- 08October 8, 2023
NatureFest 2023
Check out Effie Yeaw Nature Center’s largest family event of the year – NatureFest! This event promotes science & nature education and is an excellent opportunity to learn more about local organizations that support our community.
Held in the Fall at Effie Yeaw Nature Center, this family-friendly event includes live animal presentations, hands-on activities, demonstrations, guided nature hikes, and more!
This year, Gabe Kerschner from Wild Things: Conservation Ambassadors returns as our main stage presenter! Exhibitors include Be River Friendly’s Sacramento Stormwater Quality Partnership, Save the Snakes, Palomacy, Sacramento Splash, Sacramento Audubon Society and more!
- 18October 18, 2023
RCWA - Steelhead Creek Weekly Cleanup
We will be starting a new area of the American River Parkway. We will meet at the south west levee gate of Steelhead Creek at West El Camino, near where we have met before. We will park nearby on the levee.These weekly Wednesday cleanups will continue to work downstream, within the parkway.We are continuing our work with Friends of Steelhead Creek stewards Roland Brady and Crystal Tobias to clean this area of the American River Parkway.Please come out and help with this project. We will provide bags, but please bring along your sturdy footware, grabbers, buckets, gloves, and hats – a limited number of loaner buckets and grabbers may be available. Entry into the water is always optional.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 always says!Thank you!
River City Waterway Alliance
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https://www.youtube.com/@rivercitywaterwayalliance…/videos - 19October 19, 2023
RCWA - Woodlake Cleanup
Location: 1400 Expo Parkway, Sacramento, CA 95815
We will meet along the street in front of Sac Behavioral Healthcare Hospital at 1400 Expo Parkway. Wait in the “no parking” areas along the street. We will be driving down the bike trail access, thru the gate, onto dusty dirt roads, out to our cleanup spot. THIS CLEANUP WILL BE BEHIND LOCKED GATES, PLEASE BE ON TIME AND PLAN TO STAY THE WHOLE 3 HOURS.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 @RiverCityWaterwayAllianceLink to Events:
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https://www.youtube.com/@rivercitywaterway - 20October 20, 2023
RCWA - Bannon Island SURF & TURF
This event is for 16+ years old only.As we wrap up Bannon Island for the summer, we want to be sure to clean the waterfront. The entire island has steep banks. We need lots of help. Many people will be parking right on the island as normal and others will be launching paddle boats from Discovery Park. Parking passes will be available. Team members on the island will be climbing down banks and hauling, by rope, up the steep banks.Some extra boats Might be available. Please let us know if you want to join the paddle crew.If working on the banks isn’t your thing, we challenge anyone to try to fill a bag. We bet you have to search far and wide to do so.For those who want, we will again be driving right down and parking on the island. Parking will still be available in the big parking lot across Garden Hwy for those who don’t want to drive on the dirt road. You can park at 2150 River Plaza Dr and walk across Garden Hwy toward Interstate 5 and follow the signs down the dirt road to the dirt parking lot. Don’t be late, you will not find us.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 @RiverCityWaterwayAllianceLink to Events:
https://www.facebook.com/rivercitywaterwayalliance/eventsLink to YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@rivercitywaterwayalliance4646 - 21October 21, 2023
American River Parkway Foundation - River District & Briotix
Location: Township9 Park, 611 Riverine Way, Sacramento, CA 95811
*THIS IS AN 18+ EVENT ONLY*
Join the River District and Briotix Health, our Volunteer Mile Stewards at Mile 02S, for a Clean-Up on the American River Parkway.
Participate in citizen science by helping us document the biodiversity of our parks using iNaturalist. During the last 30 minutes of the clean-up, use your smartphone to take pictures and add them to our project https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/american-river-parkway-bioblitz. Remember to download the iNaturalist app and create an account before you join the clean-up.
Please arrive by 9:00am to sign in and receive a safety briefing. Volunteers will head out to clean by 9:10am. 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.
