Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities

First Saturday Cleanup on Prince Memorial Greenway

Saturday,  November 2nd, December 7th, January 4th

Location: Olive Park Footbridge near 1698 Hazel Street. On street parking

Time: 10:00 AM to Noon

On the first Saturday of every month, the public is invited to join a creek cleanup event on the Prince Memorial Greenway, a restored section of Santa Rosa Creek that flows through the heart of downtown

Streamside Drive Restoration Project on Santa Rosa Creek

Saturday, November 16th

Time: 9:00 - Noon

Location: Near 4271 Streamside Drive

Join the Santa Rosa Creek Stewardship Team and Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation for the Streamside Drive Restoration Project along Santa Rosa Creek.  Volunteers will be planting native sedges, removing blackberry bushes and picking up litter.

Colgan Creek Volunteer Day

Saturday, November 23rd

Time: 9:30 am -11:30 am

Location: Elsie Allen High School at Burgess Drive

Help the community cleanup and nurture the restored Colgan Creek.  Learn about the many native California plants that grow along creeks and help them establish a foothold.

Flat Rock Park Volunteer Days

Saturday, December 14th

Time: 9:30 AM-11:30 AM

Location: Flat Rock Footbridge (4227 Flat Rock Circle)

Help take care of the Brush Creek Restoration Area and Flat Rock Park.  Learn about native California riparian plants and how they provide food and shelter for fish and wildlife.

12th Annual MLK Jr. National Day of Service on Piner Creek

Monday, January 20th

Time: 1:00 pm-3:00 pm

3215 Coffey Lane (near Bluebell Drive)

Bring out your friends and community spirit to help clean up Piner Creek. 

Rugged Ridgeline View

Greetings Creek Stewards!

One of our biannual events, supporting the Bennett Valley Cleanup Day, brings a little love to Sierra Park Creek.  It is a small tributary of Spring Creek, flowing past Strawberry Elementary School and the surrounding neighborhood.

Our plan is to cleanup the creek and as time permits, the school grounds and surrounding streets.  We continue our efforts to promote the Streets to Creeks campaign, reminding community members that if it's on the street, it will make it to the creek through the storm drain system.  Let's get that trash so it never sees the ocean blue!

Sierra Park Creek Cleanup            

Date: Saturday, October 19th

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Location: Strawberry School (2311 Horseshoe Drive)

Tools, gloves and snacks provided. All ages are welcome!

For more information contact: Alistair Bleifuss creeks@srcity.org or 707-543-3845

Word Quiz: We are all familiar with the Sierra Nevada.  What does Sierra mean?  See answer below the photograph.

The Annadel State Park ridgeline pictured here demonstrates a mountain range with a serrated or irregular outline.  The word Sierra comes from Spanish, meaning saw, from Latin serra. 

Thanks for being a part of our community of creek lovers,

Alistair

Alistair Bleifuss | Environmental Specialist

Creek Stewardship Program

Santa Rosa Water | 69 Stony Circle | Santa Rosa, CA 95401

Tel. (707) 543-3845 |  ableifuss@srcity.org

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