McIntyre Creek Walk August 8, 2010 with Tami Hamilton

McIntyre Wetland Hike was sponsored by FOMC and the YCS lead by Tammy Hamilton.

The walk started at the Alaska Highway and went upstream from the highway along the shore adjacent to Raven’s Ridge.

The bird is some kind rare blackbird. Photographer was Jeff Marynowski

Thank You Mackenzie Morgan

It is very touching and encouraging to see that we have such great supporters, even in our young people. We thank Mackenzie for her fund raising and we promise we will do our very best to protect this area for a Park, so even her children will be able to enjoy it, as she and her mother do today. See email below:

"My daughter Mackenzie and I travel the trails often and she has raised/saved $19.10 for the Friends of McIntyre Creek. She wants it to help save the beavers, the ducks, the eagles, the foxes and the honeysuckles. She is very upset about the human houses being built by the animals' houses. She is eight years old and very concerned about the situation.How can she get these funds to you?

Thank you, - Cindy-Anne on behalf of Mackenzie Morgan"

July 8, 2010 at McIntyre Creek

Today I saw many happenings at McIntyre Creek. There were cyclist, guys wading in the creek, families enjoying the "beach", and dog walkers. Yesterday there were 3 adult eagles watching the ducks who were huddled into the reeds. A duck family that once had 5 or 6 ducklings was down to 1, and I found it interesting to see that to protect the one remaining baby, one adult swam in front of the duckling, and the other adult swam behind. It appeared to be a male and female sharing the responsibility for protecting their last offspring of the year.

Another thing I found was bear poo, right in the area proposed as Porter Creek D. If we don't leave this corridor open for wildlife to pass, we will be have many more encounters of the unwelcome kind between wildlife and human residents.
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All photos by Gerry Steers, Gerry's Computer Magic.

Spring Celebration 2010 Report

"The Friends of McIntyre Creek Spring Celebration held June 11, 12, 13, 2010 was well attended, and enjoyed by the people who took part. The weather was windy and chilly but there was no rain for the event. Several people attended the Yukon Invasive Species weed pulling, (there are a lot of weeds at Yukon College). The dog powered sports dry land racing was an interesting event, and dry land casting was very educational with Dennis Zimmerman and Bruce Ross demonstrating the techniques. Exploring nature with your child was poorly attended as it seamed the soccer and ball tournaments took all the youth. The Bird walk on Friday evening revealed many birds in the wetlands, and a visit to the salmon fish incubation hatchery along Mountain View was very educational. During this event we sampled many of the bugs and things that live in the creek and make it a great place for fish to live"










Photos by Dorothy Bradley.

Email from Dennis Zimmerman toTami Hamilton thanking the Friends of McIntyre for the talk to the children

Hello Tami:

Thank you so much for the wetland talk on Friday. As a parent with two kids at the event I can tell you that they got a great deal out of it.

I really appreciated it and hope we can work together again. One of the kids wrote you a nice thank you letter.

Sincerely, Dennis
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Biodiversity Walk August 9, 2009 at 4:00 pm

Interested people should meet at 4 pm at the Kopper King parking lot on Sunday August 9th, 2009. It is posted on the website below or go to yukonwild.ca and follow the links.

http://environmentyukon.gov.yk.ca/wildlifebiodiversity/wildlifetalks.php