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2008 Calendar of Events
Sacramento Weed Warriors is currently involved in several environment enhancement projects, in partnership with the American River Parkway Foundation (the American River Invasive Plant Management Project and the Oak Mitigation Project), the Sacramento Urban Creeks Council and the City of Sacramento (the Arundo Eradication and Coordination Project) and the California Native Plant Society-State Office and Sacramento County’s Department of Agriculture (the Sesbania Control Project). Web site addresses providing more details for major events are noted below.
Naturally, event dates and locations may be changed each month. To volunteer for an upcoming event, please contact Frank Wallace, SWW Director – by telephone at 916-213-4682 or by email at [frankw2@pacbell.net].
Month/Day Event Location/Description
March 1 Invasive Plant Management Ancil Hoffman Park Project (IPMP)- Spanish and French broom removal Community Work Group (CWGs are held along the American River Parkway on the first Saturday of each month,)
8 American River Parkway Stewards Spring Stewardship Seminar ARPF Volunteer Center (5700 Arden Way)
15 Oak Mitigation Project (OMP) Location TBA – Begin caging of native tree Roving team(s) seedlings (“volunteers”)
TBA-2 days Sesbania Control Project (SCP) Robla Creek at Marysville Road Natomas Charter School (7th and 8th Grade Classes)
April 5 IPMP Community Work Group Ancil Hoffman Park-Broom Removal
TBA IPMP-AmeriCorps NCCC teams TBA-Sacramento Bar/Rossmoor Bar/Goethe Bar (multiple days as available) Broom Removal
TBA Arundo Eradication and Humbug Creek, Folsom; and Coordination Project (AECP) Auburn Ravine, Auburn AmeriCorps NCCC teams (multiple days as available)
12-13 California Native Plant Society- Wild Flower Weekend: Calif. Native Plant Communities Sacramento Valley Chapter Exhibits and Plant sale, Educational Presentations. ARPF/SWW Exhibit Crawford’s Barn, Rancho Cordova [For more information about Wildflower Weekend activities, visit the California Native Plant Society-Sacramento Valley Chapter’s web site at www.sacvalleycps.org]
20 Greenhaven Presbyterian Church Ancil Hoffman Park-Broom Removal “Compassion Weekend” Community Service Event
TBA Earth Day celebrations TBA-Sacramento area community colleges SWW and ARPF Exhibits
28 Creek Week Cleanup Day Steelhead Creek at Hansen Ranch Center High School volunteers Walt Ueda family volunteers
SWW and ARPF Exhibit Celebration Fair at the Discovery Museum [For more information about Creek Week events, visit the Sacramento Urban Creeks Council’s web site at www.sacto-ucc.org]
May 3 IPMP Community Work Group Ancil Hoffman Park-Broom Removal
10 Walk on the Wildside Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, SWW Exhibit Bufferlands (Sac County Regional Sanitation District)
[For more information
about Bufferlands projects, visit their website at
17 OMP Roving Team(s) Location(s) TBA – Caging of native tree seedlings (“Volunteers”)
TBA OMP-Adopt a Grove Teams All Oak Grove sites-begin weekly watering
TBA IPMP –Juvenile Hall Work Group Gristmill-Yellow Starthistle Eradication Project (Multiple days) In partnership with the Butterfield Riviera East Community Association (BRECA)
June 7 National Trails Day IPMP Community Work Group Gristmill-Yellow Starthistle Eradication Project With BRECA community volunteers
TBA IPMP –Juvenile Hall Work Groups Gristmill-Yellow Starthistle Eradication Project Additional days as needed
21 OMP Roving Team(s) Location(s) TBA – Caging of native tree seedlings (“volunteers”)
TBA OMP-Adopt a Grove Teams All Oak Grove sites-Conduct weekly watering
TBA IPMP –Juvenile Hall Work Groups Locations-TBA; (As needed) Red Sesbania removal
July 5 IPMP Community Work Group Arden Bar (Wm Pond Rec Area parking lot) Red Sesbania removal
TBA IPMP-AmeriCorps NCCC teams Arden Bar (Wm Pond Rec Area parking lot) (As available) Red Sesbania removal
TBA Sesbania Control Project (SCP) Lower Robla Creek – Hansen Ranch AmeriCorps NCCC teams Red Sesbania removal
19 OMP Roving Team(s) Location(s) TBA – Caging of native tree seedlings (“volunteers”)
TBA OMP-Adopt a Grove Teams All Oak Grove sites-Conduct weekly watering
TBA IPMP and SCP Locations-TBA; (As needed) Juvenile Hall Work Groups “Hot spots”: Red Sesbania removal
August 2 IPMP Community Work Group Location TBA: Most likely: Arden Bar Red Sesbania removal
2 Fair Oaks Harvest Day Fair Fair Oaks Park SWW and ARPF Exhibit
ARPF-Down River Day Rafting from Sunrise to Goethe Park
TBA IPMP and SCP Locations-TBA; (As needed) Juvenile Hall Work Groups “Hot spots”: Red Sesbania removal
16 OMP Roving Team(s) Location(s) TBA – Caging of native tree seedlings (“volunteers”)
TBA OMP-Adopt a Grove Teams All Oak Grove sites-Conduct weekly watering
September 6 IPMP Community Work Group Location TBA; Red Sesbania removal
13 OMP Roving Team(s) Location(s) TBA – Caging of native trees seedlings (“Volunteers”)
TBA IPMP and SCP Locations-TBA; (As needed) Juvenile Hall Work Groups “Hot spots”: Red Sesbania removal
20 Great American River Cleanup Multiple Locations throughout AR Parkway American River Parkway Foundation
TBA OMP-Adopt a Grove Teams All Oak Grove sites-Conduct weekly watering
October 4 IPMP Community Work Group Location TBA; Invasive species-TBA
10-11 Salmon Festival Nimbus Dam Fish Hatchery ARPF/SWW Exhibit
18 Oak Mitigation Project (OMP) Location(s) TBA – Conduct surveys of all groves to (with Adopt -a-Grove Teams) determine survival status; Measure seedling growth.
TBA OMP-Adopt a Grove Teams All Oak Grove sites-Conduct weekly watering
November 1 IPMP Community Work Group Location TBA; Invasive species-TBA
15 OMP Roving team(s) Location(s) TBA – Caging of native tree seedlings (“Volunteers”); TBA: Acorn collection
TBA (As needed) OMP-Adopt a Grove Teams All Oak Grove sites-Conduct weekly watering
December 6 IPMP Community Work Group TBA; Most likely: Arden Bar – Final Sesbania removal sweep
13 Oak Mitigation Project Locations TBA; Begin clean up of existing groves; Community Work Group
27 Oak Mitigation Project Locations TBA; Continue clean up of existing groves; Community Work Group Replanting of Oak acorns as needed
SWW Calendar of Events - Updated: 2/21/08 SWW welcomes community volunteers of all ages ! For more information, call Ken Myall, SWW Stewardship Program Manager, at 916-486-2773 or Frank Wallace, SWW Director, at 916-213-4682. Please send or email volunteer forms to Ken at [Kmyatt@arpf.org] We are located at the American River Parkway Foundation Volunteer Center at 5700 Arden Way, Sacramento CA 95608.
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