Lafarge Canada, Conservancy partnership tests toad tunnel

摘要

The Fraser Valley Conservancy has been working with local landowners in the Ryder Lake area of Chilliwack, British Columbia, since 2008 to study local amphibians' migration patterns and their plight when moving across roads from woodlands to wetlands. Work to fabricate and install a tunnel for toadlets caught the attention of Lafarge Canada Inc. because the project aligns with the company's community investment pillars of education, environment and sustainable construction. Over a recent four-day window, Lafarge crews assisted in the rebuilding of a road and installation of a tunnel, the latter aimed at better and safer flow of traffic for baby toadlets. Fraser Valley Conservancy studies indicated the amphibians had previously been perishing in mass numbers due to existing infrastructure.