2011 P4C EVENTS

Participants will learn about the local noxious weeds and their control through aninformational program and a hands on weed pull.

Sponsor: Staunton State park
Contact: Jennifer Marten
Phone: 303-816-0912
email:jennifer.marten@state.co.us

8:00 am - 11:00 am

Evergreen Lake

Grab your garden gloves, sharpen your diggers, and join us for the 14th Annual Community Weed Day at Evergreen Lake. We’ll start with refreshments at 8:00, be working by 8:30 and plan to finish weeding the entire perimeter of the Lake by 11:00. The public is invited to stop by and see our display of local noxious weeds or bring plants in for identification.

Sponsor: Community Weed Awareness Campaign
Contact: Betsy Kelson
Phone: 720-219-7165
email: bkelson@ix.netcom.com

8:30 am - noon

Evergreen Lake

Sponsor: Community Weed Awareness Campaign
Contact: Betsy Kelson
Phone: 720-219-7165
email: bkelson@ix.netcom.com

8:00 am - 1:00 pm

The Summit County Community and Senior Center is the location for the 8:00AM kickoff with a light breakfast, a short instructional session with live weeds capped with a power point strip of local weed favorites.

Stes throughout the county are surveyed with locations designated for pulling with sign- ups for each.

Out the door by 8:45 and back by noon for weed wrap up, lunch and favors.

Come join the fun.

Sponsor:  Friends of Eagles Nest Wilderness

Contact: John Taylor

Phone: 970-409-8867

email: Johntaylor1712@comcast.net

8:00 am

Bear Creek Lake Park - Lakewood

Come learn about noxious weeds that grow in Lakewood on Saturday July 9th. Registration and breakfast will be at 8am. We will head out into the field to pull some weeds, then return for a cool snack.

Sponsor: City of Lakewood

Contact : Erik Nilsen

Phone: 303 697 3543

Email: erinil@lakewood.org

7:30 am - 10:30 am

Big Dry Creek Open Space - Westminster

A brief disscussion about the importance of maintaining riparian areas will be followed by the participants helping staff remove Russian olive trees from Big Dry Creek Trail, a National Recreational Trail. Training will be provided. (Long sleeved shirts, long pants, gloves and eye protection are required). Snacks will be provided.

Sponsor: City of Westminster 

Contact: Rod Larsen

Phone: 720-887-6250

email:rlarsen@cityofwestminster.us

8:00 - 11:30 am

Chatfield State Park

Come join friends and neighbors helping to remove noxious weeds from Chatfield State Park. Volunteers will also learn how to identify common noxious weeds in Colorado and learn how to control these weeds on your property and in your community. Volunteers will remove diffuse knapweed, scotch thistle and other noxious weeds and will re-seed disturbed areas. Volunteers will be required to wear sturdy footwear (no tennis shoes, sandals, or flipflops), gloves and bring water. Colorado considers the most aggressive, non-native plants as “noxious weeds”, and many are invading Colorado’s best places including Chatfield. Become better informed about how to identify noxious weeds, how to avoid spreading them, and how to control them. The battle to control noxious weeds can’t be won without public awareness, support and action. Please remember to: *Leave your pets at home* Bring plenty of water and sun protection* Arrive on time, and be prepared for a great morning of learning!

Sponsor: Colorado Weed Management Association

Contact: Denny Bohon

Phone: 303-275-5625

email: dbohon@fs.fed.us

Pre-registration is encouraged Link

10am - 2pm

Volunteers will reach out to the public at the Evergreen Safeway, providing weed identification and control information. There will be a display of area weeds and the public is invited to bring plants from their yards for identification.

Sponsor: Community Weed Awareness Campaign

Contact: Sylvia Robertson or Cathy Shelton
Phone: 303-674-1715 or 303-674-8610
email: sheltonpublicaddress@hotmail.com

9:30 am – 1 pm

Estes Park, above the Town Recycle Center (across from Smokin Dave’s BBQ) at 666 Elm Road. From Hwy 34/36 intersection, take Moraine Ave/Hwy 36 for 1.2 miles toward Rocky Mountain National Park. Turn right on Elm Road.

Come enjoy free food and drinks from local restaurants, win prizes, and dump your weeds for free at the annual Estes Park Weed Roundup! Bring at least one full trash bag of weeds and the first 150 attendees get a free “Pulling for Colorado” water bottle! Learn how to identify common weeds in the area, and win prizes for correctly identifying them in the Weed ID game! Prizes will be awarded to those that bring in the most bags of weeds and the biggest weed specimens (limit one contest entry per person). Experts will be on hand to identify mystery plants and answer questions about the mountain pine beetle. Come pick up other free ‘weedy’ educational materials and pick up your free large 30 gallon paper lawn bag for future weed collection.

Sponsor: Pulling for Colorado, Estes Land Stewardship Association

Contact Name: Julie Knudson

Phone: 970-225-9075

email: knudson.julie@gmail.com

At Prairie Canyon Ranch, we will have the opportunity to work with others to pull, dig, or lop the invasive weeds and make a difference to allow native plants to shine through. The ranch is located 6 ½ miles south of Franktown on State Hwy 83 on the left side of the highway.

To register, call Jackie Sanderson @ 303-663-7652.

Registrants will receive snacks and a lunch.

Please bring gloves, a pointed shovel, sunscreen, a hat and closed-toe shoes.

Sponsor: Douglas County Government

Contact Name: Jackie Sanderson

Phone: 303-663-7652

email: jsanders@douglas.co.us

Wolf Run Pulling for Colorado

8:00 am - 1:00 pm

Wolf Run - Boulder Open Space Park

Participants will learn about weeds and problems associated with them. They will then assist in removal of Mediterranean sage.

Sponsor:  Boulder County Parks and Open Space
Contact: Kurt Roy
Phone: 303-594-0163
email: kroy@bouldercounty.org

8:00 am - 1:00 pm

Walker Ranch - Boulder County Open Space Park

Participants will remove diffuse knapweed.  Snacks will be provided.

Sponsor:  Boulder County Parks and Open Space

Contact: Kurt Roy

Phone: 303-594-0163

email: kroy@bouldercounty.org

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Carter Lake - Larimer County

A hands-on educational event focused on the removal of Myrtle spurge. Educational information will be available to help participants identify Myrtle spurge and other noxious weeds. Local landowners will be encouraged to remove Myrtle spurge from their property. Weed district staff will be available to do site visits.

Participants whobring bags full of Myrtle spurge to the drop-off site will revieve vochers to a local greenhouse where new ornamentals can be picked up.

Sponsor:  Larimer County Natural Resources

Contact: Casey Cisneros

Phone: 970-679-4571

email: ccisneros@larimer.org

Weed Pull

9:00 am - noon

Dance and Cook-off

7:00 pm-11:00 pm

Participants will pull weeds in the morning and then be invited to share their recipes and share edible dishes at a dance that evening.

Sponsor: Spanis Meadows, The Grants, Baca Grande

Contact: Earl Sutherland

Phone: 719-256-4808

email:Esutherland2978@msn.com

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Participants will remove myrtle and cypress spurge from their property and recieve native plants.

Sponsor:  El Paso Co Environmental Services Div.

Contact: Michelle Oldham

Phone: 719-520-7846

email: MichelleOldham@elpasoco.com

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Participants will board paddle rafts in Ridgway and float downstream to the State Park. There will be several areas along our routes where stops will include spotted knapweed removal.

Sponsor:  Ouray County

Contact: Ron Mabry

Phone: 970-626-9775 x 23

email: rmabry@ouraycountyco.gov

9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Vallecito Reservoir

Participants will enjoy a noxious weed identification presentation and then hands-on weed removal along a guided trail walk.

Sponsor: Vallecito Service League, Inc. 

Contact: Marilyn McCord

Phone: 970-884-2220

email:mccord@gobrainstorm.net

9:00 am - 1:00 pm

DeWeese State Park

Participants will learn how to identiy noxious weeds, how they impact the environment, what methods are best used to control them and what considerations are needed to re-vegetate an area. They will also have the opportunity to join a hands on weed pull. Participants may bring samples of their weeds for identification. Lunch will be provided.

Sponsor: CSU Custer County Extension

Contact: Robin Young

Phone: 719-783-2514

email:Robin.young@colostate.edu

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