EALT Black Knot Buster at Bunchberry Meadows
Sat, Mar 14
|Bunchberry Meadows Conservation Area
A winter event to improve forest health at this much loved conservation area, where ENPS maintains demonstration beds. If you fancy a bit of winter exercise in a good cause, consider joining this event organized by the Edmonton and Area Land Trust to prune out this ugly fungus infestation.
Time & Location
Mar 14, 2026, 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Bunchberry Meadows Conservation Area, 1B5, Range Rd 261, Spruce Grove, AB T7Y 1B1, Canada
About the event
Bunchberry Meadows is located very close to Edmonton, and due to its proximity, it is well-loved by many of the city’s residents. The property is one of EALT's largest, and serves as valuable habitat for a vast array of wildlife species, especially birds. This makes the property an excellent place to birdwatch, even in the winter. Bunchberry Meadows also is home to large mammals, such as moose, deer, coyotes, and many others.
The black knot fungus we will be removing poses a threat to the vegetation communities that all of these wildlife species rely on, as it is eventually lethal to the tree, but only trees in the Prunus genus (which includes the common chokecherry). Black knot removal consists of cutting affected limbs off of the shrub or tree, and placing them in garbage bags so that the fungus won’t spread.
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