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FVISS 2019 Board of Directors
February 01, 2019
We have a new Board of Directors for 2019! Welcome to our new Chair, Vice-Chair, and two new Directors, and a big Thank you to our out-going 2018 Chair and Vice-Chair for all your hard work!
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Yellow Flag Iris at Sweltzer Creek
September 24, 2018
On a cloudy day in September, FVISS, volunteers, and Parks Board staff installed benthic barriers in Sweltzer Creek at Cultus Lake to manage the infestation of Yellow Flag Iris.
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Invasive Mussel Monitoring 2018
August 01, 2018
Zebra and Quagga mussels are extremely damaging invasive species. We do not want them in the Fraser Valley!
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Guidelines for Protecting Nesting Songbirds while Managing Himalayan Blackberry
March 22, 2017
I get a lot of questions from birders who want to manage Himalayan blackberry on their property, but who also don't want to destroy nesting habitat for songbirds.
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Giant Hogweed - the Unfriendly Giant
April 15, 2016
Giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) may be described as 'majestic', 'spectacular', and 'brobdingnagian'. (Okay, maybe not that last one - I just needed a more spectacular word than 'gigantic'). Indeed, giant hogweed is all of these things, and it is e