2008
P4C EVENTS
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Bear Creek Lake Park
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Thank-you all 250 volunteers for coming out to Bear Creek Lake Park in
Lakewood on Saturday, July 12, 2008. We had perfect weather and a
perfect day for our Pulling For Colorado premier event.
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VOC handled the registration and organized the crew leaders.
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Over 250 people participated.
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Julie and Ben helped make all the fun happen.
Tom McClure, USFS Invasive Species Coordinator pulled everyone
together.
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The kids area had lots of fun activities.
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Erik Nielson, City of Lakewood, and crew made all the logistics come
together.
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Margaret Paget, City of Wheat Ridge chaired the event. Elizabeth
Brown, CO Aquatic Nusiance Species Coordinator was part of the Steering
Committee.
Lakewood Mayor and CoDA Noxious Weed Coordinator
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Terry McCann, USFS, organized the media
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Holly Postmus, Adams County Weed & Pest, checks in with Margaret
Paget
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Crews coming back from the field
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Yum! Lunch!
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Olde Town Pickin Parlor provided fabulous music
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Yellow starthistle Sally aka Denny Bohon, USFS, coordinated all the fun.
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CWMA, Jefferson County, Adams County, CoDA, and CSU Master Gardeners
provided great educational materials
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Eric Van Geet, Otto Van Geet, Lakewood City Mayor Bob
Murphy and Forest Service Invasive Species Coordinator Tom McClure
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NREL provided solar power for our MC
and the band
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Vegetation Management brought out their Mule
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Foothills Vegetation Mgmt. and the City of Lakewood also brought out
equipment showing other management techniques
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"Spread the Word Not the Weeds" was our final message
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92 bags of noxious weeds were collected! WOW!!!
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Thanks for helping to make our first Pulling For Colorado campaign so
successful!!
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photos by Alicia Doran
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