> Earth Day events highlight salmon, trees

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Reforestation and watershed restoration were the focus of Earth Day activities at SFU's Burnaby campus Friday, April 20, two days ahead of the globally celebrated event.

About 250 people showed up at Univercity Town Square next to the Cornerstone building to insert some 500 plant plugs into a seven-metre salmon "eco-sculpture" in exchange for a donation to the B.C. Rivershed Society's Brunette Rivershed demonstration project.

Organizers say the "plant a plug and save a salmon" event, which was co-sponsored by SFU and the City of Burnaby, raised about $350.

Meanwhile, about a dozen people planted 30-50 native tree seedlings and hundreds other native plants in "the grove," near the Applied Sciences building east entrance, replacing those blown down during a windstorm last December.

All of the young plants were grown from seeds collected on Burnaby Mountain and propagated by a local grower dedicated to stewarding native habitats.

 

SFU Business staffers, Melissa-Sue Read (left) and Kristina Stevovic insert plant plugs into a seven-metre salmon eco-sculpture in exchange for a donation to the B.C. Rivershed Society during Burnaby campus Earth Day activities.