Thank you ...
To the 75 plus volunteers who
turned out for Pringle Creek Watershed Council and
Salem Rotary on October 21 to build walking trail and
the boardwalk. We spread cedar hog fuel on 1,500+
feet of the trail along the top of the berm along
Fairview Industrial Way and into the interior of the
wetlands.
To the eleven PCWC and
Salem Rotary volunteers who turned out on
October 14 to build the footings an 80 foot long
boardwalk. This was essential preliminary work for
our October 21 project. Volunteers will complete the
footbridge on October 21 and spread more cedar hog
fuel to add to the walking and jogging trail along
the top of the berm along 27th Court SE and Fairview
Industrial Way. Thank you also to Mutual Materials
for donation of concrete block and cement for the
footings.
To the fourteen volunteers
who turned out on August 26 for the council's trail
building project at the Fairview Mitigation Wetland.
We spread 5 loads of cedar hog fuel to make about
about 750 feet of walking jogging trail along the top
of the berm along 27th Court SE and Fairview
Industrial Way. The work on August 26 was the first
phase of what will eventually be about 6,300 feet of
trail. The project is funded by a grant from the city
of Salem, Public Works Department.
To volunteers who
came out to Marion County's Bonesteele Park on Earth
Day, April 22. It was a beautiful, warm spring
morning. We pulled blackberry, ivy and other
invasives. Also, we found large Trillium in bloom (pictures coming when your webmaster learns
how put pictures onto the page without breaking the
web page maker).
To volunteers who
spent a nice spring morning at the Kroger Park
Bioswale on March 3. We pulled blackberry and
planting willow stakes.
To the hardy group of
Volunteers who turned out on a wet January
21 Saturday to clean invasive willows and cottonwood
trees from the Liberty Elementary School Bioswale.
Great job! Before and after pictures show just how
much we did.
To the Volunteers who turned out
Saturday morning, December 10, to plant test plots of
camas bulbs and seed at the Fairview Mitigation
Wetlands.
To the Volunteers who turned out
at the Salem Hospital Bend on Make-A-Difference Day,
October 22, 2005 to pull ivy and morning glory, cut
ivy from streamside trees, and plant willow stakes
and native plants. A special thanks to Roger Heusser
and Ryan Kinnett who organized the event, Salem
Hospital which provided money to buy plants, and the
city of Salem which loaned Pringle Creek Watershed
Council tools for the volunteers. The Statesman
Journal had a good article
on Make-A-Difference Day and covered Pringle
Creek's project.
To the 19 Volunteers who turned
out on June 18, 2005 to cut ivy from the streamside
trees, pull up the ivy and blackberry mat, and whack
back poison hemlock and weeds at the Salem Hospital
Bend on Pringle Creek. Kudos to Sparky for the 4 inch
diameter ivy trunk!
To the Volunteers who helped pull
ivy at Woodmansee Park Saturday, May 7, 2005. It's
good to see the ivy mat retreat!
To the 22 Volunteers came out on
a gorgeous early spring Saturday (March 5, 2005) to
plant native plants at the Kroger Park Bioswale.
Volunteers who turned out for the
November 2004 planting projects at Fairview
Mitigation Wetland. The weatherman delivered a
gorgeous fall afternoon on Sunday, November 21, to
aid with the planting.
Volunteers who participated in
the 2004 Make-A-Difference day planting and ivy pull
project at Woodmansee Park. A great Blue Heron
swooped in to inspect. Progress is being made, but
there's lots more ivy for future projects.
Volunteers who pulled ivy at
Woodmansee Park on Saturday, August 28, 2004. We
cleared a strip 20 to 25 feet wide and about 150 feet
in length. PCWC volunteers will be coming back to
Woodmansee Park on Make-A-Difference Day (Oct. 23) to
plant native plants in the cleared area.
Volunteers who turned out on July
15, 2004 to glue down storm drain markers in the
Candalaria area.
Volunteers who turned out on
February 27 and 29, 2004 for a wet and wild planting
at Fairview Mitigation Wetland. Susan Kephart and
Suzie Torre planned the planting. The combined
efforts placed over 100 larkspurs with wild flower
seed patches and 200 positions for large and small
Camas.
Volunteers who turned out for the
2003 Leaf Haul. They helped neighbors unload 450
cubic yards of leaves at the city's Fairgrounds and
Sprague High School collection sites. They also
collected more than $700 for the Parks Memorial Fund
and more than 800 pounds of food for the Marion
County Food Bank.
The volunteers who turned out on
yet another beautiful Saturday, October 25, 2003 to
pull ivy and blackberry at Woodmansee Park.
The 100+ volunteers who turned
out on a beautiful Saturday, October 18, 2003 to work
on Claggett Creek Watershed Council's planting
project. Also to the Statesman Journal for carrying
the story
in its October 22 edition.
Supra for organizing and
supporting their employees and Supra
employees who built a bark dust trail at
Fairview Wetland. More than 100 Supra employees
turned out to make short work of the October 2003
project.
Pringle Creek volunteers who
turned out at Claggett Park in Keizer to help the
Claggett Creek Watershed Council with its October
2003 planting project.
News ... The city of Salem built a fish ladder on
Pringle Creek. It's located where Commercial Street and
the Boise Cascade building cross Pringle Creek. If you
missed it, read the July 11th
Statesman Journal article about
the project.
Wetlands have dollars and cents values,
too. See The
Oregonian March 3, 2004
article Johnson Creek study puts price on benefits
The Pringle Creek Watershed Council is
a nonprofit association representing watershed residents,
businesses, schools, neighborhood associations,
government, the scientific community and environmental
organizations.
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