Environmental Opportunities with Great River Greening - Ike’s Creek Restoration
April 20 and 27, 2013
(Board member Deborah Karasov is Executive Director of this group)
Please join Great River Greening as we continue our efforts to restore native landscapes throughout the state! Individuals of all ages, families, and community and corporate groups of any size are welcome to participate in Greening’s volunteer restoration events. Pre-registration is required, so sign up today! To register, visit our website at www.greatrivergreening.org under “Volunteer” or contact Josh Kriz, Volunteer Manager, at jkriz@greatrivergreening.org or 651-665-9500 ex. 11.
A light breakfast, snacks, and lunch are provided at all Great River Greening Community Restoration Events!
Cedar Creek Conservation Area Planting
Saturday, April 20, 8:30am – 12:30pm
Oak Grove, MN
Volunteers: 100 Supervisors: 10
Join us as we transform an 11-acre old field into a wildlife haven by planting 2000 bare-root shrubs and trees: bur oak, cherry, hazelnut, plum and chokeberry. Cedar Creek Conservation Area is a new crown jewel of the Anoka County Parks system featuring a broad array of native landscapes including wetlands and emergent marshes, woodlands, planted prairie, and over two miles of shoreline on the Rum River and Cedar Creek.
Ike’s Creek Restoration
Saturday, April 27th, 8:30am – 12:30pm
Bloomington, MN
Volunteers: 100 Supervisors: 10
Ike’s Creek is one of only six trout streams in the Twin Cities Metro area and is adjacent to the largest urban National Wildlife Refuge in the country, the Minnesota Valley NWR. The stream hosts a restored native Minnesota brook trout population. Volunteers will remove undesirable plant species and seed wildflowers & grasses, improving both upland terrestrial and aquatic habitat.