The Greater Victoria Green Team is among the Go Wild Community Grant recipients B次元官网网址� issued last week B次元官网网址� for their programs to connect youth to nature and each other by restoring habitat. The local team scored some of the funding through the national charity, Green Teams of Canada.
B次元官网网址淲e are so excited to have received the WWF Go Wild Grant this year,B次元官网网址� said Amanda Evans, Program Manager, Greater Victoria Green Team. B次元官网网址淭he funding will help cover the cost of running six Greater Victoria Green Team environmental education and ecological restoration activities for 150 youth and at-risk youth to take place in degraded ecosystems.B次元官网网址�
Youth participate in activities to improve the overall health of the ecosystem, while getting outdoors and improving their own health.
B次元官网网址淲e plan to organize one of these activities right in Oak Bay and will connect with schools including Oak Bay High to engage local students,B次元官网网址� Evans said.
The crew recently did work on the Brighton Walkway where 18 GV Green Team volunteers B次元官网网址� hailing from Oak Bay, Victoria, Saanich, Langford, Esquimalt and Central Saanich B次元官网网址� worked with a trio from the
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B次元官网网址淲e were able to remove approximately 16 cubic metres of invasive plants that included English Ivy, Spurge-laurel, English Laurel and Himalayan Blackberry,B次元官网网址� Evans said. B次元官网网址淲e cleared out an entire section of the walkway and made a remarkable difference in the short three hours that we were there.B次元官网网址�
A well-used walkway is a part of the Oak Bay Centennial Trail and runs from Foul Bay to Transit.
B次元官网网址淲hile we worked we were greeted by local passerbyB次元官网网址檚 who were either out for a stroll or walking their dog. Many of them asked what we were doing and were thankful for our work. We were able to share with them the history of the project and information about the hard work of the Friends of Brighton group - as some of them commented that they enjoyed the beauty of the site and had no idea of the amount of work by the community involved in making the walkway so beautiful,B次元官网网址� Evans said.
Two Sundays a month, Carol Davies is among the Friends of Brighton Walkway to dig their hands into the soil adjacent to a path.
After working with the GV Green Team she felt compelled to drop them a line praising the program.
B次元官网网址淛ust a little note to thank you so very much for coming to the Brighton Walkway again with the Green Team. Such an interesting mix of people, and we accomplished so much. And I must thank you for your continued support of so many volunteer restoration projects in Greater Victoria. It has made such a difference to our small group, and I wish you continued success for the coming year.B次元官网网址�
The Go Wild Community Grants program, presented by TELUS, helps Canadians connect more deeply with nature and benefit wildlife with grants of $1,000 to $7,000.
Another 2017 Go Wild Community Grant project on Vancouver Island is the Rainforest Conservation Foundation. The project will connect First Nation and at-risk youth with the unique wildlife and ecosystems of the Salish Sea B次元官网网址� from rainforest and intertidal zones to salmon streams and critical killer whale habitat B次元官网网址� onboard a 68-foot vessel.
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