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Calder Creek Cleanup in Sebastopol, Saturday, March 5, 9-Noon

Geoffrey — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:38:23 +0000

The crew during our March 2010 cleanup

Calder Creek needs your help! This spring-fed creek, which runs through Ives Park in Sebastopol, along the Joe Rodota Trail and into the Laguna de Santa Rosa, is in need of some TLC. Join the Sebastopol Creek Stewards from 9 to noon on Saturday, March 5 for a morning of trash cleanup and exotic invasive removal around the creek in the Railroad Forest.

Meet at the City parking lot on Petaluma Avenue across from the bike trail. Wear old clothes, rubber boots and gloves. Waders may also be helpful if you have them. We’ll have trash grabbers and some other tools to share, but if you have loppers or pruners, please bring them along. Children are welcome!

Last year we also did some cleanup of the nearby Laguna by kayak. If you have a boat and would like to bring it, contact us for details.

Contact Joan Schwan or Geoffrey Skinner to RSVP (823-0446, jschwan [at] sonic.net or skinnerbird [at] gmail.com).

The haul, March 2010

More photos from our 2010 cleanup

A Watersheds Walk in Sebastopol, March 27, 2010

Geoffrey — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:28:51 +0000

Did you know that two perennial creeks flow through Sebastopol? Get to know the topography and history of Sebastopol’s watersheds on this new 5.5 mile walk that explores the sometimes hidden paths of Calder and Zimpher creeks as they travel to the Laguna de Santa Rosa.

The walk begins at the Sebastopol Plaza (Petaluma Ave. and McKinley St.) at 9am. Wear comfortable shoes, a hat, and bring water, sunscreen and a snack. Heavy rain cancels. After the walk some of the group may wish to have lunch at a Sebastopol restaurant. Leader for this walk is Geoffrey Skinner (blog author).

This walk is part of a series of walks around the City of Sebastopol — and one of many walks throughout Sonoma County now listed on the iWalk Sonoma website. iWalk Sonoma is a project of Healthy Sonoma 2020.

For more information, please contact Geoffrey Skinner

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Laguna Tree-A-Thon — January 9th, 2010

Geoffrey — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:47:42 +0000

The Laguna Foundation is in the midst of their first ever Tree-A-Thon fundraiser and volunteer tree planting event. On January 9th over 100 volunteers will meet at Sebastopol’s Meadowlark Field (next to Chevron Station on Hwy. 12) to plant over 750 valley oak and other trees and plants. This is an exciting project on so many levels. The Foundation is stretching tight dollars to restore a riparian forest in a highly visible field adjacent to the Laguna. A restoration of this kind has multiple benefits: increasing biodiversity and habitat connectivity, mitigating global climate change and let’s not forget restoring natural beauty!

If you would like to volunteer or pledge for this effort, please see the Foundations’ Tree-A-Thon pages.