The public is invited to participate in a habitat
restoration workday at Wingate Prairie in Crystal Lake on Saturday, November
3rd from 9:00 a.m. to noon. This event is being co-sponsored by the Crystal
Lake Park District and the Silver & Sleepy Hollow Creeks Watershed
Coalition.
The Coalition was formed in 2011 to implement the recommendations in the Watershed Action Plan for these two watersheds to protect water quality. It consists of participating units of local government and Not for Profits within the watersheds. For more information on the Coalition e-mail mcdef@owc.net.
Wingate Prairie is part of Veteran Acres Park which lies within the Sleepy Hollow Creek Watershed. The goal of the day is to help restore this rare gravel hill prairie through the removal of invasive trees and shrubs.
Volunteers will be dragging brush that has been cut at previous workdays. Please wear work clothes and gloves and meet at the Crystal Lake Nature Center on North Main Street at 9:00 a.m. In appreciation of your help you will be taken on a nature hike and given a free lunch provided by the Public House in Crystal Lake at the end of the work time.
To aid in planning, please call 815-459-0680 to sign up by Friday, November 2nd. Come out on this special workday and lend a hand to improve habitat for native species and to protect our water quality in the Sleepy Hollow Creek Watershed!
The Coalition was formed in 2011 to implement the recommendations in the Watershed Action Plan for these two watersheds to protect water quality. It consists of participating units of local government and Not for Profits within the watersheds. For more information on the Coalition e-mail mcdef@owc.net.
Wingate Prairie is part of Veteran Acres Park which lies within the Sleepy Hollow Creek Watershed. The goal of the day is to help restore this rare gravel hill prairie through the removal of invasive trees and shrubs.
Volunteers will be dragging brush that has been cut at previous workdays. Please wear work clothes and gloves and meet at the Crystal Lake Nature Center on North Main Street at 9:00 a.m. In appreciation of your help you will be taken on a nature hike and given a free lunch provided by the Public House in Crystal Lake at the end of the work time.
To aid in planning, please call 815-459-0680 to sign up by Friday, November 2nd. Come out on this special workday and lend a hand to improve habitat for native species and to protect our water quality in the Sleepy Hollow Creek Watershed!
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