2009 P4C EVENTS
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North
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June
6
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American
Hiking Society 17th Annual Nat'l Trails Day
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Three
Forks Trail in White River National Forest
Rifle
Ranger District and City of Rifle Parks and Recreation are co-sponsoring
a work day that includes trail maintenance and invasive weed
eradication.
Contact:
Rifle Ranger District 970-625-2371
email
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June
18
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Jefferson
County Open Space Scotch Thistle Control
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Hildebrand
Ranch Park
Volunteers
will learn to identify and control the noxious weeds found in the area
surrounding this unique park. Lunch will be provided.
Contact:
Dave Schott 720-530-1466
email
Visit
Jefferson County Open Space's website
for other volunteer opportunities
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June
27
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Community
Weed Awareness Campaign
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12th
Annual Evergreen Lake Weed Pull
Participants
will work in teams to hand remove weeds. Many educational
resources will be available including weed identification experts.
Snack will be provided.
Contact:
Betsy Kelson 303-674-7236
email
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July 11
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2nd
Annual Pulling for Colorado Flagship Event
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Lamb
Spring
On
Saturday
July 11, 2009
the Pulling For Colorado flagship event will be held at Lamb Spring,
just south of Chatfield Reservoir in
Douglas
County
. Volunteers will help remove noxious weeds from this
important archeological site.
This
35-acre preserve contains the remains of at least 24 mammoths along with
other Pleistocene animals including camel and sloth. Partially excavated
in the 1960s and again in the 1980s by the Smithsonian, the site
contains possible evidence of man’s presence dating back 13,000 years.
At a higher level in the site, an 8,000-year-old Cody complex bison kill
was discovered.
Lamb
Spring was acquired in 1995 by the Archeological Conservancy, a
non-profit organization dedicated to acquiring and preserving the best
of our nation's remaining archaeological sites. The
Conservancy formed a unique alliance with the Denver Museum of Science
and Nature and
Douglas
County
to acquire, preserve, study and interpret the site.
This
Pulling For Colorado event will be limited to the first 100 volunteers.
Parking is restricted, so please carpool.
Contact:
Denny Bohon 303-275-5625
email
Go
to Volunteer Outdoor Colorado to register for this event link
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July
11
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2nd
Annual Summit County Pulling for Colorado
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Summit
County
An
educational event geared towards providing local landowners with noxious
weed identification and control information. There will be a
training in the morning and volunteers will pull and bag weeds
afterwards.
Contact:
John Taylor 970-409-8867
email
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July 11 & 12
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Citizen
Science Invasive Plant Monitoring Training
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Colorado
State
University - Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
This
event is a citizen science training program designed to provide an
opportunity to become trained as a citizen science in mapping and
monitoring invasive plants in
Colorado
. You will learn: (1) invasive species issues, (2) how to use a GPS, (3)
how to conduct our level I and level II monitoring protocols, including
how to set up and monitor Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) plots, (4)
how to identify 6 common invasive species in Colorado, and (5) how to
use our website (www.citsci.org) to
submit your observations of invasive species locations.
Contact:
Greg Newman 970-491-0410
email
>To
Register
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July
11
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City of Lakewood
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City
of Lakewood - William Frederick Hayden Park
Help
Lakewood clear Green Mountain of some of its unwanted invaders.
Thistle and knapweed are two of the noxious weeds taking over William
Frederick Hayden Park. Come help us pull them before they go to
seed.
Contact:
Erik Nilsen 303-697-3543
email
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July
11
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Community
Weed Awareness Campaign
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Evergreen
and Conifer
As part of this statewide effort, Community Weed Awareness Campaign volunteers will staff a table outside the Evergreen Safeway and the Conifer King Soopers with samples of noxious weeds found in neighboring areas. Stop by or bring plants in for identification and control information from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm on Saturday, July 11.
Contact:
Sylvia Robertson 303-674-1715
or Marilyn
Kaussner, 303-674-7520
email
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July
11
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Town
of Carbondale Mid-Valley Weed Walk
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Carbondale
Small
groups of volunteers will be led by knowledgeable leaders to noxious
weed locations in various habitats. The groups will learn weed
identification skills and will participate in weed removal. A
barbeque lunch will be provided.
Contact:
Steve Hessel 970-963-8465
email
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July
11
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Estes
Park Weed Roundup for Colorado
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Estes
Park Old Larimer County Landfill
An
educational event that will provide participants with materials to help
identify noxious weeds. Participants are encouraged to bring their
bags of pulled noxious weeds for disposal.
Contact:
Julie Knudson 970-225-9075
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July
11
and
Aug 1 |
Moffat
Tunnel East Portal Weed Removal |
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East
Portal of the Moffat Tunnel
Valued
for its remote feel and stunning beauty,
James
Peak
Wilderness encompasses 14,000 acres on the east side of the Continental
Divide. It is home to high alpine lakes, wildflower meadows, and
James
Peak
, the area’s 13,294 ft namesake. Unfortunately, populations of the
destructive Oxeye daisy are flourishing at its access points and
reducing and eliminating native plant populations. Previous eradication
efforts in the area have been successful in protecting riparian areas.
Join with us in this continuing success story and play a valuable role
in saving native plants.
Contact:
Bev Baker 303-541-2517
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July 11
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Mount
Evans Wilderness Orange Hawkweed Expanded Inventory Project |
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In 2006 Orange Hawkweed was discovered off the Bear Tracks Lake trail in the Mount Evans Wilderness. It has been treated it was treated in 2007 & 2008. This project is to extensively inventory the drainages and moraines in the surrounding areas. Participants will hike i.75 miles with some elevation gain to the original infestation area and then survey approximately 50 acres of off trail Wilderness.
Contact:
Lee Lambert 303-670-1642
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July
11 |
Oxeye
Daisy Trade-in - Gilpin County Slash Site |
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Bring
in oxeye daisy from your property (pulled up by the roots and bagged),
and get a free plant or seeds in exchange! There will be other weeds on
display at our weed booth. 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Contact:
Irene Shonle 303-582-9106
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July
11 |
Walker
Ranch is Pulling for Colorado |
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Walker
Ranch - Boulder County Open Space Park
Participants
will remove diffuse knapweed and common mullein from the trailhead
parking area and adjacent riparian area. Snacks will be provided.
Contact:
Kurt Roy 303-594-0163
email
Register
for this event link |
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July
11 |
Weed
Warriors - South Platte Park |
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Carson
Nature Center
Participants
will remove noxious weeds throughout the park. A noxious weed
display will be available on site for park visitors.
Contact:
Susan Smith 303-730-1022x23
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July
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Pulling
for Colorado - Snowmass Village |
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Snowmass
Village
Participants
will enjoy a weed tour, a community weed pull and lunch.
Contact:
Crystal Yates-White 970-920-5214
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August
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Pulling
for Colorado - Aspen |
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Smuggler
Mountain Road
Participants
will enjoy a weed tour, a community weed pull and lunch.
Contact:
Crystal Yates-White 970-920-5214
email |
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North
East |
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July
11
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Sand
Creek Regional Greenway Noxious Weed Removal |
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Sand
Creek Regional Greenway - Denver
Volunteers
will meet at Bluff Lake to learn about noxious weeds and their
impacts. They will then work along the greenway to remove noxious
weeds including Russian olives. Snacks and lunch will be provided.
Contact:
Katherine Kramer 303-468-3263
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South
West |
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July
11 |
Custer
County Pulls for Colorado |
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Lake
Deweese State Wildlife Area
Participants
will learn how to identify noxious weeds, how they negatively impact the
environment, what methods are best to control the spread and what
considerations are needed to revegetate an area. Includes a hands
on weed control project with a barbeque.
Contact:
Karen Crumbaker 719-783-2514
email
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July
11 |
Lower
Bear Creek Trail |
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Lower
Bear Creek Trail - San Juan National Forest
An
opportunity for various groups to become involved in the care and
etiquette of multi-use trails. Participants will gain noxious weed
identification skills through hands-on weed control efforts.
Contact:
Kathe Hayes 970-385-1310
email
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July
11
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Ouray
County Pulls for Colorado
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Uncompaghre
River
A
hand-on learning experience about the noxious weeds in Ouray
County. Participants will attend a weed identification class and
conduct a weed pull along the Uncompaghre River
Contact:
Ron Mabry 970-626-5391 x23
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South
East |
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