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Start Date-End Date: 10/02/2010-10/02/2010
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Description: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites you to come out and lend a hand on Saturday October 2nd in recognition of the 17th annual National Public Lands Day celebration. This year we will be transplanting Chokecherry trees around the Kerber Creek to help stabilize the creek walls to prevent further erosion. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ With the help of many partnerships the BLM began the Kerber Creek restoration project in 2005. This important environmental project focuses on repairing damage caused between the late 1800s - mid 1900s from the Bonanza Mining District. Mine wastes containing heavy metals have had a remarkably disturbing effect on the creek, including the destruction of vegetation, erosion, decreased water quality and death of fish and other aquatic life. These travesties have occurred because the metals in tailing piles are mobile in water. The toxic metals are soaked up by plant roots with water, and cause the plants to slowly die. Without vegetation to support the structure of the creek, the creek freely erodes. To combat the negative effects of the erosion the BLM has started the process of phytostabalization, which is a method that uses lime, limestone, and compost to bind metals and make them less water soluble. This process keeps metals from being absorbed into vegetation. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Since 2007, 60 acres of mine waste along the creek have been phytostabilized, 40 of those acres have been stabilized over the past two years. Partners have contributed over $1.2 million in aid for clean-up. In addition, these partners have contributed over 3,000 volunteer hours towards the project. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ If you would like to lend a hand please register online or contact Rob Santoro at (719) 852-6267 or rob@voc.org ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ We will meet at the Villa Grove Trade at 8:30am and then caravan approximately 9 miles to the worksite. Please be prepared to work the majority of the day. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ What to bring:
- Water
- Sunscreen
- Work clothes you don't mind getting dirty
- Long Pants
- Jacket (dress in layers according to the weather)
- Rain Gear
- Boots (no open toed shoes allowed)
- Hat
- Gloves (or will be provided)
- Lunch and snacks
- A friend or family member
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Physical Difficulty: Easy
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Desired Number of Volunteers: 50
Total Adult Volunteers Attended: 21
Total Youth Volunteers Attended: 9
Total Volunteer Days: 37
Total Unique Volunteers: 30
Total Volunteer Hours: 188
Staff Hours: 0
Stipend Hours: 0
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