See highlights from 2018 and our upcoming plans in the latest newsletter

Published by Robyn Hooper on

 

Happy New Year!

That’s a wrap on 2018, we had a fantastic year thanks to dedicated staff, board of directors and volunteers.
See highlights from the year, our annual report and 2019 plans below.

 

 

 
 

Access our Annual Report here: 2018 Annual Report

 

 
 

Highlights from the past year

 

 

 

Terrestrial Field Program 

  • 712 invasive plant surveys
  • Inventories at 330 sites
  • Found 52 new sites
  • Mechanically treated 44 priority invasive plant sites, treating an area of 1,308 meters squared
  • Administered 3 herbicide contracts, treating 8,358 meters squared of land
  • Completed Biological Agent dispersal monitoring at 5 locations

 

Aquatic Field Program 

  • Collected 118 Zebra/Quagga veliger samples
  • Sampled 42 locations across 22 water bodies
  • Water quality was found to be survivable for mussels
  • No invasive mussels detected!

Outreach Program

  • Engaged with over 3,998 people through 167 community events and meetings
  • Hosted 20 youth and school events
  • Visited 51 marinas and boat launches to promote “Clean, Drain, Dry” 
  • Hosted 12 weed pulls with 158 volunteers
  • Contributed 8 press releases and was featured in 48 news articles
 

Congratulations to our new Outreach Program Coordinator Kim Kaiser! Kim worked with CSISS in 2018 as the Education Officer and will be continuing in 2019 with this new role coordinating the CSISS Outreach Program, in conjuction with Aquatics Coordinator Sue Davies.

 

 

 

 

 
 

Check out our new Restoration and Invasives page on our website. Coming soon: a new knotweed brochure for landowners!

 

 
 

Upcoming Events!
 CSISS will be attending the Work BC Salmon Arm Hiring Fair Jan 25th, 
The ISCBC Annual Forum Feb 5th-7th, and
The NCES Sustainable Living Expo in Revelstoke Feb 9th
March 6, 7 or 8th 2019:  Annual Land Managers Meeting, in Revelstoke (stay tuned for final date and registration invitation)
CSISS  Invasive Plant ID and Management Training Workshops offered in Revelstoke, Golden, Salmon Arm and Sicamous. (Spring dates TBD)
Book a workshop or presentation by CSISS – contact us at info@columbiashuswapinvasives.org

 

 

 

 

 

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