A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
Make Work Program, Environment Land Management Crew, wrapped up work at the Ionkwanikonri:io Youth Camp and Thompson Island on October 26, 2012. While on the island, the crew opened trails, constructed boardwalks and assisted in closing the camp for another season. Featured in the photo are: Back row L-R, Tevin Terrance, Joseph Cook, Eric Sunday Sr., Eric Sunday Jr., Angelo Sunday, Phillip Arquette, Vaughn Adams, Peter Lazore and Ernest Thompson. Front Row L-R, Ian Cook (Crew Leader), Richard Cook Jr., David Leaf, Darman Terrance (kneeling) and Bob Stevenson. Great job, guys. Photo by Waylon Cook
Sumitted by Elizabeth F. Nanticoke, Environment Program Support Officer, MCA
The Make Work Program Land Management crew is being overseen by the Environment Program. Much of the work the crew has been involved with is clearing the site for a new housing development in Tsisnaihne and clearing trails as well as erecting boardwalks so that groups that use the camp, especially students, may observe wildlife in the wetlands.
The pictures here show some of the work the crew was involved with at the Ionkwanikonri:io Youth Camp at Thompson Island. They cleared trails and were able to supply the camp with fire wood for the next season. They also built and placed boardwalks and opened up more trails for campers.
Over the next months, the crew will be divided between Kawehnoke, Kanatakon and Tsisnaihne in order to remove dead trees or those trees that pose danger to adjacent homes and roadways. If community members are concerned with trees on their property, they may contact Elizabeth Nanticoke. An assessment will take place to determine if the tree has to be cut or if trimming limbs will solve the problem. We also need to know what the tree species is. Butternut trees are protected under the Species at Risk Act so one of our assessors have to perform an assessment on the tree.
Priority is given to those properties where, if the tree or limbs are not cut, may cause injury to community members. We ask property owners to sign a waiver that explains what the crew will be responsible for and what they won’t be responsible for such as removal of the stump, splitting and stacking of firewood; but the tree trunk and large limbs will be cut into manageable sections and placed in an area of the homeowner’s choice. The branches will be chipped.
The workers have received training in Chainsaw Safety, Chipper Safety, First Aid/CPR, Safe Scaffold Use, Fall Prevention Awareness and WHMIS.
Some other projects that are proposed in the future for the Make Work Program will be to build community docks at approved MCA sites. They will also develop beaches for swimming and picnics, and to provide shoreline erosion controls.
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