Join RiversEdge West for a volunteer planting event along the Riverfront Trail on April 27, 2024 from 9 am - 11 am.
Celebrate Arbor Day with RiversEdge West and the City of Grand Junction by planting native plants in a pollinator garden!
Light snacks and coffee will be provided. Work will all be outside, so please bring water, proper work attire (we recommend pants, close-toed shoes, and long sleeves), and sun protection. Specialized tools will be provided, but you may also bring your own. We will park and meet at the Las Colonias Trail pavilion here.
RSVP here.
At this event we will primarily be planting native plants! Additional activities may include:
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Mechanical weed treatment - Help is needed to manage tamarisk, Russian olive, and secondary weeds such as kochia (these troublesome weeds, if uncontrolled, become a tumbleweed that disperses seeds over a large area and displaces desirable vegetation), Russian thistle, and bull thistle.
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Close social trails - A designated trail system, one that’s well planned, designed, constructed, and maintained, minimizes the human impact on the landscape that’s been conserved. Unfortunately, many “social trails” or informal trails created from foot traffic, have created impacts such as unnecessary vegetation/soil loss and fragmentation of flora/fauna habitats. Volunteers will help to close these social trails by spreading downed woody debris across the trails to discourage their use.
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Trash cleanup