Description
Start Date-End Date: 11/20/2012-11/20/2012
Land Manager Office: Sand Creek Regional Greenway Partnership
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Summary: 30 students from William Smith High School and 5 Adults ages 14-18 doing a half day project at the Sand Creek Regional Greenway. Doing restoration - specifically erosion control with the use of erosion mats and seeding. The students will also help habitat restoration by weeding and doing a trash clean-up along the greenway.
Description:
30 students from William Smith High School and 5 Adults ages 14-18 doing a half day project at the Sand Creek Regional Greenway. Doing restoration - specifically erosion control with the use of erosion mats and seeding. The students will also help habitat restoration by weeding and doing a trash clean-up along the greenway.
Latitude/Longitude: 39.769607, -104.878514
Additional Information:
Camping Available: No
Physical Difficulty: Easy
High Altitude Project: No
Desired Number of Volunteers: 35
Total Adult Volunteers Attended: 3
Total Youth Volunteers Attended: 45
Total Volunteer Days: 48
Total Unique Volunteers: 48
Total Volunteer Hours: 192
Staff Hours: 5
Stipend Hours: 0
Project Summary:
Successes and Challenges:
Lessons Learned:
Special Notes:
Stewardship Education:
Morrison Nature Center - Liz ???? Spoke on behalf of Sand Creek's NextGen Program - talking about careers in natural resources and how she got to where she is today.
Key Concerns or Comments from Staff or Volunteers:
Ground was harder than expected...stapling took a bit of time. Would like to go back and lay more up the slope by the bend in the trail.
Description of Accidents/Incidents:
N/A
Description of Work Completed:
50 students/teachers from William Smith High School worked on 600x4 feet of trail to weed and place erosion mats to help prevent water/drainage issues on the Denver section of trail.
Details
| 13 and older |
