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• Holiday Message
• December 2022
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• May 2022
• April 2022
• March 2022
• February 2022
• December 2021 & Holiday Message

News Media | 2023

• May 31_ “Campbell River students take action to prevent future fish deaths”
• May 18_ “Over 2,000 fish die due to suspected contamination in Campbell River stream”
• May 10_ “Greenways Land Trust gets boots muddy in battle against Campbell River invasive species”
• May 4_“New Funding coming to Campbell River, Puntledge watersheds for Fish and Wildlife Projects”
• Apr 27_ “Junior Streamkeepers make a difference at Campbell River pond”
• Apr 22_ “Campbell Riverites help mother nature out on Earth Day”
• Apr 21 _ “Educators stress being bear aware as Campbell River rolls out compost pick up”
• Apr 19_ “Greenways Land Trust looking for Campbell River gardeners to help with school gardens”
• Mar 27_ “Greenway Land Trust begins Baikie Island restoration project”
• Mar 18_ “Greenways Land Trust celebrates 2022’s achievements”
• Jan 26_ “Greenways Land Trust helps students start native plant seeds“
• Jan 19_ “Greenways Land Trust expands Nature and Nutrition seniors’ program” 

News Media | 2022

• Nov 15_ “TD Tree Days takes over Baikie Island”
• Nov 9_ “Greenways Junior Streamkeepers help with habitat enhancement”
• Nov 1_ “Greenways volunteers make environmental restoration a reality”
• Sept 14_ “Food delivery box partnership boosts Food Security in Campbell River, Comox Valley”
• Aug 30_ “Greenways launches new Nature & Nutrition program for Seniors”
• Aug 25_ “911 emergency location markers are now at Beaver Lodge Lands”
• July 22_ “Familiar Face takes top job at Greenways Land Trust”
• Jul 15 _ “Something special’s brewing in Campbell River” – Part Two
• Jul 14 _ “Something special’s brewing in Campbell River” – Part One
• Jul 6 _ “Putting out garbage the night before pick up is bad for the bears – Conservation Officers Service”
• Jun 29 _ “Loop Day celebrates community connections”
• Jun 15 _ “Sandra Milligan to bring an environmental voice to Campbell River City Council” 
• Jun 8 _ “Greenways Land Trust restores industrial log storage site in Campbell River estuary”
• Jun 2 _ “Campbell River estuary is a restoration showcase to save salmon habitat from climate change”
• May 13 _ “Greenways Land Trust’s 21st Annual Broom Bash”
• Apr 26 _ “Strathcona Food Hub receives funding from United Way”
• Apr 5 _ “Watershed restoration work cultivates opportunities and community connections”
• Mar 3 _ “Rezoning for Quinsam Road development approved by Campbell River city council”
• Feb 1 _ VIDEO “Keeping a lid on your garbage protects streams, wildlife – Greenways Land Trust”
• Jan 7 _ “Willow Creek Conservation Area restored with help of students and volunteers”

News Media | 2021

• Dec 15 _ “City council considering rezoning for ‘complex’ Quinsam Road development”
• Dec 7 _ “Good Food Box back in time for holidays”
• Nov 15 _ “100 Women Who Care”
• Oct 26 _ “ART + EARTH” [FB], “ART + EARTH” [Strathcona Collective Magazine]
• Oct 22 _ “Small Business Week”
• Oct 4 _ “New Campbellton cycling ‘River Route’ soon to be unveiled”
• Oct 2 _ “Go By Bike Week draws crowd despite rain”
• Oct 1 _ “Non-for-profit model to make governance of the Beaver Lodge Lands more democratic”
• Oct 1 _ “Looking back at four years of the Strathcona Community Health Network”
• Sep 20 _ “Campbell River conservationists to hold info sessions on Willow Creek restoration”
• Sep 17 _ “Haig-Brown Festival returns”
• Sep 10_ “Annual Haig-Brown Lecture to feature world-renowned forest ecologist Suzanne Simard”
• Sep 9_ “VIDEO_Campbell River creek gets TLC from local ecology champions”
• Jul 21 _ “Environmental groups battle invasive species on banks of Campbell River estuary”
• Jul 18 _ “Campbell River fruit picking project a sweet success”
• Jul 16 _ “Campbell River youth urged to get involved with Month that Matters”
• Jul 11 _ “Greenways needs help watering their restoration projects”
• Jun 23 _ “Campbell River Community Foundation is dedicated to the goal to help people help others”
• Jun 15 _ “Campbell River brewery captures flavour of Baikie Island in spruce tip ale”
• Jun 5 _ “Group looks to create ‘backbone food security structure’ for Campbell River area”
• May 27 _ “Beaver Lodge Forest Lands focus of photo contest”
• May 19 _ “Group to hold workshop to address food security gaps”
• May 12 _ “Greenways redesigns Beaver Lodge Activity Guide”
• May 3 _ “South island human/wildlife interaction society expands to Campbell River”
• Apr 27 _ “VIDEO_Campbell River students tackle invasive plants at restoration site”
• Apr 27 _ “Campbell River Rotary looks to put bathroom at Beaver Lodge Lands entrance”
• Apr 21 _ “Campbell River’s annual Art+Earth Festival sees major changes in third year”
• Apr 2021 _ “Garden project brings physically distanced Penfield School together”
• Apr 2021 _ “Get on the Loop”
• Apr 10 _ “Where urban and natural meet – Earth Day talk looks at urban biodiversity”
• Apr 2021 _ “Food Insecurity: A Secondary Side-Effect of the Covid19 Pandemic”
• Mar 20 _ “Greenways pays tribute to Ron Burrell”
• Mar 19 _ “City of Campbell River names wetland after late environmental steward Ron Burrell”
• Mar 18 _ “Island watershed projects receive funding from provincial government”
• Mar 18 _ “Greenways Land Trust celebrates 25 years at AGM”
• Mar 17 _ “New watershed projects on North Island will restore and protect land and rivers”
• Mar 11 _ “City wetland to be named in memory of the late Ron Burrell”
• Feb 17 _ “Unauthorized trail building damages trees – Greenways Land Trust”
• Feb 11 _ “Environmental Speaker Series leads up to Earth Day”
• Feb 5 _ “Winter is the perfect time for pruning fruit trees”
• Jan 28 _ “District has big plans for Campbell River’s Beaver Lodge Forest Lands”
• Jan 26 _ “Campbell River municipal by-election 2021 candidate: Laurel Sliskovic”
• Jan 6 _ “Greenways makes it work in a difficult year”

News Media | 2020

• Nov 27 _ ” ‘WILD’ Willow Point Elementary moving from gravel to green”
• Nov 26 _ “Greenways Land Trust gets $275K for restoration work on Baikie Island”
• Nov 19 _ “Conservation Organization launches ‘food boxes’ for northern Vancouver Island communities”
• Nov 3 _ “City of Campbell River aims to keep tax increase under 2.85 percent”
• Oct 28 _ “Chum COVID19 non-derby at Brown’s Bay is a success”
• Oct 25 _ “New Museum at Campbell River speaker series leads off with talk on microplastics”
• Oct 14 _ “Greenways continues work with school groups in Campbell River despite pandemic” 
• Oct 7 _ “Local Hero Awards 2020 – Special Edition introducing this year’s finalists”
• Oct 3 _ “City looking for groups to start community gardens”
• Sep 29 _ VIDEO – “Zooming In: The Campbell River Estuary & Baikie Island”
• Aug 10 _ “Plungering European green crabs trigger high alert along B.C.’s West Coast”
• Aug 7 _ “Campbell River fruit tree project carries on despite pandemic”
• Jul 31 _ “North Island Hospital Campbell River’s campus has a new food forest”
• Jul 23_CBC RADIO _ “Staycationing? May want to add Baikie Island Nature Reserve in Campbell River to your to do list”
• Jun 17_“Volunteers wanted to help at Campbell River school gardens”
• Jun 11_“Greenways Land Trust moves online”
• May 21_“Broom busting still possible through pandemic”
• May_VIDEO – Greenways’ Thank-You for 100 Women Who Care Donation 2019
• Mar 25_“Campbell River community gardens closed – Decision helps to mitigate spread of virus”
• Mar 12_“100 Women who care CampbellRiver uses strength in numbers to support local causes” [picture 2019]
• Mar 5_“Greenways Land Trust has room for more student outings in and around Campbell River”
• Mar 4_“Greenways trains more trail stewards”
• Jan 31_“Over $100K in grants given to local organizations”
• Jan 22_“Citizen birders contribute to 120th annual Christmas Bird Count”
• Jan 17_“City of Campbell River to apply for $25k grant to help Greenways’ Fruit Tree Project”
• Jan 15_“Get your garden growing in 2020”

News Media | 2019

• Dec 28_“Greenways looks to (help things) grow in 2020”
• Dec 16_“A Friday the 13th near-full moon brings midnight walkers out to Campbell River’s Willow Point Reef”
• Dec 16_“Get together s’more this holiday season!”
• Nov 28_ “Giving the gift of a healthier ecosystem through Greenways’ Sponsor a Species initiative”
• Nov 14_ “Fish Are Food: A look at seafood sustainability”
• Oct 7_“VIDEO: 300 trees planted at Baikie Island Nature Preserve for TD Tree Days”
• Oct 3_“Greenways: Education is key to limiting human/bear interaction”
• Sept 30_“Revival at Discovery Harbour Marina”
• Sept 26_“October is a great time to keep fishing locally”
• Sept 16_“Art + Earth unite in Campbell River Festival”
• Sept 4_“Campbell River Passport to Settlement helps immigrants get involved in the community”
• Aug 9_“Greenways asking residents to keep eyes open for heron nests”
• Aug 8_“See knotweed? Call it in”
• Aug 8_“Greenways Land Trust launches Junior Streamkeepers project”
• Aug 7_“Purple loosestife: beautiful, yes, but bad for the Campbell River estuary”
• Jul 25_““Support FOPO recommendations”: Greenways Land Trust”
• Jul 22_“City of Campbell River making headway on invasive species treatment”
• June 24_“Campbell River’s Greenway Loop event attracts hundreds of red-clad supporters”
• June 21_“Campbell River’s Canyon View Trail loop to be opened up by end of summer”
• June 20_“Georgia Park focusing on positives after vandalism”
• June 17_“Georgia Park students keeping their heads up after another case of vandalism”
• June 13_“Pollutants at Simms Creek kill juvenile salmon”
• June 12_“Pollutants in Campbell River creek cause juvenile salmon kill”
• June 11_“Cyclists to boost Greenways Loop with June 21 event in Campbell River”
• June 9_“Greenways Land Trust to harvest unwanted fruits”
• May 29_“50th Parallel Art & Earth Festival coming this fall to Campbell River”
• May 16_“Another amazing year of grant giving for Campbell River Community Foundation”
• May 15_“English language students in Campbell River pitch in for community garden”
• May 9_“Greenways bashes broom again Saturday at Myrt Thompson Trail”
• April 29_“Volunteers build beds at Campbell River community garden”
• April 25_ “Charstate Community Garden almost ready for seeds”
• April 4_ “Dry conditions making local ecosystem out of sync: Greenways Land Trust Executive Director”
• March 13_ “City of Campbell River to look at heron habitat protection”
• February 6_ “Search and rescue, Greenways among gaming grants recipients in Campbell River”

News Media | 2018

• December 14_ “Campbell River’s urban trees to finally receive protection”
• December 7 _ Video & Article _ “Work begins on Charstate Community Garden – Greenways Land Trust hopes people will be able to get planting next spring”
• November 28 _ “City increases and approves partnership grants”
• November 23 _ “Greenways project trees ripped up. Trees: Won’t be replaced”
• November 1 _ “Campbell River students and Greenways Land Trust take on invasive species”
• October _ VIDEO “Campbell River Chamber of Commerce: Community Strong – Helping Grow the People who are Powering Campbell River”
• October 22 _ “Plant a tree; save the estuary – TD Tree Days looking for volunteers”
• September 26 _ “Streamkeepers looking for new recruits”
• September 26 _ “Fall Festival at Haig-Brown House fun for all ages”
• September 17 _ “Fall Festival at Haig-Brown House celebrates Rivers Day in Campbell River”
• August 31 _ “Yellow Flag Iris: Pretty, pushy invasive plant – Part 3”
• August 30 _ “Grants support range of Campbell River area groups”
• August 10 _ “Hot weather has Campbell River conservation society waving for help”
• August 1 _ “Volunteers tackle purple invaders in Campbell River Estuary”
• June 28 _ “Knotweeds: Thugs of the invasive plant world – Campbell River’s most unwanted” – Part 2 ‘Knotweeds’
• June 6 _ “Local heroes recognized”
• June 1 _ “Whale watching company going green”
• May 25 _ “Campbell River’s most unwanted invastive plants and noxious weeds” – Part 1 ‘Scotch broom’
• May 2018 _ ISLAND Neighbours Magazine featuring Greenways Land Trust in their May issue
• April 17 _ “City of Campbell River hopes education will encourage compliance with new invasives bylaw”
• March 21 _ “ANNUAL REPORT 2017 – Greenways Land Trust”
• March 14 _ Video & Article _ “Shading Kingfisher Creek with willow from the Campbell River” – Best practice – creek restoration!
• March 11 _ Facebook _ “The Greenways Conservation Team & Streamkeepers in action”
• March 3 _ “Blaney worried proposed ammendments to Fisheries Act don’t go far enough”
• February 16 _ “Carihi Mirror: Fly fishing course makes a splash at Carihi” 
• February 9 _ “Helping grow a community garden”
• January _ “Local Hero Awards 2018” – Greenways is one of 13 community partners.
• January 17 _ “Proposed invasive species bylaw amendment seen as heavy-handed”

News Media | 2017 

• November 29 _ “City to get third community garden” – Greenways attained a License of Use Agreement to develop a garden in Charstate Park
• November 19 _ “Campbell River organization and DFO to recruit a new generation of streamkeepers next weekend” – Fall Enumeration Workshop of adult salmon
• November 18 _ “Concerns raised over fencing between proposed Maryland subdivision and nature trust”
• October 25 _“City of Campbell River to give half a million to community groups” – Greenways is very grateful for the City’s generous support!
• October 16 _“Brown’s Bay Charity Chum Derby winner brings in 17.5 lbs salmon” – Greenways is honoured by the continuous support of the Brown’s Bay Resort!
• October 13 _ “Award-winning documentary and its local filmmaker return” – The screening of Fractured Land was a great success!
• October 8 _ “Campbell River Chamber recognizes business excellence at glittering gala” – Greenways is Non-Profit of the Year 2017
• September 27 _ “Campbell River honours recipients of 16th annual City Stewardship Awards” – Greenways’ Board member and volunteers among the awarded stewards!
• September 25 _ Article _ “Greenways partners with TD to add 200 trees to Campbell River nature reserve”
• September 25 _ Video _ TD Tree Days 2017
• September 21 _ “Fall Festival at Haig-Brown House celebrates Rivers Day in Campbell River”
• September 15 _ “Thanks for the Myrt Thompson Trail bridge work”
• September 15 _ “TD Tree Days event in Campbell River is part of the Canada 150 celebrations”
• September 14 _ “Campbell River holds off on upping the battle against Scotch Broom”
• September 2 _ “Land Trust Alliance recognizes tireless advocate for natural spaces in Campbell River”
• August 23 _ “Exploring our natural surroundings…with the help from experts”
• July 21 _ “Campbell River workshop creates a new crop of wetland keepers”
• June 9 _ “Willow Point school urges City of Campbell River to buy sensitive property”
• May 19 _ “Greenways Land Trust leads the bashing of invasive species”
• May 10 _ “Campbell River’s Greenways continues the battle against Scotch broom”
• May 5 _ “Greater protection sought for Campbell River estuary”
• May 3 _ “Invasion of the habitat snatchers. Invasive plants wreaking havoc on Campbell River environment”
• April 21 _ “Greenways Land Trust. Playing a key role in helping to protect Campbell River’s green spaces”
• March 29 _ “Geese flocking to Campbell River Estuary posing threat to sensitive ecosystem”
• March 29 _  “Campbell River group sowing the seeds of community”
• February 26 _ “Streamkeepers immersed in their work”
• February 2 _ “The grass is greener for Greenways Land Trust”