Spring is in the air and that means boots on the ground for the 14-member Surrey Natural Areas Partnership (SNAP) team. The 14 post-secondary students and recent graduates will be employed from now until the end of August, thanks to the federal government’s Canada Summer Jobs program. They will be working on habitat restoration, urban forest outreach, and tree care. Two more students from high school will be hired for the summer months. All five of Surrey’s MPs contributed this year: John Aldag, Randeep Sarai, Ken Hardie, Sukh Dhaliwal, and Gordie Hogg.
2019 is the 19th year for SNAP, a partnership between the Green Timbers Heritage Society, the Sunnyside Acres Heritage Society, the White Rock and Surrey Naturalists and the City of Surrey’s Parks Division. It is an example of how community groups can work with municipal governments for everyone’s benefit.
