Hello neighbors! We want to share a few exciting updates from the past three months on the ground in the Shoal Creek Watershed:
- Work has progressed at the rain garden at Shoal Creek Boulevard and Woodview; most of the Bermuda grass turf is out, and we hope to begin planting native plants there this November with the help of our volunteers.
- We led 6 creek cleanup events (3 in response to the August flood), 2 riparian buffer zone workdays, and 2 creek tours.
- We have continued to partner with TOOF (The Other Ones Foundation) to carry out weekly cleanups of lower Shoal Creek.
- We are partnering with Texas Conservation Corps to carry out ecological restoration work between 10th and 12th streets, between the Shoal Creek Trail and the creek.
- We hosted our first GSI workshop- a Waterwise Landscapes workshop for Creekside Neighbors, at Reilly Elementary!
- We have a full slate of fall volunteer opportunities coming up!
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Next Steering Committee Meeting- October 25th
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Our next quarterly Steering Committee meeting will be held virtually at 1pm on Tuesday, October 25th, 2022. Steering committee meetings are open to all watershed stakeholders. Registration, meeting link, and agenda can be found here.
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Join us in November and December for a creekside tour or a volunteer workday on the creek!
- We will be hosting a Frog Tour on the creek on November 3rd, as well as a Tree ID Tour with TreeFolks on December 3rd.
- We will offer riparian restoration workdays on November 19th, December 3rd, and December 16th.
- There will be a volunteer creek cleanup opportunity on December 10th.
- On November 5th, for It's My Park Day, we will be hosting an event at Seiders Springs that will combine a creek cleanup *and* a riparian restoration workday.
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The Shoal Creek Watershed Action Plan is a cooperative project funded in part by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality through a Clean Water Act, Section 319(h) Nonpoint Source Management grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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