Our watersheds are critical to the health of our communities and ecosystems. So we’re especially pleased to be assisting the Pacific Parklands Foundation and the Kanaka Environmental Education Partners Society (KEEPS) in raising funds for the new Kanaka Creek Watershed Stewardship Centre Academy, to be located in Kanaka Creek Regional Park.
This new centre replaces the aging Bell-Irving Hatchery facility and will be a model for watershed stewardship, environmental sustainability, education and outreach programs as well as being a productive fish hatchery.
Denise Coutts, executive director of PPF, said that Metro Vancouver has already committed $500,000 to the project, but the rest will come from individual donors, businesses, and other sources of government funding.
Clint Mahlman, Senior VP, London Drugs stated, “This is an important project for our local community and London Drugs will work closely over the coming months with KEEPS and the Pacific Parklands Foundation to get the message out to the community to support this campaign and to help keep our watersheds and salmon rivers healthy.”
It will cost an estimated $3 million to complete the proposed centre, including the design, building and site construction and furnishing the new facility with equipment.
Donations can be made at London Drugs in Maple Ridge or online at the Pacific Parklands Foundation website.
