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September 9, 2010
708 RailRoad Ave (new Winters Library)
September 25, 2010
Winters, CA
September 28, 2010
5800 Chiles Rd, Davis
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Registration is now open for the 2010 Yolo Waterway Cleanup! Please click on the photo below to register for this fantastic annual event.
An anonymous donor has offered a $1,000 challenge to help fund the Putah Creek Cleanup. If we can raise $1,000 to match this challenge by September 25th the donor will match the community contribution. Can you help us reach this goal? Please consider donating below! Please note: no donation is required to volunteer.
08/13/10Mark your calendars for September 25th for the annual Putah Creek Cleanup! We will post more information about the specific sites in mid-August, but in the mean time, please save the date. Please note: we will once again help run electronic sign up for all of Yolo Counties waterway cleanup sites. We will post more information, and a link, when registration opens August 16th.
08/09/10
Winters, CA: CreekSpeak continues Thursday, August 12, 7 PM at the Winters Public Library with a talk entitled, “Exotic Invaders – how non-native plants and animals have and can impact Putah Creek watershed and Lake Berryessa.” The talk will be given by Mike McGraw from the US Bureau of Reclamation, a resident of Winters.
This month’s talk has an interactive twist—an opportunity win a prize by playing bingo during the presentation. McGraw’s talk will discuss those plant and animal species that pose the greatest threat to both land-based and aquatic ecosystems in the Putah Creek watershed. The talk will include a natural history of the invaders, their impacts on ecosystems, and what the public can do to either treat or prevent infestations.
While presentation is underway, the audience will play invasive species bingo. Each person in the audience will have a card with images of invasive species. Each time an invasive species appears in the power point and also appears on the card, the image is blotted-out with a dry erase marker. Once a person has their horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line, they’ll yell Bingo and win a prize.
We hope you can join us to learn about how you can prevent exotic species problems from harming the creek—and have fun while doing so.
CreekSpeak is a six-month series of community talks about the nature, culture, and history of our region. The talks are held every month, are free to the public and held at the Winters Library (708 Railroad Ave.), and are co-sponsored by Putah Creek Council, UC Davis John Muir Center for the Environment, and City of Winters.
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