By Roy L Hales
The Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI) carried out a Broom Bash in Mansons Landing Provincial Park on March 13.
As Helen Hall, executive director of FOCI, explained the event is held annually.
“The broom is encroaching into both the fragile coastal sand ecosystem and the forested part of the Spit, competing with and shading out native vegetation growing here. We carry out a broom bash every year to keep it under control and to allow the native plants to recover and thrive," said Hall.
Volunteers Leona Jensen, Ryan Harvey, Alex Bernier, Elizabeth Anderson, Don Hall, Dancing Wolf and Arlene Tompkins –removed broom re-growth from the whole of the Spit, including the threatened coastal sand ecosystem, helping to restore the natural vegetation growing here.
Another view of the March 2021 Broom Bash in Mansons Landing Provincial Park. Photo courtesy of FOCI.