Native plant species that were previously widespread at Fish Creek Provincial Park are slowly making a comeback, thanks to the efforts of a local initiative.
Emma Stroud, ecology and conservation team lead with The Friends of Fish Creek Park Society, is working with her team members to restore Fish Creek Provincial Park to its former glory.
The group hopes to eventually get back seeds from those growers and use them in their restoration efforts.How does this process work, though? According to Stroud, those interested in being a part of the project will be able to pick up plants from the park over the weekend and share their details with members of the society.
"We've learned through scientific research that when people come together as a community and they work toward something they care about and they're in fact giving, as it were, it has a lot of health benefits for them," he said. "One of our biggest suppliers right now is Genesis, who's doing home construction south of Seton," Stroud said.
The situation is grim — Stroud estimates that only around two per cent of the original grasslands are still intact.
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