Ecocultural restoration of a Coastal Root Garden on Tl’chés (Chatham Island), B.C.
Bosman, Annette (author) British Columbia Institute of Technology Ecological Restoration Program (Degree granting institution)
Research paper/project
British Columbia Institute of Technology School of Construction and the Environment
2019
electronic
70 pages
Tl’chés is the Lekwungen name for the Chatham Islands — an archipelago located southeast of Victoria, British Columbia. Tl’chés is a central place in the traditional territory of the Lekwungen peoples, and today it is reserve land of the Songhees First Nation. This landscape was traditionally managed by prescribed burning and the cultivation of native plants. However, in the early 1950's, Lekwungen peoples left the archipelago, due to a lack of potable water and since then, the landscape has degraded drastically. The introduction of non-native plants has resulted in threats to the ecological, cultural resilience, and diversity of the landscape. My research focuses on developing a restoration plan for springbank clover in the coastal root garden. My restoration approach focuses on incorporating a Songhees-informed approach to restoration by integrating past practices and knowledge with the aim of answering: how to best restore the springbank clover population on Tl’chés?
Songhees First Nation springbank clover
Eco-cultural restoration coastal root gardens traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) Songhees First Nation cultural keystone place (CPK)
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Master of Science in Ecological Restoration
