Blackie Spit Park: Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Plan - City of Surrey

2.0 Goals and Objectives
Species Management Goal
A wide variety of species typical of mixed coniferous-deciduous forest such as salamanders,
woodpeckers, owls, bats (eventually), and furbearers.
Habitat Management Objectives
• Plant trees and shrubs to supplement existing trees to create a coniferous-dominated mixed
coniferous-deciduous forest;
• Remove invasive species, in particular, blackberry and broom;
• Continue to provide access only via the road along the southeast side and via the trail connecting
to trails east of the park.
3.0 Management Prescriptions
This area will be managed as a coniferous-dominated mixed forest. Some of the species of trees
already planted may not be the best suited for this site as some appear to be growing poorly. Those
plants should be left and additional trees planted that will be better suited to the site.
3.1 Initial Enhancement Requirements
• Remove blackberry and broom where practical, particularly from open areas. In open areas, it
may be possible to cut the blackberry with a machine rather than by hand.
• Mow the grass and blackberry areas twice a year, in June and September, for two years to help
retard the growth of invasive species, in preparation for tree planting.
• Plant trees throughout site, except not in birch grove or in shrub/pine area northeast of MU 3,
as follows:
West half of grass area – 20 Douglas firs in the south half of this area
10 red alder
10 Douglas maple (Acer glabrum var. douglasii)
10 cascara (Rhamnus purshiana)
East half of grass area – 10 western red cedar (Thuja plicata)
10 wetern hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla)
5 black cottonwood (Populus balsamifera) in south half
of this area
5 vine maple (Acer circinatum) in south half of this area
10 paper birch in north half of this area
East of dyke access – 15 Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis)
Plant coniferous trees and cottonwoods in a clumped distribution (Drawing 2) so that some views
of the water are preserved for residents living south of the park.
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