This is learning by true experience, so now we ve specifically identified the plants that we will not approve should a landscape design come to us for approval, said Mayor Nancy Wilhelm-Morden.
The group has also worked in recent years to reduce the level of garbage available to bears in the community, leading to Whistler achieving the Bear Smart Community Status for its efforts in 2011. Through the BWG s work, 22 strata garbage sheds were improved in recent years to further prevent access by bears. As we reduced the amount of garbage that s available to bears, other priorities have arisen and some of the landscape plants in the valley, such as mountain ash, have come to the forefront as an issue that needed to be dealt with, said BWG co-chair Heather Beresford during Tuesday s presentation.
As part of the celebrations, several local artists will also be spending their weekend producing live art along the Cultural Connector’s path through the Village, while artist Jessa Gilbert gets to work on the final stages of a new public art mural located on the Creekside underpass, funded by the RMOW. “BC Culture Days is a wonderful opportunity to showcase the Cultural Connector. It is an affirmation of Whistler’s increasing reputation for the arts, heritage and natural history,” said Mayor Nancy Wilhelm-Morden in a release. “The amenities are already popular with visitors, and we want residents to explore them as well.”