Cattail Clearing Event
This Event Has Been Rescheduled
Saturday - 2024 SEP 21 - 10:00 AM to 12 :00 PM
Cosponsored by the Rithet's Bog Conservation Society and
the Saanich Parks Pulling Together Volunteer Program
The work site is currently flooded by the recent rain, so Saanich staff cannot do the initial cutting of non-native cattails. We will reevaluate the situation next week to determine if we can proceed or need to develop an alternative plan.
We will post developments on this page as they become available. Thank you for your patience.
Part time attendance is welcome.
Come when you can and leave when you have to.
Where:
Corner of Chatterton Way and Dalewood Lane
901 Dalewood Lane
Parking:
Curbside on the south side of Dalewood Lane,
and also in the Chatterton Business complex.
Work Site:
From the information kiosk at the Chatterton and Dalewood corner
follow the trail south and parallel to Chatterton.
We will be about halfway down the trail.
What to Bring:
Dress for the outdoors and the weather. Wear sturdy footware and work clothes that you don’t mind getting muddy.
The site is wetter than usual, so Rubber Boots Are Recommended.
We supply tools.
This is our annual non-native cattail clearing event to preserve open water in the West Wetland/Chatterton Marsh area.
We will be removing the non-native Hybrid Cattail (Typha x glauca) and Narrow-leafed Cattail (T. angustifolia) which have taken over large areas which were previously shallow open water. We will not be removing the native Broad-leafed Cattail (T. latifolia), which is an important species in the marsh ecosystem.
The ultimate goal of this project is to enhance biodiversity by restoring the balance between shallow open water, native cattail marsh and native bulrush marsh which has been disrupted by intrusion of the non-native cattails.
