This year, I had most of those students again in a grade 4/5 class. And so, we took that idea and invited Claud-Anne from Sea to Sky Invasive Species Council to teach us more about the invasive species around our school yard and forest and when to pull them out. After working outside for a couple afternoons, I asked students what they though next steps could be in our project. They mentioned pulling more invasive species, planting native species and educating others. With that information, we applied for a 500$ Go Wild school grant from World Wildlife Fund of Canada. We were so excited when we found out that, not only was our project accepted, but they doubled our funding to 1000$. Over the past couple months, students have been preparing seed bombs to share with others, grade 7/8 students have been sawing down Holly bushes that have reached up to 15 feet tall, and we have all been replacing the invasive species we removed with native species. In all, we have. planted 20 new trees, 66 local plants and ferns, and over 2200 seeds!
Here is an article that ran in our local newspaper, The Chief, on Earth Day that shared about our projet. Hopefully it will inspire you to take a look at what is in your backyard and to do your own little restauration project.
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