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Backcountry Forest Restoration on November 8
Enjoy your time
at beautiful Heil Valley Ranch, while helping restore healthy forest
and meadow ecosystems. We will use handsaws and loppers to thin
unhealthy ponderosa pine stands. The work we will accomplish is part
of a larger restoration plan that will re-establish natural forest
systems and improve wildlife habitat. Minimum age is 12 with adult
supervision. This project runs from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
Please
register by November 6 by calling 303-678-6216 or e-mailing
WildWorkVolunteers@BoulderCounty.org.
Help Clean Native Seed
on November 15
Every year Boulder
County Parks and Open Space volunteers help collect millions of
native grass and flower seeds, that are later used in restoration
projects on Open Space lands. Before some of these seeds can be
planted, they must be sorted and cleaned. Volunteers will learn to
identify native seeds and how to prepare them for use. This project
runs from 9:00am to 12:00pm. Minimum age is 12 with adult
supervision. Please register by November 14 by
e-mailing WildWorkVolunteers@BoulderCounty.org or calling
303-678-6216.
Ongoing
Opportunities
Calling All Nature
Writers
Write an article
for the Boulder County Parks and Open Space’s quarterly publication
Images, sharing your knowledge of Boulder County’s natural and
cultural history. The editor is looking for articles about winter's
night skies, winter activities for families on local open space,
owls, fisheries & stocking, history of Ingersol Quarry at Heil
Valley Ranch, and tungsten mining history in Boulder County.
Deadline is October 15th for the winter issue and
February 1st for the spring issue. If you are interested
in writing an article, please contact Pascale Fried at
303-678-6201 or email pfried@bouldercounty.org.
Team-Building
Opportunity
Are
you looking for an opportunity for your business, club, or group to
work together, outside of the office while giving back to the
community? If so, then maybe you would be interested in
participating in a group volunteer project with Parks and Open
Space!
Last year, 27 local corporate and non-profit groups volunteered with
Parks and Open Space while serving the communities in their own
backyard.
In an
effort to improve plant and wildlife habitat, restore natural
ecosystems and maintain local trails, the department is enlisting
volunteer groups to help with forestry, trail maintenance and native
seed collections. We can design a project to fit your schedule and
tailor it to your interests. If this sounds like a great opportunity
for your group, please contact Matt Bruce at mbruce@bouldercounty.org
or call 303-678-6216 to arrange a project.
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