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DESCRIPTION:Every fall, the Coastal Watershed Council organizes habitat restoration 
 events called River Health Days along the lower San Lorenzo River. At each 
 event, volunteers learn about the role of native plants in the riverine 
 ecosystem and then learn to identify and remove invasive plants. In 
 October, River Health Days will be focused on removing and stopping the 
 spread of an invasive plant in our ecosystem: ice plant.\n\nIce plant is a 
 fast growing ground cover that has invaded dune scrub, coastal bluff scrub, 
 coastal prairie, and maritime chaparral communities. It aggressively 
 competes with native plant species for space, nutrients, water, and light. 
 It can release allelopathic substances that suppress the germination and 
 early root growth of native plant species, and even mature native shrubs. 
 It is also capable of lowering soil pH levels in loamy sand (a fertile soil 
 of sand, silt, and clay), which changes the root system morphology of 
 native shrub species. We will be hand-pulling ice plant from the banks of 
 the river.\n\nVolunteering is great way to get up close and personal with 
 the lower river. While  you remove ice plant you will get a closer look at 
 the willows, alders, evening primrose and mugwort native to the watershed. 
 You will listen to the calls of bushtit and warbler over the babble of the 
 lower river. You will be protecting this ecosystem!\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/10/04/18803454.php
SUMMARY:River Health Day
LOCATION:San Lorenzo Riverwalk, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/10/04/18803454.php
DTSTART:20171013T043000Z
DTEND:20171013T070000Z
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