Trout River Environmental Committee would like to invite you to attend Riverbank Heritage Day, celebrating Canadian Rivers Day!
The event will be held Saturday June 8th, from 11am to 3pm, outside of Carr’s Oyster Bar, 32 Campbellton Rd in Stanley Bridge.
The event will include environmental groups as exhibitors and presenters with a focus on education surrounding watercourses, as well as artists and crafters. Come and see educational displays of native and exotic wildlife inside Carr’s Wildlife Centre with a focus on conservation, including a replica of Bob the Leatherback Sea Turtle!
Guests will also have the opportunity to go out on the water via kayak tours of Stanley River! Bring your own kayak and TREC will be your guide, see Facebook events page updates and troutriverec.ca for pre registration.
This event is fun for the whole family, make trading cards with PEI Wild Child and enjoy environment based children’s activities with TREC and Carr’s Wildlife Centre!
We have so many great groups coming out this year including Hunter Clyde Watershed Group, Bedeque Bay Environmental Management Association, Kensington North Watershed Group, PEI Invasive Species Council, Atlantic Salmon Federation, PEI Watershed Alliance, Wheatley River Improvement Group and more!
The event is free or by donation, any donation over $10 gives you the chance to win a prize!
TREC would like to thank Innovation PEI for funding this event, as well as Carr’s Oyster Bar for the grounds!
We have just released our 2023 Annual Report detailing all of our activities for the year 2023! If you are interested in learning more about what we do as an organization this is a great resource.
We have just released a new Cross-Watershed Tree Swallow Box Program booklet on our website! Find this booklet on our website troutriverec.ca under resources or by clicking *here*.
We are so excited to announce that the new lookout point at The Trout River Community Park, 1895 Trout River Rd – Rte 239 Millvale, was completed in December and looking beautiful! We were sad to see Fiona take the previous lookout point but we hope the new one will last a very long time. This lookout point was specially designed, with anchoring in the back portion rather than on the bank so in the case of another storm surge the lookout point should stay right where it is!
We would like to give a big thank you to the PEI Active Transportation Fund for supporting this project!
Are you interested in having trees planted on your property at no cost? Check out the PEI 2 Billion Trees program – it just might be the right fit for you!
Simply apply, then provincial forestry staff and/or PEI Watershed Alliance staff will carefully evaluate your site and goals to determine your eligibility as well as the suitability of six different species available: white spruce, white pine, eastern hemlock, white birch, yellow birch, and red maple.
Visit this provincial webpage to learn more and apply through their portal if you are interested.
In early spring TREC installed 20 new Tree Swallow nesting boxes on poles around the watershed. Nesting boxes were installed on poles rather than trees as a way to avoid unwanted guests such as Red Squirrels or Eastern Chipmunks.
As part of this project funded by the Wildlife Conservation Fund, we wanted to capture footage of the Tree Swallow nesting process, but a Chickadee decided to move into our nesting box instead! We were able to capture the nesting process from egg to nestling to full feathered Chickadee and condense the video so you can all watch too. Visit the resources page of our website, or use this link to few the video: Chickadee Video
Chickadees nest once a year between April and July laying anywhere between 1 and 13 eggs in the clutch but on average will lay around 6-7. The nest can take around 4 days to 2 weeks to construct depending on the location and materials available. The Chickadee will then lay one egg a day, typically in the morning. The eggs are white with brown dots and the incubation period takes about 12-13 days and then an additional 12-16 days between hatching for the chicks to leave the nest.
We loved having this adorable little family right outside our office!
As part of our Nature Smart Climate Solutions Fund project, Trout River Environmental Committee is working to improve the health and carbon capture capacity of saltmarshes within the watershed.
TREC is looking for volunteers to help install coir logs and dig runnels this Saturday October 28th from 10:30am to 12:30pm.
The work involves digging runnels (30cm deep by 30cm wide channels) with shovels to improve water flow and vegetation within the marsh. As well as placing and staking coir logs to encourage sediment holding and establishment of vegetation as well as reduce erosion within the marsh.
Please email projects@troutriverec.ca to RSVP and ask for further details.
We will be meeting in the parking lot at Carr’s Oyster Bar located at 32 Campbellton Rd, Stanley Bridge, PE C0B 1M0 at 10:30am.
What to bring:
Rubber Boots -Gloves -Water -Clothes that you are comfortable getting muddy/wet
