Description
Start Date-End Date: 04/28/2012-04/28/2012
Land Manager Office: CPW - Cherry Creek State Park
Land Manager Contact: Jonathan Huey
Funding Partner:
Programmatic Partner:
Summary: Corporate SWAT
Description:
Willow staking and Russian olive hauling
Latitude/Longitude: 39.39, 104.49
Additional Information:
Camping Available: No
Physical Difficulty: Easy
High Altitude Project: No
Desired Number of Volunteers: 35
Total Adult Volunteers Attended: 27
Total Youth Volunteers Attended: 6
Total Volunteer Days: 37
Total Unique Volunteers: 33
Total Volunteer Hours: 291
Staff Hours: 28
Stipend Hours: 0
Project Summary:
Successes and Challenges:
Lessons Learned:
Special Notes:
Stewardship Education:
Provided information on Russian olive and willows
Key Concerns or Comments from Staff or Volunteers:
Cut more willows than could be planted.
Description of Accidents/Incidents:
None
Description of Work Completed:
We had over 30 volunteers from North Highland Company. It was their company’s global day of service. Their offices around the world were giving back to the community. In Denver, they volunteered with VOC.
Volunteers harvested and planted several hundred willow stakes along approximately150 feet of shoreline of Muskrat Pond at Cherry Creek State Park on 4/28. They also helped haul out cut, invasive, Russian olive trees.
Muskrat pond was infested with Russian olives. They were removed by other State Park volunteers and partners. We came in to vegetate the edge of the pond with willows to create habitat, control erosion, and improve water quality.
North Highland provided lunches and a financial donation to VOC.
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