March 11, 2008
Upper Byrne Creek Needs Some Tender Loving
As streamkeepers, Yumi and I focus mostly on the fish-bearing part of Byrne Creek, and don't get out to check the area upstream of Edmonds Skytrain station in southeast Burnaby that often.
We'd gotten a heads up from city staff that some work was being done in the area, and also that they were hoping to tackle invasive plant species. We took a look, and there is certainly work to be done!
Here's a site that was replanted following the building of a new townhouse complex -- invasive plants including Morning Glory have overwhelmed the area.
A closeup of the sign declaring this to be sensitive habitat!
Abandoned pipe in the bush along 18th Ave.
Large metal junk in the bush along 18th Ave.