7 | 8 | 9 | 10 - RCWA – Steelhead Creek Weekly Cleanup
09:00 -12:00 01/10/2024  THE SCIENCE OF TRASH
We are going to try again this week to collect and count trash and compile data for what has accumulated under the Arden Garden Connector. We need people with waders to work in the creek removing trash. In August 2021 Friends of Steelhead Creek completely cleaned this area using draft horses as part of a study funded by a RegSan grant. This time Badgers will be working in the water using waders, and a team will be on shore removing the trash and collecting the important data. We are continuing our work with Friends of Steelhead Creek stewards Dr. Roland Brady and Crystal Tobias to clean this poor, trashed creek. We will meet at the southwest levee gate of Steelhead Creek at West El Camino, near where we have met before. We will then park nearby on the levee. Please come out and help with this project. We will provide bags, but please bring along your sturdy footwear, 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
“Restoring & Protecting Our Waterways” Instagram @RiverCityWaterwayAlliance
| 11 - RCWA – Northgate & Woodlake Weekly Thursday Cleanup
09:00 -12:00 01/11/2024 We will meet up at the parkway gate at the Northgate off-ramp from Highway 160 (eastbound). We will drive to a nearby parking area. The gate will be closed, so be sure to be there by 9am. The area is mostly flat with easy access. 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: https://www.facebook.com/rivercitywaterwayalliance/eventsLink to YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@rivercitywaterway See less The trail is beautiful and easy. We will be cleaning along the way. Please come out and join us.
| 12 - RCWA – Ali’s Friday Arcade Crk Cleanup
09:00 -12:00 01/12/2024 Please join Alison for this MAINTENANCE MODE cleanup of Arcade Creek near American River College. We will continue to partner with Arcade Creek – Adopt A Creek Project to focus on another infamously trashed stretch of this 16.2 mile creek. Please bring water and only do what you are comfortable doing. As always, you can leave whenever you want or need. Please park on the residential streets, but be sure not to block any driveways or garbage cans. We will park on Cameron Ranch Drive, then cautiously walk along Garfield and downstream to our cleanup spot near the footbridge where we ended last. PLEASE do not park close to driveway entrances or trash cans as a courtesy to local residents. We will work upstream towards the Garfield bridge. This cleanup location has some challenging access spots into the creek and may require a rope to get into the channel, however, there are some flat spots as well for easy pickin’. 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. We expect there will be water in the creek, fairly deep in a few spots.. Participants will be required to wear rain boots or waders if they intend to get into the water. The water is quite chilly this time of year. 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!
| 13 - RCWA – Bufferlands Collaboration Cleanup 8.0
09:00 -12:00 01/13/2024  Weather permitting we will resume our Bufferlands cleanups in the new year.  Join us as we continue our collaboration with EGAT, River City Waterway Alliance (RCWA) and Regional Sanitation District to clean up the Bufferlands. Saturday’s event continues our efforts to address the trash and debris buildup at Regional Sanitation’s Bufferlands ecosystem. Have you heard of this beautiful ecosystem? Fed by several creeks, the Bufferlands can also become a graveyard for trash and debris washed down from upstream storm water systems and encampments. This event is our 8th in a series of cleanups, and our goal is to remove as much trash from the Bufferlands and promote efforts to prevent trash from entering the ecosystem in the future. Please arrive *prior* to 9:00 am. The best place to meet will be in the furthest southwest corner of the Delta Shores Shopping Center parking lot—immediately west of the “At Home” store. There is plenty of space to park in case people arrive early. From there, we will either caravan or carpool further into the site. Latecomers will not be accommodated as gates will be locked after we enter.
If anybody needs to leave early, that will be fine, as we have a way to depart through the gates. Volunteers who have yet to participate with RCWA will need to arrive early to sign waivers, and everyone will need to sign the event sheet. Please bring your own canteen into the cleanup location. Water and Porta Potty will be available on site. The event will range in difficulty from easy to very advanced and might not be suitable for children under the age of 12. Minors will need parent or guardian supervision at all times. There will be plenty of hard-core badgering (digging out the big stuff), but also lots of easy detail work along the flat floodplain and levee next to the creek. 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. As 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. Stay tuned for updates to this event as it’s weather dependent, thank you! - Elk Grove Anti-Trash – Bufferlands Collaboration Cleanup 8.0
09:00 -12:00 01/13/2024 Weather permitting we will resume our Bufferlands cleanups in the new year. Join us as we continue our collaboration with EGAT, River City Waterway Alliance (RCWA) and Regional Sanitation District to clean up the Bufferlands. Saturday’s event continues our efforts to address the trash and debris buildup at Regional Sanitation’s Bufferlands ecosystem. Have you heard of this beautiful ecosystem? Fed by several creeks, the Bufferlands can also become a graveyard for trash and debris washed down from upstream storm water systems and encampments. This event is our 8th in a series of cleanups, and our goal is to remove as much trash from the Bufferlands and promote efforts to prevent trash from entering the ecosystem in the future. Please arrive *prior* to 9:00 am. The best place to meet will be in the furthest southwest corner of the Delta Shores Shopping Center parking lot—immediately west of the “At Home” store. There is plenty of space to park in case people arrive early. From there, we will either caravan or carpool further into the site. Latecomers will not be accommodated as gates will be locked after we enter.
If anybody needs to leave early, that will be fine, as we have a way to depart through the gates. Volunteers who have yet to participate with RCWA will need to arrive early to sign waivers, and everyone will need to sign the event sheet. Please bring your own canteen into the cleanup location. Water and Porta Potty will be available on site. The event will range in difficulty from easy to very advanced and might not be suitable for children under the age of 12. Minors will need parent or guardian supervision at all times. There will be plenty of hard-core badgering (digging out the big stuff), but also lots of easy detail work along the flat floodplain and levee next to the creek. 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. As 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. Stay tuned for updates to this event as it’s weather dependent, thank you! - RCWA – 1-Year Anniversary Celebration
16:00 -17:00 01/13/2024 RCWA IS CELEBRATING OUR 1-YEAR ANNIVERSARY! We cordially invite you to celebrate with us! Food and beverages will be available to purchase at Urban Roots, or just come to celebrate our anniversary and all our milestones! Please join us at Urban Roots, 1322 V Street, Sacramento
Saturday, January 13th @ 4pm Anyone is welcome and we hope to see some new faces!
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21 | 22 | 23 | 24 - RCWA – Steelhead Creek Weekly Cleanup
09:00 -12:00 01/24/2024 We’re moving downstream. Counting trash is finished.
The levee has been cleared of brush and the trash remains. There isn’t money in the budget to clean trash. We will be able to pile trash nearby for county pickup. We are continuing our work with Friends of Steelhead Creek stewards Dr. Roland Brady and Crystal Tobias to clean this poor, trashed creek. We will meet at the southwest levee gate of Steelhead Creek at West El Camino, near where we have met before. We will then park nearby on the levee. Please come out and help with this project. We will provide bags, but please bring along your sturdy footwear, 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
“Restoring & Protecting Our Waterways” Instagram @RiverCityWaterwayAlliance
| 25 | 26 - RCWA – Ali’s Friday Arcade Crk Cleanup
09:00 -12:00 01/26/2024 Please join Alison for this MAINTENANCE MODE cleanup of Arcade Creek near American River College. We will continue to partner with Arcade Creek – Adopt A Creek Project to focus on another infamously trashed stretch of this 16.2 mile creek. Please bring water and only do what you are comfortable doing. As always, you can leave whenever you want or need. Please park on the residential streets, but be sure not to block any driveways or garbage cans. We will park on Cameron Ranch Drive, then cautiously walk along Garfield and downstream to our cleanup spot near the footbridge where we ended last. PLEASE do not park close to driveway entrances or trash cans as a courtesy to local residents. We will work upstream towards the Garfield bridge. This cleanup location has some challenging access spots into the creek and may require a rope to get into the channel, however, there are some flat spots as well for easy pickin’. 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. We expect there will be water in the creek, fairly deep in a few spots.. Participants will be required to wear rain boots or waders if they intend to get into the water. The water is quite chilly this time of year. 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!
| 27 - RCWA – American River Cleanup w/ Wayne @ Ethan Way
09:00 -12:00 01/27/2024 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 Assembly member Kevin McCarty’s office for his amazing 38 years of dedicated stewardship to the parkway. We will be meeting at the end of Ethan Way near the RV Park behind Cal Expo Gate 12. We will park nearby and hike to the riverfront camps. We will be working on the areas just across the river from Paradise Beach. Wayne needs help cleaning some of the trashiest areas of his adopted section, mostly left by abandoned encampments and trashy recreationists. We will be removing as much abandoned trash as possible before this area floods and all the trash is swept into the American River. This is a relaxed to challenging level cleanup with plenty of easy areas nearby. There will also be lots of climbing down steep riverbanks and hauling trash up with ropes. Something for everyone in this beautiful section of the river. 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”! Thank you! River City Waterway Alliance
“Restoring & Protecting Our Waterways” Instagram @RiverCityWaterwayAlliance
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