This is day 3 of our weekly cleanup at Discovery Park Archery Range.
Free parking passes will be available at the archery range parking lot. If the attendant is at the entrance booth, tell them you are here for the cleanup. These cleanups will target large abandoned camps wilt loads of trash. Sturdy shoes/boots and long sleeves and long pants are recommended because of thick bramble and poison oak. This will be a medium level event with a moderate walk.
RCWA will provide bags, but please bring along your grabbers, buckets, and gloves – a limited number of loaner buckets and grabbers may be available.
As with all events shared on RCWA, participation is performed solely at your own risk. Please place safety FIRST and do only what you feel comfortable doing. Moreover, participants will be required to sign a Release and Waiver form if they have not done so previously.
Overall, be safe, have fun and get some “Exercise with a Purpose” as Bill Templin says.
Thank you!
River City Waterway Alliance “Restoring & Protecting Our Waterways”
Location: 2150 Gateway Oaks Dr, Sacramento, CA 95833
This event is for 16+ years old only.
This is day 6 of our cleanup at Bannon Island.
THE ROAD TO BANNON ISLAND IS FLOODED. Parking will be available across Garden Hwy in the big parking lot at 2150 Gateway Oaks. Sturdy shoes/boots and long sleeves and long pants are recommended because of thick bramble and poison oak. This will be a medium level event with a moderate walk.
RCWA will provide bags, but please bring along your grabbers, buckets, and gloves – a limited number of loaner buckets and grabbers may be available.
As with all events shared on RCWA, participation is performed solely at your own risk. Please place safety FIRST and do only what you feel comfortable doing. Moreover, participants will be required to sign a Release and Waiver form if they have not done so previously.
Overall, be safe, have fun and get some “Exercise with a Purpose” as Bill Templin says.
Thank you!
River City Waterway Alliance
“Restoring & Protecting Our Waterways”
Instagram @RiverCityWaterwayAlliance Link to Events:
Location: Black Kite at Apricot Woods, Elk Grove, CA
Following the grazers along Strawberry Creek gives us a chance to check out some of our favorite areas. There are drainage basins, the creek, floodplain and roads that need scouring.
The area behind Hrepich Park might be an optional location for a small crew.
Best place to meet is along Black Kite at Strawberry Creek. Closest address is 8554 Black Kite.
New to cleanups? Please arrive early to get signed in and get gear. If you have supplies, please bring your own gloves, buckets, bags, but we have items for you. Buckets, gloves, grabbers, vests, bags.
Please wear appropriate clothing, boots or closed-toe shoes, sunscreen, hats, and bring your own water.
All cleanups are done at your own risk, but safety first! Our trash safety talk starts promptly at 9:00 am.
RCWA is partnering with Arcade Creek – Adopt A Creek Project to focus on this trashed stretch of this 16.2 mile creek.
We will begin our cleanup at the end of Palm Avenue (the west side of Arcade Creek) and will be removing loose litter and bulk items in the creek and along both sides of the banks. This cleanup location has some flat banks up top for lots of easy cleaning and a small trail along the creek but can be challenging to get into the creek and cross.
Please park on the east side of Palm Avenue. Please park along the side of the road to allow neighborhood traffic to pass.
The event will range in difficulty from moderate to hard and may not be suitable for children under the age of 16. There will be something for almost everyone as we will be cleaning in the creek and up above, on land.
We will provide bags, but please bring along your sturdy footwear, grabbers, buckets, and gloves – a limited number of loaner buckets and grabbers may be available. If there is water in the creek, participants will be required to wear rain boots or waders if they intend to get into the water. Entry into any waters is always optional.
As with all events shared on our Page, participation is performed solely at your own risk. Please place safety FIRST and do only what you feel comfortable doing. Moreover, participants will be required to sign a Release and Waiver form if they have not done so previously.
Overall, be safe, have fun and get some “Exercise with a Purpose”!, as Bill Templin says. Thank you!
[Meeting Spot is 3921 Reycraft Drive which intersects Park Road in Del Paso Regional Park]
RCWA is once again partnering with Arcade Creek Adopt-A-Creek Project to clean Arcade Creek through Del Paso Regional Park.
Having completed the heavy cleaning of this beautiful one mile stretch of Arcade Creek last August, we will be tackling the last dam of trash and debris washed downstream over the winter. This area is full of natural filters that have stopped a substantial amount of trash from being swept downstream and into the Delta and beyond. But that leaves a lot of cleanup work to rid this beautiful park of the resulting debris fields of trash.
This event will range in difficulty from easy to difficult, with some pretty easy pickins’ around the flat grassy parkway.
RCWA will provide bags, but please bring along your sturdy footwear, grabbers, buckets and gloves – a limited number of loaner buckets and grabbers may be available. Recommended (but not required): rain boots – there is water in some sections of the creek, though it can be avoided if careful. Please cover up because poison oak is present.
As with all events shared by RCWA, participation is performed solely at your own risk. Please place safety FIRST and do only what you feel comfortable doing. Moreover, participants will be required to sign a Release and Waiver form if they have not done so previously.
Overall, be safe, have fun and get some “Exercise with a Purpose” as Bill Templin always says!
We get into Arcade creek and sometimes haul out heavy items, so bring boots/waders and gloves. The difficulty level of this clean up is a 3-5, depending on the terrain you choose to work in.
This webinar will cover identification, prevention, and management of common household pests that can be a problem in the summer months. Dr. Andrew Sutherland, Area Urban IPM Advisor for the San Francisco Bay Area, will present the webinar.
Location: Sailor Bar Park Boat Ramp, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
Thanks to the Confluence Regional Partnership Program, the American River Parkway Foundation is hosting three on-water clean-ups that together will cover the entire Lower American River!
Starting at the Sailor Bar Park Boat Ramp and ending at River Bend Park.
If you have ever crossed the river on bicycle bridge near Blue Diamond, and looked down at near the river, you have seen the disgusting pile of trash. It has been accumulating here for years. Much washed downstream during the floods. We will focus on these steep banks, where no one else will go.
Waterproof footwear will be helpful but sturdy shoes/boots should work just fine. This will be an difficult level event with a moderate walk. There is plenty easy trash nearby for those not able to brave the riverfront. There is something for everyone (16 years and over recommended).
Check back here for more details about the event including parking. RCWA will provide bags, but please bring along your sturdy footwear, grabbers, buckets, and gloves – a limited number of loaner buckets and grabbers may be available. There might be water in some sections of the cleanup area.
As with all events shared on RCWA, participation is performed solely at your own risk. Please place safety FIRST and do only what you feel comfortable doing. Moreover, participants will be required to sign a Release and Waiver form if they have not done so previously.
Overall, be safe, have fun and get some “Exercise with a Purpose” as Bill Templin says.
Location: 28th and B Skate Park at Sutter’s Landing Regional Park
*THIS IS AN 18+ EVENT ONLY*
Join us for a Parkway clean-up! We’ll be clearing trash and debris covering Mile 03S and 04S. You will be meeting our Mile Stewards from at Sutter’s Landing. There is free 4 hour parking at Sutter’s Landing and you will meet your group next to the skate park.
Please arrive at 9:00am to sign in and receive a safety briefing. We will head out to clean by 9:15 a.m.
Volunteers 18 and over must bring a completed and signed 2023 Waiver.
CANCELLATION POLICY:
For the safety of our volunteers, ARPF volunteer events are subject to cancellation in the case of weather, flooding, and other natural causes. Cancellations will be posted on the ARPF calendar at least 24 hours before the event start time, and all registered volunteers will receive an email notification.
Location: Sailor Bar Park Boat Ramp, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
Thanks to the Confluence Regional Partnership Program, the American River Parkway Foundation is hosting three on-water clean-ups that together will cover the entire Lower American River!
Starting at the Sailor Bar Park Boat Ramp and ending at River Bend Park.
If you have ever crossed the river on bicycle bridge near Blue Diamond, and looked down at near the river, you have seen the disgusting pile of trash. It has been accumulating here for years. Much washed downstream during the floods. We will focus on these steep banks, where no one else will go.
Waterproof footwear will be helpful but sturdy shoes/boots should work just fine. This will be an difficult level event with a moderate walk. There is plenty easy trash nearby for those not able to brave the riverfront. There is something for everyone (16 years and over recommended).
Check back here for more details about the event including parking. RCWA will provide bags, but please bring along your sturdy footwear, grabbers, buckets, and gloves – a limited number of loaner buckets and grabbers may be available. There might be water in some sections of the cleanup area.
As with all events shared on RCWA, participation is performed solely at your own risk. Please place safety FIRST and do only what you feel comfortable doing. Moreover, participants will be required to sign a Release and Waiver form if they have not done so previously.
Overall, be safe, have fun and get some “Exercise with a Purpose” as Bill Templin says.
Location: 28th and B Skate Park at Sutter’s Landing Regional Park
*THIS IS AN 18+ EVENT ONLY*
Join us for a Parkway clean-up! We’ll be clearing trash and debris covering Mile 03S and 04S. You will be meeting our Mile Stewards from at Sutter’s Landing. There is free 4 hour parking at Sutter’s Landing and you will meet your group next to the skate park.
Please arrive at 9:00am to sign in and receive a safety briefing. We will head out to clean by 9:15 a.m.
Volunteers 18 and over must bring a completed and signed 2023 Waiver.
CANCELLATION POLICY:
For the safety of our volunteers, ARPF volunteer events are subject to cancellation in the case of weather, flooding, and other natural causes. Cancellations will be posted on the ARPF calendar at least 24 hours before the event start time, and all registered volunteers will receive an email notification.
This River City Waterway Alliance cleanup will be co-hosted by Wayne Watts, a long time American River Parkway hero. In fact, Wayne recently received a Certificate of Recognition from Assemblymember Kevin McCarty’s office for his amazing 37 years of dedicated stewardship to the parkway.
Wayne needs help cleaning some of the trashiest areas of his adopted section. Much of the area was recently flooded and now there are many abandoned camps littering the area.
This is a moderate level cleanup with plenty of easy areas nearby. RCWA will provide bags, but please bring along your sturdy footwear, grabbers, buckets, and gloves – a limited number of loaner buckets and grabbers may be available.
As with all events shared on RCWA, participation is performed solely at your own risk. Please place safety FIRST and do only what you feel comfortable doing. Moreover, participants will be required to sign a Release and Waiver form if they have not done so previously.
Overall, be safe, have fun and get some “Exercise with a Purpose”!
