Date/Time
Date(s) - 07/28/2012
All Day
Location
Trail Creek - meeting at Mt. Communities Fire Department
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Join Aurora Water and Girl Scout Troop #249 to celebrate a National Forest Foundation’s ‘Friends of the Forest Day’ and Colorado Cares Day in the Trail Creek area of the Hayman burn.
Friends of the Forest Day
Hayman Restoration Project
Volunteers Needed
Saturday, July 28th, 2012
9:00 am to 3:00 pm
This year marks the 10 years since the Hayman Fire, at over 137,000 acres, the largest wildfire in Colorado’s history. In light of the current fire season, the 2002 fire season seems like a distant memory but problems still continue. The fire burned severe in areas with erosive soils, resulting in reservoirs compromised with sediment. Your help is needed to build erosion control structures, plant willows, re-seed native vegetation and/or mulch restoration sites. Efforts will help preserve and protect our water supply, aquatic and wildlife habitats.
July 28th also honors Colorado Cares Day, a statewide day of service. Volunteers include: Aurora Water, one of CUSP’s longstanding partners; The Girl Scouts of America, celebrating their 100 year anniversary of scouting; and The National Forest Foundation, friends and fundors of the Hayman Restoration, Treasured Landscapes program.
Please Bring: Sun block * Work gloves * Sun glasses or safety glasses * Long sleeved shirts, long pants * Shoes with good tread * Water containers; water refills are provided * A sack lunch
Aurora employees, please contact Dawn Jewell for registration and directions:
dmjewell@auroragov.org or 303.739-7145
or Lisa@uppersouthplatte.org
Registration deadline is Wednesday, July 25th
The Upper South Platte watershed provides for over 75% of Colorado’s drinking, industrial, and agricultural water needs
Information on Colorado Cares Day can be found at:
http://www.colorado.gov/servecolorado/CCD/ccd.htm
| On Saturday, July 28, 2012, Coloradoans will gather to celebrate the 14th Annual Colorado Cares Day. Colorado Cares Day is a statewide day of service in honor of Colorado’s statehood on August 1, 1876.Serve Colorado will work with community organizations throughout the state to encourage organizations to develop and register service projects for Colorado Cares Day 2011. The service projects registered in the Serve Colorado state registry will then be recognized in the Annual State Colorado Cares Day Report, which is distributed statewide. |
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