{"id":6914,"date":"2024-07-15T13:04:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T17:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=6914"},"modified":"2024-07-15T13:41:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T17:41:35","slug":"volunteers-sought-for-invasive-species-pull-and-lawsons-brook-on-thurs-1aug2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=6914","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers sought for Invasive Species pull and Lawsons Brook on Thurs. 1Aug2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Received from the Williams Lake Conservation Company this am (Jul 15):<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6915\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Poster_ShawWilderness_August2024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6915\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6915\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Poster_ShawWilderness_August2024-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Poster_ShawWilderness_August2024-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Poster_ShawWilderness_August2024.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6915\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on image for larger version<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Come and help the WLCC and Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) remove invasive plant species along Lawson\u2019s Brook in the Shaw Wilderness Park from 9:30 AM-1:00 PM on August 1 (rain date August 2). See poster x for details.<\/p>\n<p>Participants are asked to pre-register with the NCC by contacting Mackenzie.Foster@NatureConservancy.ca.<\/p>\n<p>Hope to see you there!<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Also view on this website:<br \/>\n&#8211; Natural History\/Flora and Fauna\/<a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?page_id=3936\"><strong>Exotic &amp; Invasive Plants<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; Natural History\/Flora and Fauna\/Exotic &amp; Invasive Plants\/<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?page_id=5582\">Exotic &amp; Invasive plant species on Lawsons Brook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6918\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/LawsonsBrook.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6918\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6918\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/LawsonsBrook-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/LawsonsBrook-300x165.jpg 300w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/LawsonsBrook.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Current records on iNaturalist of Poison Ivy by Lawson&#8217;s Brook. View <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/171755360\">example post<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In addition to the unwelcome invasive species, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec.ca\/en\/housing-territory\/healthy-living-environment\/identifying-and-getting-rid-of-poison-ivy#c3949\">Eastern Poison Ivy<\/a> (<em>Toxicodendron radicans<\/em>) &#8211; a native species &#8211; also occurs along the brook.<\/p>\n<p>While it is most concentrated near Williams Lake (notably on or close to the dam), there are patches of it further down the Brook.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, steps taken to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec.ca\/en\/housing-territory\/healthy-living-environment\/identifying-and-getting-rid-of-poison-ivy\">avoid contact<\/a> with Poison Ivy will also help to avoid ticks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Received from the Williams Lake Conservation Company this am (Jul 15): Come and help the WLCC and Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) remove invasive plant species along Lawson\u2019s Brook in the Shaw Wilderness Park from 9:30 AM-1:00 PM on August &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=6914\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,15,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-conservation","category-shaw-wilderness-park"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6914"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6924,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6914\/revisions\/6924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}