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Organization: Community Hiking Club
Date: October 21, 2008
Join the Community Hiking Club, MRCA for Make a Difference Day
You, Too, Can Make a Difference
Orientation for volunteers pulling tamarisk at Mentryville on Make a Difference Day in 2007.
Photo courtesy of Steve Ioerger.
When: Saturday, October 25 Time: 8:30 AM-Noon Where: Mentryville/Pico Canyon What: Invasive Plant Removal Why: Restore Native Habitat and Increase Ground Water Partners: MRCA, Boston Scientific and Hands On Santa Clarita Bring: Garden Gloves, Snacks
Join us for Make a Difference Day. The Community Hiking Club, MRCA volunteers and volunteers from Hands On Santa Clarita (formerly Santa Clarita Resource Center) will be joining us for this one Day event.
We will be pulling Tamarisk from the stream bed in Pico Canyon. Bring water and a digging tool. Perfect tools include a round nosed shovel, a pick, or crow bar/rock bar.
Meet at the parking lot in Pico Canyon, behind Mentryville. To get there, take the I-5 Freeway to the Lyons exit. Exit. Turn West (away from Newhall, towards the mountains). Continue past all the housing areas (Stevenson Ranch), and enter the gated area through the green gate. Continue on to Mentryville, crossing left over the bridge when you get there. Parking for workers will be free for the day.
Please RSVP by Thursday at 12:00, with your shirt size and I will be able to pick up a MDD T-shirt for you. If you do not RSVP, you can still get a shirt by going to the breakfast/kick-off and pick one up yourself. Go on to the MDD web site at www.VolunteerInSCV.org for more details.
Tamarisk is an invasive weed that grows wherever there is a supply of water. When established the mature plants crowd out native plant species and degrade the wild life habitat. Tamarisk has little food or habitat value and sucks the water from the stream. A single large tamarisk can transpire up to 300 gallons of water per day.
