Environment
Glanbrook Conservation Committee
The Glanbrook Conservation Committee was established in 1990. Our first project involved the raising of pheasants for release in the Glanbrook area.
Since that time, the GCC has maintained a relatively low profile in the community. The majority of the committee activities take place in the Binbrook Conservation Area in partnership with the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority.
From hiking trails to a large aquatics planting program, to an extensive tree planting program (over 10,000 trees and counting), we have strived to improve the natural habitat for both wildlife and visitors alike in and around the shores of Lake Niapenco at the Binbrook Conservation Area.
This has been accomplished by the implementation of a variety of projects, some of which are listed below
Variety of Projects To-Date
- Establishment, maintenance, and monitoring of Bluebird trails and houses at the Binbrook Conservation Area
- Hyslop Bay Wetland Restoration project that involved the construction of a carp barrier, planting of aquatic plants, tree planting in the fields adjacent to the bay, construction of nesting structures (Ontario Stewardship Project No. 805)
- Building and supply of Nesting box kits for schools, Scout, Guide and other groups (over 900 kits supplied since 1991).
- Pheasant raise and release program started in 1990.
- Aquatics nursery program where we have grown from seed and planted over 30,000 wetland plant species since 1995.
- Development and maintenance of walking trails in different areas of the Conservation Area with the construction of boardwalks and benches for use on the various trails.
- Year-round maintenance of the Tyneside parking area at the west end of the conservation area.
- Year-round maintenance of the Tyneside parking area at the west end of the conservation area.
- Yearly tree planting program.
- Ongoing shoreline protection projects have included anchoring stumps, brush, and logs to vulnerable shoreline areas.
- Placement of gabion stone over a 8m x 105m area on the main island on Lake Niapenco to create a pickerel spawning bed and protect the island from wave erosion (1997).
- Placement of gabion stone over a 8m x 105m area on the main island on Lake Niapenco to create a pickerel spawning bed and protect the island from wave erosion (1997).
- Fish structure program where we have anchored stumps and used needle-free Christmas trees to lake bottom (to date over 1000 trees).
- Annual spring workday at the main entrance of the park where we spread stone for walkways, paint picnic tables, build and install benches, gates, spread wood chips around trees, and any other project which will assist the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority with preparing the park before it opens.
- Annual display booth at the Binbrook Fair.
- Ongoing year-round pick-up of litter over the entire conservation area.
If you have any interest in helping out, from small projects to big projects, let us know.
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