American River Wildlife News
Helping Hands Needed for Public Lands Day on American River
Sat 16 Sep 2006 08:36:37 AM PDT - Events
The Bureau of Land Management Folsom Field Office, in conjunction with local conservation groups, is seeking volunteers to participate in restoration projects on September 30.
Public lands on the South Fork of the American River about 10 miles downstream from Coloma will be the focus of activity. Volunteers will join in the largest annual coast-to-coast, single-day volunteer restoration effort for America's public lands.
Public lands on the South Fork of the American River about 10 miles downstream from Coloma will be the focus of activity. Volunteers will join in the largest annual coast-to-coast, single-day volunteer restoration effort for America's public lands.
Volunteers are asked to register through the BLM Folsom Field Office website: http://www.blm.gov/ca/folsom/npld.html For more information, e-mail BarbaraWilliams, BLM Folsom Field Office volunteer and project coordinator, at Barbara_Williams@ca.blm.gov or call (916) 985-4474. Detailed information including a list of work projects is available on the web at http://www.blm.gov/ca/folsom/.
"We are joined in this effort by the American River Conservancy, our tireless partner in land acquisition and stewardship," Williams said.
Volunteers will work on projects ranging from family friendly to more strenuous activities. Work projects will run from 8 a.m. until lunch at about 12:30 p.m. The afternoon will be dedicated to volunteer appreciation; speakers, gifts, environmental education opportunities for the younger volunteers and tours of the resource area.
The purpose of this event is to improve the recreational facilities, preserve the biological and heritage resources, and foster public involvement in the stewardship of this outstanding area, Williams said. BLM will be joined in this effort by the American River Conservancy, a partner in acquiring and enhancing public lands around the American River. Sponsors also anticipate the active participation of many South Fork American River user groups, such as equestrian clubs, rafting outfitters, and bird and environmental clubs. Other partners in this national event are the Girl Scouts of America, Take Pride in America and the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation.
The lower South Fork of the American River has long been hailed for its outstanding scenery and recreational opportunities. This event focuses on what many consider to be the most significant concentration of BLM-managed public lands on the South Fork, the Dave Moore Nature Area, Greenwood Creek parcel, and Cronan Ranch. Each year, tens of thousands of white-water rafters, horseback riders, hunters, hikers and birdwatchers are finding out about and using BLM's South Fork public lands. Public lands along the South Fork also have exceptional heritage and biological resources. Archaeological sites are plentiful and attest to pre-historic occupations of the area by Native American hunter-gatherers, and historically by miners, homesteaders and others beginning in the late 1840s.
"We are joined in this effort by the American River Conservancy, our tireless partner in land acquisition and stewardship," Williams said.
Volunteers will work on projects ranging from family friendly to more strenuous activities. Work projects will run from 8 a.m. until lunch at about 12:30 p.m. The afternoon will be dedicated to volunteer appreciation; speakers, gifts, environmental education opportunities for the younger volunteers and tours of the resource area.
The purpose of this event is to improve the recreational facilities, preserve the biological and heritage resources, and foster public involvement in the stewardship of this outstanding area, Williams said. BLM will be joined in this effort by the American River Conservancy, a partner in acquiring and enhancing public lands around the American River. Sponsors also anticipate the active participation of many South Fork American River user groups, such as equestrian clubs, rafting outfitters, and bird and environmental clubs. Other partners in this national event are the Girl Scouts of America, Take Pride in America and the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation.
The lower South Fork of the American River has long been hailed for its outstanding scenery and recreational opportunities. This event focuses on what many consider to be the most significant concentration of BLM-managed public lands on the South Fork, the Dave Moore Nature Area, Greenwood Creek parcel, and Cronan Ranch. Each year, tens of thousands of white-water rafters, horseback riders, hunters, hikers and birdwatchers are finding out about and using BLM's South Fork public lands. Public lands along the South Fork also have exceptional heritage and biological resources. Archaeological sites are plentiful and attest to pre-historic occupations of the area by Native American hunter-gatherers, and historically by miners, homesteaders and others beginning in the late 1840s.