Friends, The Tuolumne River Trust is looking for volunteers to help out at two upcoming events — the Big Bend Bash and SalmonAid. These will be great opportunities to work with like-minded people who care about our rivers and wildlife. And you get in free! Please let me know if you’re available. As an added [...]
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Volunteers Needed
Posted in Policy, Public Events on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Upcoming Tuolome Events
Posted in Public Events on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From: Peter in Palo Alto Below are a list of upcoming events regarding the Tuolome River, a system that really embodies the major issues in water security, ecology, and sustainability in California. April 1 (Tuesday), 7:30pm Tuolumne River Slideshow and Discussion Hosted by the Sierra Club Guadalupe Group Located at the Saratoga Library, 13650 Saratoga [...]
Tuolome River & Portola Valley
Posted in Public Events on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From: Peter in Palo Alto Dear Friends, Last week the Portola Valley Town Council passed a strong resolution in support of the Tuolumne River. You can view it on our website here. We recently updated the site, so check it out at http://www.tuolumne.org/content/index.php?topic=programs_bayarea You can even make a donation at https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?id=1706&referer=http%3A//www.tuolumne.org
Tuolome River Resolution – Portola Valley
Posted in Public Events on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From: Peter in Palo Alto Hi Folks, Tomorrow night (Wednesday, Feb. 27) at 8pm the Portola Valley Town Council will consider a resolution is support of protecting the Tuolumne River from increased diversions. You can view the resolution at http://www.portolavalley.net/town_government/packets/02-27-08_Item3.pdf If you are able to attend the meeting, it would be great to have you there. [...]
Water Efficient Landscaping Workshop Series
Posted in Public Events, tagged Landscaping, Water Conservation on February 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Santa Clara Valley Water District will host its annual Water Efficient Landscaping Workshop Serieson 4 dates in march. Please click on the link for more details (requires a .PDF reader).
Project Budburst
Posted in Projects, Public Events, tagged Climate Change, Native Plants on February 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From: Georgia in the Mountains To all our Streamkeepers, please see the description of Project Budburst below. I encourage you to participate, since I know many of you are both experts and concerned about how climate change will affect our native plant communities! “Project BudBurst starting February 15th! Join us in collecting important climate change [...]
Restoration Workday – Woodside Elementary
Posted in Creek Maintenance, Public Events on February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Once again we were graced with a fantastic group of volunteers who came out and helped us plant over 200 natives at Woodside Elementary this past weekend. Thank you for all your hard work! Many of you helped us remove Vinca major (a foul, invasive, exotic plant that does nearly nothing to support a healthy, [...]
Restoration Workday – Rossatti’s
Posted in Public Events on February 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks to everyone who turned out for our January workday at the Alpine Inn (also affectionately known as “Rossatti’s”). We had nearly 40 volunteers turn up to help us plant natives and remove almost 4 cubic yards of Eucalyptus litter from the site! Our volunteers planted a row of Coyote Bush to protect the riparian [...]
Tour of McGarvey Gulch Project
Posted in Public Events, Wildlife, tagged Fish Passage Projects on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Watershed Council was involved in driving a Steelhead migration improvement at McGarvey Gulch in Woodside over the past 4 years. The previous culvert was a noted barrier to fish passage and was subsequently re-designed. Initial reports from this season’s stream flows look extremely positive: The San Mateo County Department of Parks and the San [...]
Special Presentation – Tuolome River
Posted in Public Events on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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