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Big River Stewards Earth Day Work Weekend

Date:
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Time:
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Event Type:
Other
Organizer/Author:
matt coleman
Location Details:
Big River on the Mendocino Coast

Join the Big River Stewards program of the Mendocino Land Trust and the Mendocino Woodlands Camp Association for the fourth-annual Earth Day Work Weekend at Big River on April 24th and 25th, 2010.

Come stay a night at the historic Mendocino Woodlands Camp in the redwoods and help with restoration projects at Big River or join us for either day.

Complimentary lodging will be provided to volunteers in rustic private cabins nestled in the redwoods at the Mendocino Woodlands Camp, built by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Lodging is limited to 25 participants.

On Saturday, April 24th from 11am-4pm, volunteers will remove Ammophila (or European Beach Grass) and other invasive plants from scenic Big River Beach located between the Big River estuary and the historic village of Mendocino.

On Saturday night, a complimentary dinner will be served in the Woodlands historic Camp One dining hall.

On Sunday, April 25th from 10am to 3pm, volunteers will work to remove invasive English Ivy from mature stands of redwoods bordering Big River.

For more information, or to RSVP, contact Stewards Coordinator Matt
Coleman at 707-962-0470 or e-mail mcoleman [at] mendocinolandtrust.org.

In 2002, Mendocino Land Trust acquired the 7,334-acre former industrial logging property and turned it over to California State Parks. Big River, home to endangered Coho Salmon and threatened Steelhead Trout, is also one of the longest undeveloped estuaries in Northern California. Since 2004, MLT’s Big River Stewards have been working to remove invasive plants, control erosion and monitor avian and aquatic resources.
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