Trout River Environmental Committee

Summer Field Report

If you want to see what the TREC work-crew did over the summer of 2021, our Summer Field Report has just been released, and it has all the information.

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Trout River Environmental Committee

7 hours ago

Trout River Environmental Committee is hosting our 3rd Annual Tree Drive on July 8th from 2pm-6pm and July 9th from 9am to 1pm. Drop by the North Granville Community Center on 575 Taylor rd. for a variety of trees and shrubs such as sugar maple, red oak, white pine, wild spirea, bayberry, white spruce, hemlock and more!Donations to Trout River Environmental Committee are welcome! We hope to see you all out on July 8th and 9th! ... See MoreSee Less

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Trout River Environmental Committee

3 days ago

TREC has been busy planting trees! We are focusing on riparian areas with little canopy cover over streams. Canopy cover helps keep stream temperatures low and mitigate the impacts of climate change. Thank you Home Hardware and Spring Valley Building Centre for supplying us with materials to build tree cages!Keep an eye out for information about our upcoming tree drive happening July 8th and 9th at the TREC office, 575 Taylor Road. ... See MoreSee Less

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Trout River Environmental Committee

1 week ago

Last week TREC and other watershed groups attended a Rapid Geomorphic Assessment course with 5R Environmental Consulting Inc. In this course we learned about stream assessment methods that will help us to understand what a stream is doing, what it needs, and how we can work to restore it. Connection to floodplains was a major point of discussion, and an important piece in the health of our streams and riparian zones, as well as the prevention of flooding. ... See MoreSee Less

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Trout River Environmental Committee

2 weeks ago

Here is the schedule for Riverbank Heritage Day on Sunday afternoon. Hope to see you there! ... See MoreSee Less

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Trout River Environmental Committee

3 weeks ago

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_bgOsdaxPBpvuHUIZh3ZjedRTmPSNEhHNd01StOQ6RWgVdA/viewformRiverbank Heritage Day is this Sunday and we have so many fun activities planned! If you missed signing up for kayak tours and you are ages 8 and above, try signing up for mask making with The River Clyde Pageant! Discover how to sculpt beautiful shapes out of river clay and take home your very own mask! See the link at the top for sign up.Hope to see you all there! ... See MoreSee Less

The River Clyde Pageant at Riverbank Heritage Day

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A crafting workshop and song share with Ian McFarlane, Franziska Glen and Lily Falk from the River Clyde Pageant. Come and celebrate Riverbank Heritage Day with The River Clyde Pageant and the Trout R...

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Trout River Environmental Committee

3 weeks ago

We are looking for an Environmental Technician, a full-time internship that runs until February. See our website for more details:troutriverec.ca/?page_id=297 ... See MoreSee Less

Jobs – Trout River Environmental Committee

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Jobs Environmental Technician Internship – posted June 5 2022 We are currently looking for an intern to start immediately and work until February 28th 2023. The ideal candidate would be a graduate o...

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Trout River Environmental Committee

4 weeks ago

We have been making new signs for the native plant garden in the Devil's Punchbowl, and boards to use in an amphibian survey. These boards will be placed in wet areas, then we will periodically lift them up to count the frogs, toads, salamanders, snakes and newts that have crawled under them. ... See MoreSee Less

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Trout River Environmental Committee

1 month ago

Last week the great weather allowed us to complete headwater surveys in all our river systems. We measure the uppermost place that we can see flowing water, and we do the same again in the fall. This will, in the long term, give us valuable data to gauge how climate change and other factors are affecting these headwaters, which are important breeding grounds for fish and amphibians. ... See MoreSee Less

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