10,000 Hands Report - 2016
ACAP Saint John and its community outreach initiatives have become an established vehicle by which community stakeholders can participate in hands-on improvements to their local environment. The efficiency of this program lies in its ability to maintain a strong partnership with the City of Saint John for logistic support, the New Brunswick Environmental Trust Fund for financial support, and in ACAP Saint John’s ability to maintain an established, growing and dedicated network of volunteers and experts. Through direct engagement, in-field and in-class education programs, tree planting and outdoor activities, citizens develop a sense of understanding and ownership of their environment and are more likely to support other initiatives that promote good stewardship and sustainable development.
ACAP Saint John and its community outreach initiatives have become an established vehicle by which community stakeholders can participate in hands-on improvements to their local environment. The efficiency of this program lies in its ability to maintain a strong partnership with the City of Saint John for logistic support, the New Brunswick Environmental Trust Fund for financial support, and in ACAP Saint John’s ability to maintain an established, growing and dedicated network of volunteers and experts. Through direct engagement, in-field and in-class education programs, tree planting and outdoor activities, citizens develop a sense of understanding and ownership of their environment and are more likely to support other initiatives that promote good stewardship and sustainable development.
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Egbert Street Pump Station<br />
Tree Planting<br />
On October 13 th , volunteers from McInnes Cooper helped to plant 81 trees and vines next to a<br />
municipal pump station off Egbert Street in the Courtenay Forebay. Eleven volunteers participated and<br />
the tree planting took approximately two hours to complete.<br />
The planting took place on City of Saint John property with permission and feedback from the City<br />
works department. Trees were planted along an existing social line that leads to, and around, the<br />
pump station and connects Crown Street to Thorne Avenue. This path is used by residents who walk<br />
from the peninsula to the nearest grocery store on Thorne Avenue, as well as residents carrying bottles<br />
to the nearest bottle depot. It is currently an informal path and the aim of this project is to enhance<br />
the area for pedestrians while reintroducing native plants to an area disturbed by the construction of<br />
the pump station in the Courtenay Forebay.<br />
The rendering below shows where trees were planted. The trees planted included 4 to 6-foot-tall Red<br />
oak, Large-toothed aspen, Trembling aspen, and Celebration maple, as well as, 2 to 3-foot-tall White<br />
spruce and Witch hazel and 1 to 2-foot-tall Red maple, Bur oak, Butternut, and Black walnut. Clematis<br />
vines were also planted along the pump station fence and will climb the chain link fence. The white<br />
spruce was donated by Wellwood Farm in a new partnership arrangement for ACAPs restoration work.<br />
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