Join Our Stewart Park Natural Area Cleanup Effort on January 20th

We are going to be doing a trash cleanup in the Stewart Park Natural Area on Monday, January 20th at 9am. The boys and I will be leading a cleanup of the trash along Newton Creek from the corner of Garden Valley Blvd into the Natural Area. The recent high water event washed a significant amount of trash down Newton Creek and fortunately some of it was deposited along the banks of the creek and didn't make it all the way to the South Umpqua River. Now we have an opportunity to pick up that trash before the next high water event. Anyone who would like to join us, bring gloves and if you have boots those can be helpful as well. There is some parking in the area we are going to be working as seen above in the area circled in blue. The entrance is across the street from the Starbucks on Garden Valley blvd. There is other parking nearby or you can park at the Duck Pond and walk over to where we are working. Also, for those who would like to work in a different area of our parks, Umpqua Watersheds and Thrive Umpqua is having a MLK Parks and River Cleanup event and they will be meeting at 9am at the Stewart Park Pavilion. They will be sending crews out to several other locations in Stewart Park and along the river.