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Denman students help restore butterfly habitat at Helliwell

A Grapevine report describes students removing weeds and planting native species in the provincial park.

The Denman Firestarter · reporting 2019-11-14 · compiled 2026-10-01

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Nine Hornby Island Community School students worked in Helliwell Provincial Park in late October to improve coastal bluff habitat, according to a report in the Grapevine.^[1]

The students removed nearly 500 Hairy Cat’s Ear weeds from three sites and planted 518 seedlings of native grasses, Woolly Sunflower and Yarrow, the report says.^[1]

The work was guided by a park ranger, the students’ teacher and a representative of the Hornby Island Natural History Centre, with volunteers from the centre and school also assisting.^[1]

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