A team of about 20 IRBV students and interns were among the 800 volunteers at the annual “Corvée du Mont-Royal” organized by Les amis de la montagne on May 5. Alice Roy-Bolduc and Aymeric Yanitch led the IRBV volunteers in conducting follow-up of trees and shrubs planted on Mount Royal in recent years. The success of these plantations is evaluated through growth measurement and surveys of young plant survival. IRBV volunteers also staffed an information booth on research underway at the Institute.

For 22 years, volunteers have participated in the annual clean-up to help conserve Mount Royal, cleaning up garbage, planting trees, conducting follow-up of plantations and eradicating exotic invasive plants.

Photo, from left to right: Adriana Almeida-Rodriguez, Mariana Rodriguez, Courtenay Clark and Simon Laignel.