In the summer of 2015, DF&WT was pleased to partner with the City of Surrey to offer an internship to a student from the BCIT Ecological Restoration (ER) Program. Art Kujawiak conducted songbird surveys within agricultural hedgerows and natural areas within the Municipality of Delta and City of Surrey for 12 weeks over the summer months. This internship was made …
What are the benefits of Cover Cropping?
The DF&WT Winter Cover Crop Stewardship Program has been successfully implemented in partnership with Delta farmers for over 20 years. Growers enrolled in the program continue to trial seed mixes to enhance the soil and wildlife conservation value of their farm fields. Check out this neat article from our neighbours south of the border – cover crops are receiving international …
NEW! DF&WT-UBC Soil Productivity Project
As the second field season of the DF&WT-UBC Soil Evaluation commences, our project was featured by Branchlines, a UBC Publication. Adrian MacNair/Something Good Magazine photo. From left to right: Jason Lussier (UBC Masters Student), Christine Terpsma (DF&WT Program Coordinator) and Khalil Walji (UBC Masters Student)
MSc. Student Dru Yates competes in UBC 3 Minute Thesis Competition
Watch MSc.student Dru Yates speak about her MSc. project on DF&WT Grassland Set-asides. Dru taking a soil core within a Grassland Set-aside (photo credit: Novak Rogic)
DF&WT on Global News
Watch DF&WT Program Co-ordinator Christine Terpsma and Nature Trust CEO Jasper Lament speak with Global News about Cover Crops, Snow Geese, and more! Snow Geese in flight (photo credit: David Bradbeer)
DF&WT Hosts Young Naturalists’ Club of BC
This winter, the Delta Farmland & Wildlife Trust partnered with the Young Naturalists’ Club of BC to host a series of Grassland Set-aside Citizen Science excursions. Young Naturalists from all over the Lower Mainland explored Delta’s foreshore marsh habitat, as well as witnessed the abundance of wildlife in an adjacent DF&WT Grassland Set-aside. Participating families learned about the importance of …
Cover Crop Research Helps Refine Management
Delta Farmland & Wildlife Trust conducted an experimental field study of waterfowl habitat use on Delta Farms during the winter of 2009. Our results show that winter cover crop management, including planting date and cover crop species used, influences the capacity of a field to support waterfowl. Winter wheat planted in late August and early September supported significantly more waterfowl …