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Trout River Environmental Committee works to restore & conserve the natural integrity of our nine watersheds, and to promote good environmental stewardship.

We operate in the Stanley Bridge to Cavendish area of North Central Prince Edward Island, Canada. In 1999 TREC was incorporated with the stated purpose of restoring and conserving the natural integrity of the Trout River watershed and to promote good environmental stewardship in the drainage basin. Currently, TREC participates in a range of acitvities including watershed management, community engagement and environmental education.

09/25/2026

Hi everyone! As we come to the end of National Tree Week we would like to invite you to our upcoming volunteer tree planting day, Saturday, October 24th from 10am-2pm.

Here are all of the details, please follow along for updates on our events page! https://www.facebook.com/share/19ZAS3pmBT/

We are planning to plant roughly 80 larger trees at this event (7-10ft) and are looking for a large group of volunteers to get the job done!

We will be meeting at the Stanley Bridge WI Hall, 4697 St Marys Rd, Stanley Bridge, and driving to the Schoolhouse lane site together, with parking available at the WI. See map of planting location in discussion.

This project is funded by , and we are so grateful for their support!

Please wear appropriate footwear, clothing and bring water. Shovels and gloves will be provided but bring your own if you would like! Registration is required, please use this link to sign up: https://forms.gle/5VwZyWHUNDew9nDP9

This year's site is located in the buffer of the main branch of Anderson's Creek. TREC is currently transitioning the space into a community green space, including trails and planting.

09/04/2026

The crew has been working hard to remove invasive species from the watershed! This season, we tackled glossy buckthorn, wild cucumber and bittersweet nightshade at several sites, bagging all fruiting plants to then be properly disposed of at the incinerator.

These invasive species negatively impact native species in several ways by creating a monoculture of non native vegetation, removing native food sources from wildlife, and disrupting ecosystem balance.

There are several ways you can report invasive species highlighted on the PEI Invasive Species website here: https://peiinvasives.com/report/

09/03/2026

TREC recently completed electrofisher surveys on Trout River and Andersons Creek at a couple of our project sites to help us understand more about our streams. Thank you to the PEI Watershed Alliance for all of your help with this survey!

These surveys track many things including species composition, age, length and broader ecosystem health. Electrofishing will help us monitor these sites long term to see if there are any changes.

The Andersons Creek site recently underwent a major project last year, with the installation of rock weirs downstream in order to raise the water level below a culvert, allowing for better fish passage.

The Trout River site has had ongoing in stream restoration work completed the last 6 years such as the installation of brush mats, and removal of major in stream blockages.

08/02/2026

Introducing our 2026 summer crew!

From left to right, Senior Field Technician Emeril Walton, Field Technicians Madison Rankin Myers, William Stenhouse, Ethan Cole, Ethan Wydysh, Field Supervisor Ruby Sharp, and Field Technician Quinn Harrington.

These folks have done some amazing work so far, planting trees, completing water quality monitoring, monitoring wildlife, conducting in stream restoration and more! Thank you to our TREC summer crew!

07/28/2026

Bat Monitoring 🦇

There are several ways we monitor bats: collecting call data through bat detectors set up in strategic locations, driving surveys which involve attaching a monitor to a vehicle and driving at 30km an hour (just faster than a bat can fly), as well as colony counts.

Colony counts are the only survey which help us not only identify what species of bat are roosting in a location, but also how many are present. Colony counts are conducted by sitting outside a structure and counting how many bats emerge at sunset. This helps us get a better understanding of population density in our area, and overall population in North America.

07/22/2026

TREC's Planting Seeds for Wildlife project benefits wildlife by providing improved native plant diversity and habitat, increasing much needed food sources and shelter. We are using a multifaceted approach to increasing native plant diversity in the TREC watershed area through native plant propagation, creating new native tree and shrub planting sites, planting pollinator species, rare species, and maintenance of past and current planting sites.

As part of this project we are propagating native plants, so far we have grown 500 native swamp milkweed, 20 sugar maple, 20 butternut, and 150 red oak. We also have an assortment of other native species including pollinator species which are being processed!

Thank you to the PEI Wildlife Conservation Fund for supporting this project! If you would like to support this fund, you can do so by purchasing a conservation plate, or through hunting, trapping and fishing licences.

07/20/2026

Thank you to the Hunter-Clyde Watershed Group .pei for helping with tree planting at a large site along Anderson's Creek! We also had The Wheatley River Improvement Group help out earlier this season, big thanks to these neighboring watershed groups for your assistance!

This planting is funded by and the PEI Wildlife Conservation Fund, thank you for all of your support!

This project will serve to both enhance biodiversity and promote social impact. This will be achieved by increasing forested area around Anderson's Creek, where there is little buffer around one side of the stream.

This planting will increase biodiversity, adding species which are needed to support wildlife in this area, while also providing increased canopy cover, and improved bank support for this stream.

This planting will also promote a social impact in several ways; by giving community members the opportunity to help plant these native trees in the fall during a tree planting event, as well as the enjoyment of connecting with nature in this space after this project is completed.

1500 trees and shrubs have been planted at this site and others this season!

As part of this project we have protected each deciduous tree and shrub with a cage or tree tube, in order to prevent predation by hares. This will amount to 1000 trees and shrubs caged in 2026! Thank you also to North Rustico Home Hardware for your generous donation of 1000 wooden stakes!

Stay tuned for details on our fall tree planting event with Tree Canada!

06/24/2026

TREC has been banding and monitoring tree swallows in an effort to track this declining species population, while providing safe nesting habitat via nesting boxes.

We are currently working with professional banders to train our staff to band young and adult tree swallows. With ten watershed groups involved across the Island this project has seen many recaptures (birds banded in previous years who have made the migration back), including a hatch year bird.

What is a hatch year bird? A hatch-year (HY) bird is a term used by ornithologists and bird banders to identify a bird that is in its very first calendar year of life. Meaning this bird was hatched in a nesting box on PEI, banded, and returned the next year! This is exciting news as the survival rate for hatch year tree swallows can be as low as 20%.

Thank you to the PEI Wildlife Conservation Fund for making this project possible!

04/15/2026

Applications have been extended until the 17th 🌳

Address

575 Taylor Road
Stanley Bridge, PE
C0A1E0

Telephone

+19029167279

Website

http://www.troutriverec.ca/

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