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Blackberry Season Underway in Burnaby

On the way home from getting a few groceries in south Burnaby, BC, I spotted a patch of Himalayan Blackberries. I found a place to park, and checked them out. Seeing that about half were ripe and juicy, I emptied a water bottle so I could pick some to take home.

While considered an invasive species here, they are pervasive, next to impossible to get rid of. . . and taste delicious :-).

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Fill ‘er up!

UPDATE: Later the same day.

When Yumi finished work, we headed back down the slope to the flats and picked nearly two gallons of berries in about half an hour :-).

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Major Instream Work on Upper Byrne Creek

Major instream work is happening on Byrne Creek in SE #Burnaby near where it daylights around 17th.

An old culvert is being replaced with a fish-friendlier box culvert with greater flow capacity, and the streambed is being dug out, with mud being replaced with spawning-size gravel and cobble.

Whether or not salmon would get up that high to spawn is debatable, but trout certainly use the entire creek.

I was chatting with one of the workmen and he said they trapped a 10cm coho smolt way up there, when they were dewatering.

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