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 [...]
Susan Lehmann memorial service Susan's memorial has been set for April 14th, 2:00 pm, at First Memorial Funeral Services Fraser Heights Chapel, 14835 Fraser Highway, Surrey, BC For those not familiar with her, Susan was involved with saving Green Timbers from the very beginning, helping her father, Wady Lehmann, with getting signatures on the petition. She [...]
November Road through Hawthorne Park approved via Alternative Approval Process Construction will begin in January despite public pressure to drop the project (December 4, 2017) "He [Pettigrew] speculates that the City of Surrey will likely use the same process with Green Timbers Park, where another road has been slated for construction." http://runnermag.ca/2017/12/road-through-hawthorne-park-approved-via-alternative-approval-process/ COLUMN: [...]
Annual General Meeting: Monday, November 27 at Ricky's Restaurant in Fleetwood, Evergreen Mall, 8958 152 Street. We'll start to gather at 5:30, get the meeting going by 6:30 and wrap up around 8:00 pm. All are welcome, but you'll have to be a member ($5) to vote. We'll be putting forward new bylaws for [...]
The SNAP team on opening day in May. The team has wrapped things up for this year. Hi everyone, Our next GTHS meeting is Wednesday, September 6 at the Surrey Nature Centre. We'll gather at 6:30 pm, start the meeting by 7:00 pm and wrap things up at 8:30 pm. You are invited, [...]
First row: Njeri Kontulahti (Branch Manager), Nathan (SNAP), Donna Rowand (Assistant Branch Manager), Mimi Murray (Account Manager), Danica Gill (Account Manager); back row: Jasbir Sidhu (Account Manager), Rose Dhillon (Account Manager), Jasbinder Dhami (Financial Service Rep), Adarsh Grewal (Wealth Advisor) Vancity’s Surrey City Centre Community Branch presented Nathan Ross, program coordinator of [...]
SNAP 2017From left to right: Shenae (ORTL), Madeline (ORTM), Rosha (ORTM), Nate (PC), Rachel (HRTL), Ellen (GTHS),Kris (HRTL), Cass (TCTM), Ryan (HRTM), Paige (ORTM), Tori (HRTM), Jeanette (HRTM), Sara (TCTL), Bilal (ORTM), Sabrina (HRTM)Toggle Spring is in the air and that means boots on the ground for the 14-member SNAP team. The [...]
Here are the current threats (and one opportunity) to the Green Timbers Urban Forest City Council contact information is at the bottom of this article. Council needs your feedback so they can give proper direction to city planners. Green Timbers needs to be seen as a valuable asset to the City, and not something in the [...]
The City of Surrey is planning to widen Fraser Highway through the Green Timbers Urban Forest, starting in 2017. The nine-page Corporate Report from Engineering and Parks to City Council is here: http://www.surrey.ca/bylawsandcouncillibrary/CR_2015-R085.pdf Here are a few articles online: From the CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/surrey-to-cut-down-hundreds-of-green-timbers-trees-to-make-way-for-lrt-1.3089323 The Surrey Leader: Protecting Paradise: http://www.surreyleader.com/news/306164021.html The Surrey Now: http://www.thenownewspaper.com/news/unknown-number-of-trees-in-green-timbers-will-fall-to-make-way-for-lrt-in-surrey-1.1957484 (on the [...]
Dendroctonus pseudotsugae Contents: ———————————————————— * March meeting minutes * Beetles! * Website redesign * Fraser Highway widening * Parking on 100th Avenue * Crosswalk on Green Timbers Way discussion * SNAP planning * Party for the planet event * Other activities * Get involved! * Interesting local environmental/park planning links [...]
Fraser Highway In this update: ———————————————————— * February meeting minutes * SNAP planning * Fraser Highway widening * Other activities * Get involved! * Interesting local environmental/park planning links Minutes of the February 4, 2015 Board of Directors meeting — Download the pdf report here (https://www.greentimbers.ca/about-gths/gths-forms/doc_download/49-gths-news-february-2015) . Depending on your [...]
———————————————————— Please reply: We need your opinions and thoughts about the report on widening Fraser Highway between 140th and 148th. What do you think? Please reply to greentimberssociety@gmail.com (mailto:greentimberssociety@gmail.com?subject=Fraser%20Highway%20Widening) . ** Newsletter contents: ———————————————————— * AGM minutes * December minutes * GTHS directors for 2015 * SNAP planning for 2015 * Fraser Highway widening report [...]
