Salt Creek Watershed Network Events
Spring-Summer 2009 Events (Links are colored orange.) Our meeting schedule and location is at the bottom of this column.
Annual Meeting - August 3, 2009 - scroll down for time and location.
Watershed Enhancements Workdays
Restoring natural areas in the watershed helps to reduce flooding and restore ground water levels. Stream bank and wetland enhancements provide habitat for waterfowl and other wetland dependent wildlife. A few hours of your time working on natural areas restoration can have a big impact on long term water quality.
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Elmhurst Great Western Railroad Prairie
Where: In Elmhurst at Berkley Ave. and the Illinois Prairie Path
When: Saturday, June 27 (the fourth Saturday) at 9 A.M.
What: Weeding (planted areas and elsewhere) and
Seed picking (porcupine grass)
Bring: Pruning shears
Bring gloves; wear work clothes
Looking ahead, here's the year's schedule (corrected).
July 18 Weeding as needed
Aug.15 Weeding (mostly ragweed)
Sep.19 Seed picking
Oct. 17 Seed picking
Nov. 21 Seed spreading and picking, brush cutting
Questions? Write David Price at dprice@epd.org or call
630-993-8909 or Keith Olson at keitholson@usa.net or call
630-834-7357
Based on conditions, the actual activity may differ from what's listed and
if a workday has to be cancelled because of weather, the alternate is the
following Saturday.
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Meetings - time and place
Meeting Schedule
First Monday of the month: remaining schedule for 2009:
May 4, June 1, Aug 3 (Annual Meeting), Oct 5, Nov 2, Dec 7.
No meetings in January, July, and September.
Meetings start at 7:00 pm with a Meet and Greet session.
Meetings will be held at the LaGrange Park Library unless *noted above. Meetings are held in the up stairs Conference room. The stairs are strait ahead from the entrance.
555 N LaGrange Road
LaGrange Park, Il 60526
708.352.0100
Map of La Grange Park, IL 60526, US
Presentations or open Meet & Greet sessions are from 7:00 - 8:00 pm.
The Salt Creek Watershed Network holds meetings the first Monday of the month, except for the Mondays following holiday weekends.