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   Pella Shoreline Restoration   
   Saturday, March 30, 2013   
   90 Volunteers Needed!   
   Great for community service and to start the season off with a bang!   
      
   Register for This Project   
   Come enjoy early spring at Pella Crossing!  It is close to Boulder and   
   Longmont and is one of the most beautiful and popular Boulder County   
   Open Space properties. The site is adjacent to the Saint Vrain River   
   and is a series of ponds that support wetland habitat, great views,   
   and abundant bird life.  The property is also the location for WRV's   
   first volunteer project back in 1999.  So please join us as we add   
   another chapter to WRV's history at Pella Crossing.   
      
   HISTORY   
      
   There are several ponds on site, all reclaimed gravel quarries that   
   are now providing excellent wildlife habitat. Steep banks and wind   
   driven waves are causing erosion which has degraded habitat along a   
   few sections of shoreline.  The ponds we will be restoring this year   
   are Dragonfly and Poplar Ponds.  This is a great example of how sand &   
   gravel quarries can be restored into wildlife habitat and then into   
   space for public recreation.   
      
      
   VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES   
   Volunteers will plant hundreds of willows and install coir log   
   barriers to retain soil and protect the willows along the shore.  The   
   coir logs provide short term protection and the willows will stabilize   
   the pond bank long term.  Volunteers will also install wire cages   
   around cottonwood trees to protect them from beavers, and remove small   
   invasive Russian olive trees.   
      
      
      
   COME ON AND JOIN US   
      
   Minimum Age: 14 accompanied by an adult   
      
   Great for youth groups & school community service!   
      
   The end of March will be the perfect time to get outdoors to plant and   
   celebrate spring with the WRV community!   
      
      
      
   Register for this Project   
      
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