Students Dig In to Enhance Armstrong Wetland On the morning of April 29th, Grade 10-11 Biology students from Pleasant Valley Secondary School (PVSS) in Armstrong and the Awaken Inquiry and Adventure Okanagan group (AIAO) from Vernon’s Clarence Fulton Secondary gathered in downtown Armstrong to plant a pocket forest on site at our Okanagan Street restoration …
Bob Raymond joined the Armstrong Wetland Association at our AGM in December 2024. Since that time, he has been an integral part of all our work bees at the pond site on Okanagan Street – from putting up the fencing once the pond had been dug to installing safety signage. He even made a detailed …
Anyone driving down Okanagan Street in Armstrong on January 22nd, 23rd and 24th will have noticed a lot of activity on the city owned lot on the west side of the street. Armstrong Wetlands Association (AWA) members have been talking about a wetland project for 2 ½ years, to dig a pond and diversify the …
Marking the perimeter of a future pond in a dense field of cattails is not easy! But members of the Armstrong Wetlands Association and Hill Environmental took on the challenge at the wetland parcel on the west side of Okanagan Street in downtown Armstrong. A team met on the morning of January 17th to lay …
Okanagan Street Wetland Enhancement Project: Flagging the pond Read More »
On November 21 st a group of Grade 11 science students from Pleasant Valley SecondarySchool traded their classroom for a walk to the wetlands — learning first-hand about one ofArmstrong’s most important ecosystems. Their destination was a small wetland along OkanaganStreet in downtown Armstrong and the site of an enhancement project by the City of …
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The Lorax made a brief celebrity appearance at the first ever ‘Armstrong Community Stewardship Weed Pull Day’ on Thursday, June 13th. Huculuk Park was the mustering site for approximately 50 volunteers including students from two local schools. The day began with Susan Brown’s Armstrong Elementary grade 3 class who heard from both the Lorax and …
Our wetland enhancement project in downtown Armstrong is on track to be completed by the end of 2025. We have received one of the two necessary provincial permits applied for last year – the Amphibian Salvage permit was granted this January, and we are currently waiting for a Change Approval permit issued under the Water …
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On September 28th, 2023, the AWA was presented with a $2,113 cheque by the Federated Co-op as a result of their Fuel Good Day promotion of local non-profit groups. The money will be applied to the Okanagan Street Wetland project.
While Magic Erasers are pretty impressive – their magic is nothing compared to the amazing properties of a healthy wetland – even the smallest one. Like the Magic Eraser, wetlands are sponge-like: they soak up run-off water and retain substances such as nitrogen, phosphorous and other chemicals that can be harmful in excess amounts — …
The Armstrong Wetlands Association will be working on an exciting new project over the next few years. This project concerns the City-owned property bordered on the east by Okanagan Street and on the north by Meighan Creek. Currently this 1 acre wetland area is a monoculture of cattails. We are planning to excavate a small …
