Still Moon Arts Society is leading this project to strengthen ecological and community resilience in Vancouver’s Still Creek Watershed through riparian habitat restoration, ecological monitoring, community stewardship, and food forest activation. The key objectives are to engage community members in stewardship and ecological learning, improve habitat quality, foster local relationships with the watershed, and promote long-term creek health.
Key activities will include restoring degraded riparian habitat at two main sites located at Nootka & 14th and the Mid-Ravine section of Renfrew Ravine Park, which are heavily dominated by invasive species. Additionally, Still Moon Arts Society will continue ecological monitoring to better understand changing stream conditions and measure the impact of restoration. Guided by Still Moon staff, volunteers will participate in invasive removal, native planting, and monitoring, helping build local capacity for long-term watershed care. Indigenous partners and Knowledge Holders will be engaged in programming and site-based learning, strengthening cultural connection and supporting decolonial approaches to stewardship.
This project will create one new Food Forest and expand stewardship of an existing one, with a focus on Indigenous-led learning and decolonial practices. Food Forest creation and public engagement will be co-led with Leona Brown, Gitxan and Nisga’a Cultural Facilitator.
