The Armstrong Wetlands Association is showing its appreciation for funds it received from this year’s Armstrong Co-op Fuel Good Day.
The association received a cheque for $2,113 from their participation in the event.
On Fuel Good Day Sept. 19, 10 cents from every litre of gasoline and diesel purchased at all Armstrong Regional Cooperative gas bars in Vernon, Armstrong, Salmon Arm and Cranbrook was donated to local organizations including the Wetlands group.
Wetlands members spent the day at the pumps talking to customers letting them know that part of their gas purchase was going to support local wetland preservation.
“After our conversation, one customer showed up again shortly after with his wife’s car,” said Leslie Barton. “Many people I talked to said they had been keeping their tank low just so they could make this contribution.”
The Armstrong Wetlands Association is creating a small pond within an acre of cattails surrounding Meighan Creek in the downtown area.
The funds will help enhance habitat, encouraging plant and animal diversity in the wetlands. Eventually, the association hopes to build a boardwalk and viewing platform with informational signage about important wetland features.
More than $13,000 was raised during this years’s Fuel Good Day, funds that were divvied up between six organizations.
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