The Daily Dirt
Lend a Hand at Highlands Park, Improving the Habitat along the San Lorenzo River
April 2, 2023 • 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Highlands Park • 8500 Highway 9, Ben Lomond, CA We invite…
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International Women’s Day, California Native Plant-Style
If California native plants represented women everywhere, it would be a beautiful and diverse landscape, reflecting the different cultures, experiences,…
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Years of Environmental Work Slated for Destruction
Years of Environmental Work Slated for Destruction Santa Cruz, CA (January 11, 2023) – This week, the City Department of…
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Building Community, Plant by Plant
Many volunteers might be considered ‘regulars’; however, many are curious members of various groups throughout Santa Cruz County (schools, civic organizations, etc.) interested in the work being conducted.
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Restoration Update: September 2022
We’ve seen in the past months volunteer’s ongoing work of removing invasives, working to control erosion and general clean-up. In September, they readied the land for fall and winter rains.
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It may seem that what occurs downstream, in Santa Cruz, may not matter to the San Lorenzo Valley or anywhere else. Still lessons we pick up from Jane very much relate to our responsibilities to the river upstream, beginning in our own yards and communities!
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Mycelium, Just What the Soil Doctor Ordered!
What Happens Downstream Matters Jane Mio continues her work on the Estuary Re-Vegetation Project Site with her teams of local…
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What Happens Downstream Matters Jane Mio continues her work on the Estuary Re-Vegetation Project Site with her teams of local…
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Meet Jane Mio
Jane Mio is Co-chair of the VWC’s Native Habitat Restoration Committee and the Project Director of the San Lorenzo River Estuary…
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AmeriCorps NCCC is back!
AmeriCorps NCCC Blue 1 The NHRP’s eighth AmeriCorps NCCC team, Blue 1 arrived at Camp Harmon on February 28th, and…
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