Description
Start Date-End Date: 11/12/2022-11/12/2022
Land Manager Office: Wildlands Restoration Volunteers
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Summary: Connect with other youth working in outdoor stewardship while maintaining native plants and controlling invasive species at Spring Gulch Trail Greenway with City of Longmont Open Space.
Description: Where you'll be:
We will be working at the Stephen Day Park section of the Spring Gulch trail system.
What you'll do:
We will be removing some weeds/invasive species to help the native plantings thrive.
Why it matters:
Protective native plantings will create a more healthy ecosystem that benefits pollinators, native wildlife and enhances users' experience.
Latitude/Longitude: 40.182904, -105.0622144
Additional Information:
Camping Available: No
Physical Difficulty: Easy
High Altitude Project: No
Desired Number of Volunteers: 20
Total Adult Volunteers Attended: 15
Total Youth Volunteers Attended: 0
Total Volunteer Days: 15
Total Unique Volunteers: 15
Total Volunteer Hours: 65
Staff Hours: 10
Stipend Hours: 0
Project Summary: This project was coordinated by Wildland Restoration Volunteer staff. We had 4 youth groups participating: WRV, VOC, LHOCYP, and participants from Greenway foundation. We started the day with an ice breaker activity to have all the students moving and getting to know each other a little better. After the icebreaker activity, we all walked to the worksite (~5 minute walk). WRV staff provided all tools and they were staged at the work area. Once we arrived, City of Longmont (land manager) welcomed all students, lead a safety talk and explain the work for the day. Students organized themselves and chose what flower/tree bed to work on. The project was to cover flower/tree beds with mulch. All mulch was piled in a central point and students used wheel barriers and big buckets to transport it. It took about 2.5 hours to students to transport all the mulch. We had a lunch break at the work site and walked back to the main area of the park where we had one more group activity (acting charades). Around 2pm all students were dismiss.
Successes and Challenges: Successes:
Students seem to work great with other youth groups.
The weather was nice enough to work outside
Minimal need for tools and all of them were provided by WRV
Challenges:
Keeping track of Cairn students when working with other students
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| 14 and older |
