Trout River Environmental Committee
575 Taylor Rd C0A 1E0 Stanley Bridge, PE, Canada

On Friday, with much help from BBEMA, we flew a drone along the length of the Hope River estuary. The images will help us to find erosion sites, and to gauge the effect of future restoration projects. Thanks to Dave for his excellent piloting abilities!

Bat Event - this weekend It is the Halloween season, so we thought it might be a good time to discuss bats. The misunderstood creatures are actually a huge species of concern in Atlantic Canada, including here on PEI. Once they were our evening visitors, swooping around our yards and eating our insects, but they are now more rare to find. On October 24th and 25th, during what is known as Bat Week, we are setting up a bat booth at the Berry Hill Farms’ pumpkin stand, located at 20543 Route 2, Hunter River, PE. We will have some interactive materials, Halloween treats, and lots of interesting facts about bats for you all. We hope to see you all pop by to say hello to us this weekend!

There are now 20 steps on the steep part of the new Devil's Punchbowl trail, thanks to our Fall work-crew. To find the new trail, head to the top of the Punchbowl trail and cross the old road.

Friday find - a Bedstraw hawk-moth caterpillar. They feed on lady’s bedstraw and fireweed. It was over two inches long.

1896 trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants later and the TREC crew could do with some time away from their shovels. The crew was busy all season planting throughout Granville Creek and Founds Mill river.

To protect our trees and to help them grow straight our team has been busy building and installing tree cages in Founds Mill river and Granville creek.