Spring Forum & AGM 2024

May 15, 2024

In honour of Invasive Species Action Month, ISCMV took action in Burnaby by hosting a public Spring Forum & AGM yesterday at the Shadbolt Centre for the Performing Arts. We welcomed experts from across Metro Vancouver and beyond to share their knowledge.

Highlights included:

- Brian Campbell of West Coast Seeds sharing inovations in invasive resilient lawn blends, including mixes of fescue and micro clover.

- Tracey Tobin, with the city of Burnaby, sharing how beneficial nematodes and BTG (a new microbial product) has been effective in managing chafer beetle spread.

- Sarah Demian & Jaylene Braitwaite, with the Knotweed Lab at Trinity Western University, sharing how knotweed along the Chilliwack River as increased five-fold following the 2021 flood, leading to soil erosion and changes in soil quality.

- Collaborative eco-artists, Elena Kirby and Masumi Rodriguez, sharing their experience with paper making with invasive ivy.

All in all it was a great event, bringing together people from across our region to learn and network. Thank you for everyone who presented and attended!