Description
Start Date-End Date: 07/29/2017-07/29/2017
Land Manager Office: Aurora Open Space and Natural Resources Division
Land Manager Contact: Eric Watts
Funding Partner: Holland & Hart
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Summary: Spend the morning helping with Open Space Management at this hidden gem in Aurora!
Description: Home of Morrison Nature Center, recreationists enjoy Star K Ranch's cottonwood-shaded trails, or the nearby Sand Creek Greenway Trail. A large picnic shelter is just east of the nature center, which provides nature adventures for the whole family.
Star K also boasts a small wildlife preserve, which is where the main volunteer efforts are needed. Volunteers will help to reduce the noxious Russian olive trees by girdling (using hand saws to intentionally damage trunk to kill tree) continued seed production and spread of the species in the area. There may be other invasive species work to be done as well as seeding native grasses.
Latitude/Longitude: 39.753782, -104.800932
Additional Information:
Camping Available: No
Physical Difficulty: Easy, Moderate
High Altitude Project: No
Desired Number of Volunteers: 40
Total Adult Volunteers Attended: 19
Total Youth Volunteers Attended: 4
Total Volunteer Days: 23
Total Unique Volunteers: 23
Total Volunteer Hours: 69
Staff Hours: 11
Stipend Hours: 0
Project Summary: On July 29th, 2017, the law firm Holland and Hart, brought out 23 people (19 adults, 4 youth) to Star K Ranch to celebrate their compay's 70th anniversary. Durning their 3 hour volunteer SWATDuring that time, they girdled thirty-five Russian Olive trees, with over 70 frills made, as well as reseed just shy of an acre worth of land with native grass seed.
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Special Notes: They did not get the numbers orignally expected, but our partners seemed satisfied with the work completed by the group.
Stewardship Education: Provided by VOC and the City of Aurora Staff.
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