Live Staking on the Medway Creek听
This November, the 糖心直播 (UTRCA) led live staking projects at two locations along the Medway Creek. Despite the almost foot of snow, students from Medway High School and volunteers from the Thames River Anglers were able to get all of the live stakes into the ground! Using live stakes cut from willow trees, volunteers and UTRCA staff hammered them into the shore of the Medway Creek in areas of high erosion.听
Live staking involves cutting stems or branches from native trees and shrubs, sharpening them into stakes, and hammering them into the streambank. Live stakes have immense benefits for local waterways, including stabilizing the banks, reducing erosion, creating habitat for native species, cooling the water (through shading), and reducing the impacts of flooding!听
Thank you, Medway students and Thames River Anglers members for your dedication to the environment!听
This project was funded by the Canada Water Agency and Enbridge.听