Working Groups
AGVWC now has these working groups for interested community members to come together on specific projects Check back for more details on each group.
Contact us here for more info or to join a group.
*Fire/Water Land Management: Aims to promote and support best practices for both fire safety and water retention in and around our watershed. We hope to have work-exchange parties to help each other do the work at low cost.
*Proposed Asphalt Plant: Description still to come.
*Biocides Working Group: Focuses on issues related to pesticides, herbicides, and other household, industrial, and agricultural poisons, collectively known as "biocides" that are harmful to animals, plants, and people in our watershed. Its mission is to offer public education resources about biocides and explore ways to promote healthy waters and the return of salmon by minimizing - and in some cases eliminating - the use of biocides in our watershed.
*Barlow Creek: Focuses on researching historical data for Barlow creek and, if possible, getting it added to USGS and other maps.
*Walking Our Watershed: This group will plan a walking-water event for our watershed. We will obtain permission to walk from every landowner along part or all of Green Valley Creek or Atascadero Creek, and then take one continuous, well publicized, large group walk (ideally from headwater to mouth) together.
Contact us here for more info or to join a group.
*Fire/Water Land Management: Aims to promote and support best practices for both fire safety and water retention in and around our watershed. We hope to have work-exchange parties to help each other do the work at low cost.
*Proposed Asphalt Plant: Description still to come.
*Biocides Working Group: Focuses on issues related to pesticides, herbicides, and other household, industrial, and agricultural poisons, collectively known as "biocides" that are harmful to animals, plants, and people in our watershed. Its mission is to offer public education resources about biocides and explore ways to promote healthy waters and the return of salmon by minimizing - and in some cases eliminating - the use of biocides in our watershed.
*Barlow Creek: Focuses on researching historical data for Barlow creek and, if possible, getting it added to USGS and other maps.
*Walking Our Watershed: This group will plan a walking-water event for our watershed. We will obtain permission to walk from every landowner along part or all of Green Valley Creek or Atascadero Creek, and then take one continuous, well publicized, large group walk (ideally from headwater to mouth) together.
Activities
Tours & Work Days
Come walk with us! We partner with local landowners, government organizations, experts in the field, and community members to offer tours and work days at local restoration projects, creeks, farms, and upland areas.
Gatherings
Come hang out with us! We invite the community to join us at Ragle Park on a Saturday morning four times each year for coffee and snacks. We hear from experienced ecologists, biologists, and other naturalists, followed by round-table discussion of local concerns and time to enjoy each other's company.
Join our mailing list to get more information about our tours, work days, and gatherings, or find us on Facebook.
Come walk with us! We partner with local landowners, government organizations, experts in the field, and community members to offer tours and work days at local restoration projects, creeks, farms, and upland areas.
Gatherings
Come hang out with us! We invite the community to join us at Ragle Park on a Saturday morning four times each year for coffee and snacks. We hear from experienced ecologists, biologists, and other naturalists, followed by round-table discussion of local concerns and time to enjoy each other's company.
Join our mailing list to get more information about our tours, work days, and gatherings, or find us on Facebook.
Taking Care of Our Own Backyard
When it rains, the trash that collects along our roadsides washes into our creeks, and from there on to the Russian River and ocean. It can end up in the great Pacific gyre of plastic debris! Local residents clean up regularly along Green Valley Road, and other roads in the West County have their caretakers. We would like to invite you to join us as we support and increase these efforts. Would you like to hold a clean-up day in your area? Let's work together to make it happen! |
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