Marin County Parks and Landscape Volunteers. April 2013 Report

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1 Marin County Parks and Landscape Volunteers April 2013 Report Total Volunteer Hours for April 2013: 1245 Total IPM Hours for April 2013: 828 Above- volunteers from Marin Montessori School celebrated Earth Day by removing invasive weeds from a riparian habitat restoration site at Stafford Lake Park on April 23 rd, Volunteer activity at Stafford Lake Park: -Toby, general park maintenance, weedwhipping for exotics control, 22 total hours. -Disc Golf Volunteers, 6 volunteers total, general course maintenance, mow pattern advice and map construction, weedwhipping around tees and baskets, 15 total hours. -Michael s Eagle Scout Project, day two on April 6th, 15 volunteers, installation of decomposed granite surface with Portland cement binder at two areas in the upper picnic areas, grading and compaction work, and bender board installation. 90 total hours. -Andrew s Eagle Scout Project, 3 days total, 16 total volunteers, construction of large permanent picnic tables in Picnic Area 1 with accessible seating, staple removal from other tables at the site, 280 total hours. -Miriam, French Broom removal, 5 total hours. -Assigned hours, 1 worker, hand weeding around the horseshoe pits in the upper areas, 8 total hours. -Earth Day event with Marin Montessori School on April 23 rd, 21 volunteers, weeding and sheet mulching at SRAW (Students and Teachers Restoring a Watershed) site near gatehouse, 42 total hours. Volunteer activity at McInnis Park:

2 Assigned hours- 8 people, 184 hours total and 140 hours of IPM. Weeding by hand, weed whipping, litter pick and removal, gopher trapping, restrooms cleaning, paved area cleaning. -Gary, volunteer for 1 hour every Tuesday, for a total of 5 hours, all IPM. Hand weeding and litter removal. -Earth Day event on April 20 th, 10 volunteers for 3 hours each, 30 hours total. Planting project at the entrance, litter removal and hand weeding on the softball field. -Pat and Holly, dog waste pick up and park watch, 25 total hours. Volunteer activity at McNears Beach Park: -Assigned hours, 2 workers for 7 total days, carpentry, raking, and litter pick up, 56 total hours (18 IPM related). -Ian, raking and litter pick up, 3 days, 6 total hours. -Earth Day event with Dominican University on April 23rd, beach clean-up, 22 volunteers, 44 total hours. Volunteer at the Civic Center: -Assigned hours, 5 workers, litter pick up and weeding, 136 total hours. -Community service, 2 volunteers, litter pick up and weeding, 11 total hours. Volunteer activity at Paradise Beach Park: -Earth Day event on April 20 th, 5 volunteers, French broom removal, 15 total hours. Volunteer activity at other parks: -Save The Bay workday at Hal Brown Park at Creekside on April 9 th, 23 volunteers, hand weeding, sheet mulching, and drip irrigation prep work, 92 total hours. -Toby, Hal Brown Park at Creekside, 3 days, drip irrigation installation, 15 total hours. -Agate Beach, Arlene, litter pick up, 8 total hours. -Mill Valley Bike Path, 4 volunteers, litter pick up, 30 total hours.

3 -Pueblo Park, park watch, 2 total hours. -Chicken Ranch Beach, Richard, litter pick up, 1 total hour. -Mill Valley Middle School, Earth Day clean-up event at the Mill Valley Bike Path on April 19th, 340 volunteers, 120 total hours. -Tiburon Uplands, Paul, French broom removal, 10 total hours. Photos: Above- 10 volunteers helped improve landscaped areas at the entrance of McInnis Park in celebration of Earth Day on April 20 th. The group also removed litter from the park and hand pulled weeds from the Mt. Tam softball field.

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5 Above images- Eagle Scout to be Andrew Sheets coordinated efforts from Novato Boy Scout Troop 42 for 3 workdays in April for an ambitious Eagle Scout Project in Group Picnic Area #1 at Stafford Lake Park. The project used recycled materials to build new permanent tables with accessible seating. The troop also removed staples from existing tables and posts at the site. The project involved professional grade craftsmanship led by the Troop s Scout Master, General Contractor, Eric V., and approximately 280 man hours to complete.

6 Above- students from Marin Montessori School celebrated Earth Day with a service learning project at Stafford Lake Park on April 23 rd, The group worked to remove invasive Italian Thistle, Milk Thistle, and Poison Hemlock plants from a restoration site that lines a seasonal creek. After clearing weeds, the group sheet mulched around native shrubs and trees to help promote the health of these native plants, reduce exotic weed seed dispersal, and significantly reduce staff time and resources to maintain the site in the future. Above- Michael Swalberg s Eagle Scout project involved surface renovations for two picnic areas at Stafford Lake Park and the installation of a new barbeque at one of the sites. Michael s Greenbrae based Boy Scout troop did weeding work to clear the site and grading work to prep for bender board installation. Then they installed decomposed granite with Portland cement binder and compacted the material using the Wacker vibra-plate.