On July 13 – 17 WildPlaces will take 10 students from Monache High School and Granite Hills High School from Porterville to the Golden Trout Wilderness to conduct campsite inventories. The students will take inventories of campsites in the wilderness, because there are national wilderness standards based on human impact that the USFS monitors to [...]
Río Limpio: Tule River Outreach and Cleanups provide a unified effort to keep the Tule River beautiful, clean, safe and open for all to enjoy. Volunteers clear garbage and remove graffiti from the river while reaching out to river users to teach the importance of good stewardship practices. On July 23 the cleanup will begin [...]
On Jun 16 – 19 WildPlaces will take Walt Whitman High School students from Los Angeles on a four day backpacking trip through Sequoia National Forest, Golden Trout Wilderness. This WildPlaces excursion will focus on the Wilderness Challenge from the National Forest Foundation. Students will be taught to conduct campsite surveys of the wilderness.
We will be hosting a River Clean Up on Saturday July 23 on the Middle Fork of the Tule. The Clean up will begin at 9am to noon, followed by a BBQ and fun activities. We will meet at the Springville Park, and carpool up the canyon from there. The BBQ will be at the [...]
“Two Sierra Nevada environmental organizations come to Springville, bringing business, ecology and good will” Two Sierra Nevada conservation organizations will be in Springville, CA (Tulare County) in the southern Sierra Nevada from March 5th until March 6th, 2011. Each organization will have their respective Board of Director meetings on 3/5 and then come together in [...]
WildPlaces 2010 Volunteer Celebration and Open House Saturday, December 11 · 12:00pm – 5:00pm Springville, CA 37608 Rio Vista Dr. This is a youth friendly event to appreciate our volunteers and supporters. Bring your own plate, utensils, and cup, warm clothing, and blanket. We will provide food and drinks. Keynote Speaker is USFS Forest Supervisor [...]
Are you a WildPlaces Member??? Please Renew your Membership today. Our members are critical for WildPlaces’ continued programs and events. We would love to receive every one’s membership cards from last year’s membership drive. We need your support to make 2010 a great year for stewardship in the Southern Sierra! Send your membership card and [...]
The Water Project, Inc., a non-profit organization that’s bringing relief to communities around the world who suffer needlessly from a lack of access to clean water want’s you to take part in the Clean Water Challenge by helping to clean the Tule River.
Río Limpio: Tule River Outreach and Clean-Up
Volunteer leaders are needed for our June 5th clean up!!
For our July 10th river-up event we will be holding The Clean Water Challenge: Caring for Community and World. WildPlaces and local church groups will be partnering in a community/global connection in a clean water challenge. Local churches will be asked to raise funding for our July 10th clean up event and receive pledges for bags of trash collected. The funds raised will go to The Water Project: a worldwide Christian-based non-profit organization focusing on well-building, well-rehabilitation and clean water in Haiti and beyond.
The perfect gift for Mother’s Day is the gift that will last…the Giant Sequoia. The Giant Sequoia is a monument to mother nature’s beautiful grandeur. WildPlaces’ Sponsor-A-Giant Sequoia Program allows you to sponsor a Giant Sequoia in the name of the greatest mom in the world….yours!
A full day of activities and family events are planned for Saturday, May 30 as part of “Rio Limpo,” the annual Tule River Clean-Up and river education project. Rio Limpio, a joint project of WildPlaces, Community Services & Employment Training (CSET) and the U.S. Forest Service, gives the public an opportunity to help the community and the environment by helping to clean up local river recreation sites and help educate the public on how to keep the rivers and picnic areas clean and safe.
WildPlaces, a vehicle for grassroots work in the Sierra mountains, receives tickets to the 2009 Goldman Environmental Prize awards ceremony every year, and this year, Director Mehmet McMillan made a point to bring teens along for the experience, Garner said.
The public is invited to WildPlaces’ annual “Wild Appreciation” celebration on March 28. Gates open at 6:30 p.m. for the event, which will be held at River Ridge Ranch in Springville. Guests will be treated to dinner and music and will have the opportunity to learn about the programs and projects WildPlaces has planned for 2009, including Giant Sequoia plantings, youth “Immersed in the Wild” trips, “Rio Limpio” river cleanup events and others. Suggested donation for the event is $7.00 per adult (but no one will be turned away).
WildPlaces welcomed its newest AmeriCorps Program Intern, Ian Herrick, to the Southern Sierras recently, and is gearing up for a great year of ecological restoration and education events.
