RESTORE COOTES

Royal Botanical Gardens prescribed burns are scheduled for Tuesday April 6 th . Tuesday’s burn schedule is currently as follows : 10:00am Briefing, York Boulevard Prairie (located on York Blvd. between Old Guelph Rd and the rock garden) 11:00am York Boulevard Prairie Prescribed Burn 12: 00/12:30 pm Princess Point Prescribed Burn 12:30/1:00pm Sassafras Point Prescribed Burn *all times are approximate Burning is an important component in tallgrass prairie and oak savannah restoration. There are viewing areas located at York Boulevard and Princess Point. Everyone is invited to come out and see what we’re doing to help these rare plant communities ! Lindsay Burtenshaw Terrestrial Ecologist, Royal Botanical Gardens MORE ON THE BURN HERE

PRESCRIBED BURN SCHEDULED IN ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS’ NATURE SANCTUARY This spring, Royal Botanical Gardens will be conducting several prescribed burns in order to restore rare oak woodland, oak savannah and tallgrass prairie habitat at Sassafras Point, Princess Point and York Boulevard Prairie of the Cootes Paradise Nature Sanctuary in Hamilton. Prescribed burns require specific weather conditions and accurate forecasting before a precise date can be established. A second notice will be posted on our website once the date is confirmed. Visit www.rbg.ca for a daily countdown to the burn day! Tallgrass Prairie and Oak Savannah Management at RBG Today, less than one percent of Hamilton’s prairies and savannas remain. Prairie and savannah plant communities require frequent disturbances such as fire to be maintained. Without fire, woody plants and invasive species take over. Ecologists use low-intensity burns as a tool to restore these rare communities. In the past 30 years, highly success...