In May, BEEP finished their third, very successful season of removing invasive, highly flamable French and Spanish Broom from the Big and Little Chico Creek Watersheds. They even gained some national recognition when the indie rock-reggae State Radio trio and their crew, on tour to Chico from the Boston area, volunteered to spend a cold, rainy morning helping with the broom removal efforts. Learn more about BEEP's third season's results at Broom Education and Eradication Program.
After spending the summer preparing and printing a cookbook to be used as a fundraiser for their work, BEEP is planning for their 4th year of broom removal. They've already identified potential work sites, contacted property owners to see if they're interested in participating in this voluntary and free broom removal effort, and set their 2010 broom pulling dates. If you'd like to help pull broom, donate towards this eradication effort, or want to find out how to set up a broom eradication program in your area, see the calendar for pulling dates and contact information.
The Forest Ranch community action group BEEP (Broom Education and Eradication Program)is offering a new cookbook, containing favorite recipes from Butte County residents along with historical information about Forest Ranch, photos and interviews with long-time Forest Ranch residents. Suggested donation for the cookbook is $15. To reserve your copy, call 342-7380. 10/22/09
The purpose of this report is to summarize monitoring data for 2005 – 2008 monitoring seasons for the
Big Chico Creek Watershed Citizen Monitoring Program, a project of the Big Chico Creek Watershed Alliance. One of the primary goals of the monitoring
program is to provide education and training to the stakeholders of the Big Chico Creek watershed
interested in participating in watershed assessment efforts. 08/06/09
The Big Chico Creek Watershed Citizen Monitoring Program will be tracking the health of Big Chico Creek and you can join us! Meet at Five Mile Picnic Area 9AM - 12PM. We will be adding bacterial testing to this months activities. No experience necessary, training is provided. Bring a friend! 07/11/09
Thursday December 10, 2009
4:00—8:00 PM
Chico Masonic Family Center
1110 W East Avenue
Chico, CA
Join us for a FREE workshop to learn how applying a few simple practices in the urban environment will have a positive impact on Butte County’s watersheds. Download PDF for more information.
