Work Parties And Presentations
There have been a number of work parties, work shops, and public presentations centered around the stream restoration work at Jefferson Elementary. The events included the following:
• October
18th, 2003 - Dixon Creek Day
Over 100 people attended this free family event. People made 64 bird feeders
that they could take home. Local area businesses Keith
Brown Building Materials, Corvallis
Hardware, Robnetts
Hardware and Creative
Crafts and Framing donated materials to make the feeders. People also created
a stream and had their faces painted with wildlife pictures. Many local agencies
and businesses were present to provide information for people interested in
enhancing their streamside property. This was a great opportunity for all to
learn about the 4-H Wildlife Stewards projects planned for Jefferson students.
• February
7th, 2004 - Dixon Creek Plant Removal Day
Jefferson students and community volunteers got together to remove invasive
plants; mainly Himalayan blackberry and reed canarygrass. Scout
Troop 163 provided a lot of people power and Corvallis
Disposal Company provided yard waste bins for hauling off the plants.
• February
21st, 2004 - Dixon Creek Plant Removal Day
Jefferson students and community volunteers got together to remove invasive
plants; mainly Himalayan blackberry and reed canarygrass. Scout
Troop 163 provided a lot of people power and Corvallis
Disposal Company provided yard waste bins for hauling off the plants.
Patti
Warner diving right into the blackberries
• March
6th, 2004 - Dixon Creek Planting Day
Over 70 Jefferson students and community volunteers got together to plant hundreds
of native trees, shrubs, and herbs. The Oregon
Watershed Enhancement Board provided $3,665 worth of native bare root trees
and shrubs to use in the plant revegetation work.
• April,
2004 - Trail Maintenance And Sign Posts
Scout Troop 163 provided
the people power and materials to spread tree chippings on the creek
trail as well as install interpretive sign posts.
• April
22nd, 2004 - Hosted the 4-H
Wildlife Stewards Youth Summit
This community event was an opportunity for youth from 10 Benton and Linn County
4-H Wildlife Stewards Member schools to come together in one location to showcase
their schoolyard projects.
During the day visiting students presented their educational posters to a team of judges, rotated through hands on natural resource learning centers, took a student led tour of the Dixon Creek Restoration project and listened to keynote speaker, Chris Maser, local author and research scientist.
4-H Wildlife
Stewards Youth Summit Poster
• May
21st, 2004 - Wildlife Stewards Dixon Creek Clean-up
Students continued removal of blackberrys, worked on trail maintenance, and
spread mulch around the new native plants. One class even chose to give up
their recess break to keep working on the site.
• May
22nd, 2004 - SOLV
Down By the Riverside
Citizens, governments and businesses all over the state joined hands at over
400 sites in the largest river enhancement event in the nation. Activities
at public greenspaces and parks included creating trails, planting trees, cleaning
up litter on foot and by boat, clearing blackberries, planting flowers, planting
a community garden, and hanging bird and bat houses. Volunteers collected over
one million pounds of man-made trash and removed four million pounds of invasive
plants and green debris
At Jefferson Elementary, students and community volunteers worked on trail maintenance and potted native tress and shrubs for planting later in the year.
• Summer, 2004 - Many groups helped maintain the wildlife habitat education site along Dixon Creek behind Jefferson this summer. The Corvallis Parks and Recreation Youth Volunteers and the Kiwanis watered and weeded weekly. Scout Troop 163 installed a set of benches. Corvallis Public Works provided water for the new plantings and Corvallis Disposal Company provided two yard recycle bins throughout the summer.
Scout
Troop 163 building benches by Dixon Creek
• October
2nd, 2004 - Dixon Creek Work Day
We will be removing new blackberry growth. Please call Patti Warner, 925-0345
for any questions regarding the 4-H Wildlife Stewards Program.