2018-Denver Center for International Students @ Jackson Lake State Park - Youth SWAT

Start Date-End Date: 10/20/2018-10/20/2018 Land Manager Office: CPW - Jackson Lake State Park Land Manager Contact: Tyler Sewald Funding Partner: Programmatic Partner: Summary: The project will consist of cutting and mitigating the spread of Russian Olive trees in Jackson Lake State Park. The trees have spread on the northwest side of the lake near the drainage ditches, so the main goal for the day will be to clear the Russian Olives from the area near Pelican Campground. The students will be camping at this location and doing the stewardship work during the day on Saturday. Description: This group consists of 25 15-18 year olds from Denver Center for International Students. They will be working on a large project eradicate the Russian Olives from the whole park. Latitude/Longitude: 40.383074, -104.091911 Additional Information: Camping Available: Yes Physical Difficulty: Easy High Altitude Project: No Desired Number of Volunteers: 25 Total Adult Volunteers Attended: 3 Total Youth Volunteers Attended: 22 Total Volunteer Days: 25 Total Unique Volunteers: 25 Total Volunteer Hours: 200 Staff Hours: 10 Stipend Hours: 0 Project Summary: On Saturday October 20th, 22 students and three teachers from the Denver Center for International Studies, completed their Senior Day of Service out at Jackson Lake State Park. The students and teachers helped members of the park in the removal of a thick corridor of Russian Olive trees at a campsite by the lake. This park is particularly overgrown with Russian Olives as many were planted years ago by farmers in the area. This particular swath of trees were starting to kill some of the nearby cottonwoods and taking over the drainage which was causing the parallel dirt road to experience sink holes. The students worked hard removing close to 1.5 acres of 10 year old Russian Olive,then carrying the cut down trees and branches to the chipper. Successes and Challenges: Tyler and Mike from Jackson Lake State Park are an absolute pleasure to work with. I think that we could have many more successful projects out at this site. They are happy to provide camping for volunteers (year around). Lessons Learned: Special Notes: Stewardship Education: Key Concerns or Comments from Staff or Volunteers: Description of Accidents/Incidents: Description of Work Completed: