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Earth Day Stewardship Event on Friday, April 25 at Woodland Creek signup sheet

The District of Sooke, in collaboration with Friends of Sooke Parks Society, is excited to host an Earth Day Community Stewardship Event at Woodland Creek Park on Friday, April 25, 2025. This inaugural event, funded jointly through the Local Government Climate Action Program and a UBCM FireSmart program grant, will bring together students, community members, and local organizations to support environmental restoration and wildfire prevention efforts. 

The morning portion of the event (9:45 AM – 11:30 AM) will be predominantly reserved for local schools, engaging students in a combination of park stewardship activities and an educational FireSmart station, culminating in a unique opportunity to feed invasive species to goats. The event will include: 
- Small tree planting to restore native habitat 
- Invasive species removal, addressing plants that threaten local ecosystems 
- FireSmart education, helping students understand wildfire prevention 
- Litter pick-up along community routes to keep Sooke clean 
- Goat grazing, a sustainable method of invasive species control 

Following the school-based activities, from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM, we are pleased to welcome homeschool families and members of the public to join in the stewardship efforts and meet the goats. 

If you are interested in help out, please let us know you plan on attending by signing up. Equipment will be provided. Participants may wish to bring their own gardening gloves and are encouraged to dress for the event with long sleeves and pants, and appropriate footwear. The event will take place rain or shine.

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