Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities

First Saturday Cleanup on Prince Memorial Greenway

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

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

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

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

Monday, January 20th

Time: 1:00 PM -3:00 PM

Location: 3215 Coffey Lane (near Bluebell Drive)

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

The beginning of a beautiful friendship

Hello Creek Stewards,

We are having a restoration party and inviting the Laguna Stewards to team up and continue the beautiful work happening on Santa Rosa Creek at Streamside Drive!  Don't be worried that the Laguna Stewards come from the low point in the watershed.  They meet monthly and work on all aspects of restoration on sites in the Laguna de Santa Rosa and its tributary creeks.  It will be a real treat to show them a middle reach of Santa Rosa Creek.

We will be working in a glorious, mature riparian forest on Saturday, November 16th. Although the Santa Rosa Creek Trail will always be within view, it is easy to feel like you have entered a remote, old growth forest. Our tasks will include planting sedges in the understory of those big old trees, continuing to remove invasive blackberry and picking up trash for anyone who just can't get enough of that.

Restoration Project on Santa Rosa Creek  at Streamside           

Date: Saturday, November 16th

Time: 9:00 - noon

Location: Near 4342 Streamside Drive.  From Hwy 12, turn on Streamside Drive (next to Betty's Fish and Chips) and park along Streamside Drive where it meets the Santa Rosa Creek Trail. 

Click here for map link

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

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

Nature Quiz: How many native species of oaks live in Sonoma County?  See answer below photograph.

Valley oak, found growing in the riparian forest along Santa Rosa Creek at Streamside Drive, is one of 9 native oak species that shape Sonoma County's landscape.  Statewide there are over 20 species, subspecies and hybrids.

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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