McIntyre Creek Eco Forum October 23, 2014

Please join us for this event at Mount McIntyre Recreation Center, at 6:30 pm, October 23, 2014.  We have some interesting presenters, free snacks, and it is sure to be an informative and interesting evening.

McIntyre Creek Cleanup

In spite of being a cool, and somewhat rainy day, the few volunteers that showed up, collected an amazing amount of garbage, including a futon bed, and some large pieces of pipe.

Thanks to all the dedicated folks who came out to help, including the Fish and Game Society cook, Bruce Ross, who had an easy job of warming up the home cooked burgers, and  smokies, provided by Celeste Sundquist-Bendall .  Many thanks Celeste for providing yet again, another great lunch, including the  home made hamburgers!!! 

In a pre-announcement, keep your eyes open for details on the Eco Forum being sponsored by Friends of McIntyre Creek on October 23, 2014.  Watch the newspapers for announcements, and come back to the blog for more details.  You will have a chance to experience some of Celeste's culinary creativity at this event!

The last load, with BBQ in front, and food truck on the rear left

Chef Celeste Sundquist-Bendall with hungry Volunteer Jeff Marinowski

Celeste Sundquist-Bendall & Michael Bendall with food truck

Dorothy Bradley and Mary  Whitley with first batch of garbage

Mary Whitley, Bruce Ross & Bonny Ross

enjoying lunch

The final loads of garbage on display ready for City pickup

Fish & Game volunteer cook, Bruce Ross

Volunteers with their payload of garbage & enjoying lunch

Jeff Marinowski bringing back a futon and pipe found in woods

Jeff Marinowski & Gayle Moffat with payload of garbage

REMINDER: Cleanup of McIntyre Creek

Friends of McIntyre Creek have set September 20, 2014 from 10 am to 2 pm as the clean up date for the middle McIntyre Creek area.  The meeting place will be the pump house (Blue Building) at the end of the road below the Yukon College at 10:00 am.  Garbage bags will be provided, but you will need to provide your own gloves.

We look forward to a good turn out, and  hope you can join us to help clean up the area. 

A BBQ lunch will be provided.

McIntyre Creek Shoreline Cleanup September 20 - 10 am

 Please join us at the Pump House at the Yukon College pond, Blue City Water building on September 20 at 10 am for a cleanup.  Registration is not necessary, but it will help us to purchase enough food for lunch for the volunteers if you preregister.

Shore line signup site


http://www.shorelinecleanup.ca/node/107776

Wetland Keepers Course - August 2014

Friends of McIntyre Creek 

Annual Wetland Keepers Course 

8th ,9th and 10th August

Whitehorse.YT

Seven registrants spend the weekend learning about Wetlands.

Classroom and infield instruction included  the important classification  of  wetland types.

Practical hands-on instruction on surveying and documentation of wetland types, particular fauna, flora and invertebrates relative to each wetland type was learned.

Hydrology of specific wetlands was illustrated, as well as instruction on how to preserve  the status quo, change or  mitigate any destructive alteration which may  affect the status of the wetlands.

The course was very hands on and enjoyable but a little dampened on the Sunday.  However registrants did not seemed to be phased by the wet weather as, after all, we were out in the "wetlands'.

Thanks to Tami Hamilton and Cris  Guppy- instructors, courtesy of EcoFor, Environmental Consultants, and Celeste Sundquist -Bendall for the superb lunches.

Photos provided by participants, Michael Bendall and Dorothy Bradley.

Participants of Wetland Keepers Workshop - Photo by Gerry Steers

Good wetland

Beaver damn with old sticks

Marsh weed

Naturalists at Work

Marsh

Wood frogs

Cataloging

Burdock

Transecting

 

Chris Guppy with bug on glasses ready to take flight

Bugs and fish

Chinook Salmon found

Beginning the walk into the wetlands

A little assistance needed over the Creek

Rich fen

Rich fen

Rich fen

 Wetlands

 

Surveying the count

Degradation from stock

Carganey

Assessing beaver dam

Failed beaver dam

Fish Lake

Fish lake

Spider web across back

ATV  crossing

Lichen on stump

Stinging nettle

Wasp worm

Bear Encounters

The link below is an article on the Canadian Wildlife web page, that I received in a newsletter.  Since we have bears, and a lot of areas to hike, I thought it might be a good reminder to share this information.


Click here for the web page.