Day 3
Our group was at Rattrai Marsh by Lake Ontario preventing erosion. Which is basically when water from a water shed gains water (rain) it travels at a greater speed, which makes the sides of the river cave in. Therefore the rain water scrapes away at the sides of the stream or river exposing tree roots ect. At the marsh unfortunately, the erosion was getting so bad that the tree roots started to stick our of the river banks. Instead of using some man made material we used good old natural resources. Using bungles of twigs & sticks. We filled in the caves and then boarded them up with logs of old trees. We also destroyed some invasive reeds!
All in a good, planet-saving day.
Day 4
Just a normal tree planting day. Our guide/ CYC leader, Michelle said that by the end of the 5 day week we'll probably end up planting around 300 trees! Yeah us!
Day 5
The final day of this experience was the cherry on top of the sundae. Electrofishing is when an electrical current is put into a body of water with fish in it. The electrical current doesn't harm the fish, it just shocks their bladders (it helps with their buoyancy), which makes them float up to the surface of the water. Now you must catch the fish and put them in a bucket of water. The purpose of this is to see what kind of fish there are in this specific body of water. One fish in particular tells you if its a clean body of water. If you ever find a fish called a Rainbow Darter. (Look at picture) It's very sensitive to pollution. Therefore you know if the water is polluted or not. Thankfully, we found a handful of Rainbow Darters. Not to mention that yours truly caught a few. Then the fish (not only Rainbow Darters, but others as well) are sorted, weighed and measured and put back into the water. Keep in mind; you may not see the fish I have mentioned in this entry. Therefore do not get upset when you cannot find these types of fish. You may live on another continent! And to end the day, we visited the bad-lands near Terra Cotta ( Bad-lands; are hills of gravel and dry clay where trees used to stand. But when deforesting the trees it was either done too fast or the soil underneath was not up to such circumstances. Therefore; the land turned into hills.) Overall this experience was fantastic and I have learned so much. I cannot wait until next year!
Our group was at Rattrai Marsh by Lake Ontario preventing erosion. Which is basically when water from a water shed gains water (rain) it travels at a greater speed, which makes the sides of the river cave in. Therefore the rain water scrapes away at the sides of the stream or river exposing tree roots ect. At the marsh unfortunately, the erosion was getting so bad that the tree roots started to stick our of the river banks. Instead of using some man made material we used good old natural resources. Using bungles of twigs & sticks. We filled in the caves and then boarded them up with logs of old trees. We also destroyed some invasive reeds!
All in a good, planet-saving day.
Day 4
Just a normal tree planting day. Our guide/ CYC leader, Michelle said that by the end of the 5 day week we'll probably end up planting around 300 trees! Yeah us!
Day 5
The final day of this experience was the cherry on top of the sundae. Electrofishing is when an electrical current is put into a body of water with fish in it. The electrical current doesn't harm the fish, it just shocks their bladders (it helps with their buoyancy), which makes them float up to the surface of the water. Now you must catch the fish and put them in a bucket of water. The purpose of this is to see what kind of fish there are in this specific body of water. One fish in particular tells you if its a clean body of water. If you ever find a fish called a Rainbow Darter. (Look at picture) It's very sensitive to pollution. Therefore you know if the water is polluted or not. Thankfully, we found a handful of Rainbow Darters. Not to mention that yours truly caught a few. Then the fish (not only Rainbow Darters, but others as well) are sorted, weighed and measured and put back into the water. Keep in mind; you may not see the fish I have mentioned in this entry. Therefore do not get upset when you cannot find these types of fish. You may live on another continent! And to end the day, we visited the bad-lands near Terra Cotta ( Bad-lands; are hills of gravel and dry clay where trees used to stand. But when deforesting the trees it was either done too fast or the soil underneath was not up to such circumstances. Therefore; the land turned into hills.) Overall this experience was fantastic and I have learned so much. I cannot wait until next year!
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