Tag: volunteers

Great Sierra River Cleanup 2017!!!

Join together with your neighbors and friends to help clean up rivers and streams that drain to the ocean as part of the statewide Great Sierra River Cleanup.  Trash from local creeks like Laguna Creek and Elk Grove Creek eventually travel to the California coast and out to the Pacific Ocean. This year the Laguna […]

Swallows In The House!

Hello, Watershed! Just wanted to follow up on the report about our preseason bird box check and maintenance we wrote about here. Last week we noticed that a pair of tree swallows were shuttling nest material into one of our newly installed passerine boxes.  We decided to set up with a camera over the weekend and […]

Great Sierra River Clean Up a Huge Success

About 45 people gathered on Saturday, September 19 at the North Laguna Creek Wildlife Area to pull out hundreds of pounds of trash. Included in the haul were bicycle frames, 2 fire extinguishers, 1 large metal No U Turn sign, a smartphone, 2 metal orange and white traffic calming pyramids, 300 or more plastic bottles, […]

Great Sierra River Cleanup 2015

Join in the Fun…..Help clean up rivers and streams that drain to the ocean, then celebrate! The California coast is full of trash that came from the upland watersheds, like Laguna Creek.  Some of that trash even makes it out to the miles-wide Great Pacific Garbage Patch.  Recent studies show that 60% of seabirds have […]

Explore the Creek for the Birds

Last Sunday morning, May 3rd, about 30 people gathered at Jack Hill Park in east Elk Grove to assemble bird and duck boxes.

Explore (and help) the Creek!

We are all familiar with the sound of a woodpecker drumming on a tree searching for food or building a nest site. But what about the many other bird species that nest deep inside tree limbs but don’t have the means to create their own home? Join the Laguna Creek Watershed Council this Sunday as we lend a helping hand (wing?) to some of our feathered, cavity-nesting friends.

Creek Week is Right Around the Corner

We all know Creek Week is a time to get out on the creeks and get our hands dirty, but did you know it’s also a great time to go on local tours, or celebrate with other creek volunteers? Sign up to view beavers, birds, blooms, fish, or habitat restoration efforts on one of the […]

Mather Vernal Pool Work Day, March 22, 2015

The vernal pool open space area along Morrison Creek was the gathering place for a group of watershed council members and friends this past Sunday morning. We came to prune and wrap oak trees planted along the creek, adjacent to the Independence at Mather community. The voles seem to be eating the bark on a […]