive, Monroe Drive, 108th or Wiltshire Blvd.

For those taking the bus: The #312 bus leaves Scott Road Sky Train station at around 9:30 on Saturday morning, arriving at Barrymore and Monroe at 9:50 or so.

Getting yourself there

Consider carpooling. There are often Lower Mainland Green Team volunteers willing to provide a ride! If you need a ride log into your meetup account, click on "join us" on this page and leave a message briefly describing where you can offer or need a ride from. You can also leave a message at the bottom of this page in the box where it says "post a comment". Don't forget to chip in for gas if you get a ride ($5 for every hour of drive is about right)

Take transit. To find out the best route go to:http://www.translink.bc.ca (http://www.translink.bc.ca/) type in the location you are starting from, the destination and the date and time you will be begin the trip.

Ride your bicycle. There are bicycle maps here: http://vancouver.ca/engsvcs/transport/cycling/bikeways/maps.htm

Activities

Meet at 9.50 am (please don't be late) Sign-in Walk to site. Note: if you are late follow green arrows. Invasive plant removal from 10 am - 1 pm (with breaks and refreshments). Note: there is a possibility we will do a planting as well. Walk around the Delta Nature Reserve after lunch What to bring

Your rain jacket in case it is raining. Our events in the rain have still been great fun! Gardening gloves if you have them (otherwise they'll be provided for you) Ideal footwear: waterproof hiking boots, sturdy outdoor shoes, rubber boots. No open toe shoes, heels or fashionable shoes/boots. Wear clothes you don't mind getting dirty Water (to bring with you to the work site) What will be provided for you

Gloves, tools and equipment. If you have your own gardening gloves, feel free to bring them. Snacks for the break Instruction - The host will give you the run down about the work we will be doing (you don't need to have experience to participate) About the Delta Nature Reserve

Burns Bog has a wide range of flora (e.g. cedar forest, spruce trees) and fauna (e.g. hawks, eagles and owls) and has the world's largest raised peat bog. It is on 4,000 hectares of land (10 times the size of Stanley Park). It is one of the largest undeveloped ecosystems in the world. The Delta Nature Reserve is the one area of the bog open for public use.

To learn more please go to: http://www.burnsbog.ca/visit.html

Hosts

Cougar Creek Streamkeepers and the Corporation of Delta