Green Timbers by the Lake Meet at the Lake, off the 100th Avenue entrance Sunday June 16, 1 to 4 pm (Fathers' Day) Make the day special for dear old dad, and everyone else in your life! The Surrey Natural Areas Partnership Outreach Team will be there with activities and snacks for kids of all [...]
Next Meeting: Tuesday, May 14 Tuesday, May 14, 2019 Surrey Nature Centre 14225 Green Timbers Way We'll gather at 6:30, call to order at 7:00 and wrap up by 8:30 pm All are welcome, but please RSVP to info@greentimbers.ca if you plan on attending. Surrey's Natural Areas Partnership SNAP has started up for 2019. Keep an [...]
Next Meeting: Tuesday, April 9 Tuesday, April 9, 2019 Surrey Nature Centre 14225 Green Timbers Way We'll gather at 6:30, call to order at 7:00 and wrap up by 8:30 pm All are welcome, but please RSVP to info@greentimbers.ca if you plan on attending. Society news Surrey's Natural Areas Partnership SNAP is finalizing the 2019 team and planning [...]
Have you liked us on Facebook? We post items of interest regularly https://www.facebook.com/greentimbers/Do you Instagram? https://www.instagram.com/green_timbers_heritage_society/ Use the hashtags #greentimbers #greentimbersurbanforest #surreybc for your own posts! Casa del Castor, or the beaver house, wedged in by the ice. Next Meeting: Tuesday, March 12 Tuesday, March 12, 2019 Surrey Nature Centre 14225 Green Timbers Way We'll gather at [...]
There are six positions here: Urban Forest Outreach Team Leader, Urban Forest Outreach Team Member, Habitat Restoration Team Leader, Habitat Restoration Team Member, Tree Care Team Leader, Tree Care Team Member To apply submit a cover letter and resume by February 19, 2019 via email to snap.program@gmail.com Urban Forest Outreach Team Leader Term: May 6 [...]
Next Meeting: Tuesday, February 12 Tuesday, February 12, 2019 Surrey Nature Centre 14225 Green Timbers Way We'll gather at 6:30, call to order at 7:00 and wrap up by 8:30 pm All are welcome, but please RSVP to info@greentimbers.ca if you plan on attending. Society news SNAP coordinator position We're in the process of interviewing to hire a [...]
News mentions in 2018 about Green Timbers: the park, the Green Timbers Urban Forest, the Green Timbers Square Mile, and nearby areas. December Green Timbers transitional housing project OK’d, but without shelter beds (December 6, 2018) An October planning document stated the project would include a ‘30-bed emergency shelter,’ but BC Housing says it [...]
AGM directors for 2018-2019 Thanks to everyone who came to our AGM November 21. The directors for the next year are: Nathan Evans, Jim Foulkes, Bill Potma, Don Schuetze, Deanna Welters and Amar Virk. Destructive beavers create floods, wreck trails Humans no match for industrious rodents Ken Crosby, Surrey's Natural Areas Coordinator, offers the [...]
NOW CLOSED. Thanks to everyone who applied. Green Timbers Heritage Society SNAP is a unique partnership between three local non-profit organizations and the City of Surrey. SNAP’s goals are to empower youth as future leaders in environmental conservation and education; to restore and enhance natural areas, wildlife habitat and Surrey’s urban forest; and to promote [...]
Save the date! Wednesday, November 21, 2018 Ricky's All Day Grill Evergreen Mall, 8958 152 St, Surrey Gathering and networking: 5:30 Dinner and meeting: 6:00-8:30 Learn about: What the Surrey Natural Areas Partnership accomplished in 2018 Overview of issues facing the Green Timbers Urban Forest and the Green Timbers Square Mile Please RSVP to info@greentimbers.ca
Fall colours along Green Timbers Way. Annual General Meeting and Dinner: Wed Nov 21 Save the date! Wednesday, November 21, 2018 Ricky’s All Day Grill Evergreen Mall, 8958 152 St, Surrey Gathering and networking: 5:30 Dinner and meeting: 6:00-8:30 Learn about: What the Surrey Natural Areas Partnership accomplished in 2018 Overview of issues facing [...]
An old surveyor mark on a tree on the trail just behind the RCMP compound. Next meeting with special presentation Our next meeting is Tuesday Sept 4 at the Surrey Nature Centre. We'll start at 6:30 and power through any business before our guests from VALTAC give a presentation from 7:00 to 8:00 pm. Please share this [...]
Rabbit on the BC Hydro cut. Rabbits can be best seen early in the morning or at dusk. Society news The SNAP program (Surrey Natural Areas Partnership) will be winding up at the end of the month. This year there are 14 people funded through Canada Summer Jobs grants. They are divided into three teams: [...]
30th Anniversary Saturday June 9, 2018 2018 marks the 30th anniversary of the bylaw establishing the Green Timbers Urban Forest (and Sunnyside Acres too). It's also the Surrey Nature Centre's 10th anniversary. We marked the occasion with walking tours and partnering with the SNAP team and the Surrey Nature Centre. The day was beautiful [...]
2018 marks the 30th anniversary of the bylaw that created the Green Timbers Urban Forest. The Green Timbers Heritage Society will be at the lake with the Surrey Natural Areas Partnership team and lead tours of Green Timbers and trips past the inaugural plantation (the beginning of replanting in B.C.) to the Surrey Nature Centre [...]