Working with the County for secondary weeds Half a dozen landowners potentially involved NRCS is working on a plan as there are wetlands in the area, need to go through the ACOE permitting process More tamarisk density since the beetle wasn’t as active this year materials lined up for replanting Potential for future private land-partnerships in other areas Teresa and Courtney Mesa County – Weed projects Purple loosestrife eradication; found some historic photos from previous infestations; seeing replacement with cattails (is that bad?) Also working on perennial pepperweed along the river Chinese clematis in Palisade; found a few Reed Grass/Arundo donax is now on the A list eradication is the goal; – let the County know about people who have those on their property; Mesa County is offering assistance to cut and spray; there are 50 in town that were alerted– have gotten 4 cut; need help with a trailer and a crew to haul off the biomass to the compost (leaving root ball and spraying); fall is the best time to spray Potential for partnership with Wildlands Restoration Volunteers to get crews to help Dan RRAFT – New nonprofit that focuses on river conservation through volunteer work and environmental education along river corridors; based out of Crested Butte Can support restoration needs via raft-based access Shannon TC – Partnering on the Monument Road project Working with the City of Grand Junction at Matchett Park, Indian Wash working with – NRCS to create a plan to mitigate for wetlands concerns; applied for a GOCO grant to get youth corps on the ground Action Publishing interested in funding tamarisk removal adjacent to the Blue Heron property Outreach events to garner support for the projects Fundraising campaign to fund volunteer weed maintenance for pollinator garden at Watson Island Riparian plant ID and dryland reveg training; additional opportunities for more events Working with FWS to figure out what the cuckoo listing means; trying to keep John Toolen in the loop on everything that we are doing John Rizza - Is there an opportunity to come together to create consistent signage on some of these projects for education interpretive in nature (per CPW); potential for Lion’s Club grant? – – Model after the Escalante Signs? Shannon will get with Pete and John to move that forward.
Working with the County for secondary weeds Half a dozen landowners potentially involved NRCS is working on a plan as there are wetlands in the area, need to go through the ACOE permitting process More tamarisk density since the beetle wasn’t as active this year materials lined up for replanting Potential for future private land-partnerships in other areas Teresa and Courtney – Mesa County Weed projects Purple loosestrife eradication; found some historic photos from previous infestations; seeing replacement with cattails (is that bad?) Also working on perennial pepperweed along the river Chinese clematis in Palisade; found a few Reed Grass/Arundo donax is now on the A list – eradication is the goal; let the County know about people who have those on their property; Mesa County is offering assistance to cut and spray; there are 50 in town that were alerted– have gotten 4 cut; need help with a trailer and a crew to haul off the biomass to the compost (leaving root ball and spraying); fall is the best time to spray Potential for partnership with Wildlands Restoration Volunteers to get crews to help Dan – RRAFT New nonprofit that focuses on river conservation through volunteer work and environmental education along river corridors; based out of Crested Butte Can support restoration needs via raft-based access Shannon – TC Partnering on the Monument Road project Working with the City of Grand Junction at Matchett Park, Indian Wash – working with NRCS to create a plan to mitigate for wetlands concerns; applied for a GOCO grant to get youth corps on the ground Action Publishing interested in funding tamarisk removal adjacent to the Blue Heron property Outreach events to garner support for the projects Fundraising campaign to fund volunteer weed maintenance for pollinator garden at Watson Island Riparian plant ID and dryland reveg training; additional opportunities for more events Working with FWS to figure out what the cuckoo listing means; trying to keep John Toolen in the loop on everything that we are doing John Rizza - Is there an opportunity to come together to create consistent signage on some of these projects – for education – interpretive in nature (per CPW); potential for Lion’s Club grant? Model after the Escalante Signs? Shannon will get with Pete and John to move that forward.
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