Location: Greater Vancouver,
Langley BC
Project Summary
Goal 1: To encourage behavioural changes in the citizens of Langley through an innovative public awareness campaign and educational opportunities
Goal 2: To provide ongoing opportunity for citizen engagement in stream stewardship activities
Goal 3: To increase active participation in the 6 local stewardship groups
Goal 4: To improve and enhance local salmon habitat
Salmon Saturdays
Deliver 8 Salmon Saturday events in partnership with local stewardship groups. “Salmon Saturday” events will occur monthly, partnering with local stewardship groups to engage the community, enhancing their capacity while effectively addressing the challenges related to sustaining healthy salmon populations.
Events for 2008 include:
- Streamside treeplanting, April 2008
- Dogs 4 Salmon in Williams Park and Derby Reach, June 21, 2008
- Salmon Saturday Celebration, Derby Reach, July 26, 2008
- The Storm Drain Marking Challenge, Aldergrove vs. Walnut Grove, August 23, 2008
- In-stream Cleanup, Yorkson and Bertrand Creek, September 6, 2008
- The 2nd annual Langley Green Tour, October 2008
- Family Creek Peek, November 15, 2008
- Invasive Species Removal TBA
- Streamside Cleanup TBA
Salmon in your Schoolyard
Deliver 25 Salmon in your Schoolyard workshops to engage K-12 students. LEPS will engage K-12 students in curriculum-based educational workshops hosted in their school yards that offer direct experiential opportunities leading to better understanding of, and respect for, our shared watersheds. Students will discover their watershed address, understand how everyday actions can impact our watersheds, be introduced to plants and animals that rely on a healthy watershed, and learn steps that families can take to become more salmon friendly. The program will focus on direct contact with nature and increased watershed understanding.
Salmon in your Backyard
Deliver 2 Salmon in your Backyard community workshops, minimum 15 streamside consultations, 500 informational mail-outs, 5 opportunities for direct contact (i.e. displays at community events, etc), and 1000 prompts to engage residents and encourage behavioural change. LEPS will engage area landowners in understanding how their practices at home affect salmon habitat, and encourage behavioural change. This will be achieved through direct contact, newspaper articles, informational mail-outs, public workshops and distribution of prompts (stickers, signage for the home). LEPS will also offer free one-to-one site consultations to streamside landowners requesting advice and recommendations on habitat enhancement and protection. The program will be designed to reinforce the concept that backyards contribute to salmon habitat through the watershed process.
See also:
www.leps.bc.ca
Final Results
The final report for the study is posted in the orange resource box to the right.
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