Volunteers at the City of North Vancouver will be planting over 2,000 native trees and shrubs throughout the city over the next week in a series of community planting events to boost the city’s urban forests, climate resiliency and community spirit.
The City is hosting a planting and community celebration on World Rivers Day, Sunday, Sept. 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Mosquito Creek Park. This event is held annually in September to raise awareness about local streams and habitat and to celebrate the local ecosystem. During the event, volunteers with the City Park Stewards will plant over 650 native trees and shrubs, nearly doubling the amount planted last year.
In addition to the planting, this family-friendly event will feature information booths from local community groups, a bike repair café, weaving with invasive plants, and children’s activities.
To learn more about the event and to register to volunteer in the planting, visit cnv.org/RiversDay.
Two additional planting events of over 1,400 native trees and shrubs are taking place this week. The first planting is taking place on National Tree Day, Wednesday, Sept. 21 in Larson Park and is being organized by Tree Canada.
The second planting is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 24 at Lynnmouth Park and is being organized by Prince’s Trust.
“Urban forests are increasingly recognized as a critical part of a healthy and sustainable city and form an important part of a city’s green infrastructure. Urban forests reduce stormwater run-off, filter air pollution, provide shade and temperature regulation (reducing the urban heat island effect), stabilize soil and capture and store carbon,” says CNV.
Another ridiculous expenditure of our tax dollars by CNV.
We don’t have enough trees in our community? What? Trees are everywhere and they require work going forward. The climate change argument is just as silly. The “result” of 2,000 trees is of such little consequence, it doesn’t warrant the cost. Trillions have been spent on climate change over the past two decades. The net result is wasted money and no difference to worldwide carbon output. And with the stupid energy policies in Canada & US, Global carbon output is up massively this year due to increased coal burning. But I digress.
Once again, we see another reason we need to get rid of the current City Council & Mayor in the upcoming election! As I’ve said in the past, they are fiscally irresponsible, illiterate or they just don’t care. But whatever the reason, we must vote them out.
Urban ‘forests’ ….” reduce stormwater run-off, filter air pollution, provide shade and temperature regulation (reducing the urban heat island effect), stabilize soil and capture and store carbon”
Oh…don’t forget..these urban carbon sinks also choke your house’s DRAIN TILE with TREE ROOTS. I know this from experience. This TREE ROOT damage can be repaired… just pay a tax, hire an arborist to do a report and spend over a thousand dollars a tree to have the offending large cedar and hemlock trees ( ..err..I mean carbon sinks) cut down and turned into mulch(methane source) or burned (CO2 source) . then pay anther $30,000 or so to have the roots and choked drain tile removed and replaced with new drainage piping. This won’t include repair of any existing damage to the foundation of your house. That is extra.
I did NOT replace the cedars and hemlocks with seedlings.
This is why we have lawns.