Individuals who can commit for return visits can provide a great range of service: monitoring roads, installing signs, leading hikes, removing weeds, assisting visitors. If this is you, contact our volunteer coordinator: Jackie Czapla, (805) 475-2131, carrizofriends@wildblue.net.
September 25, 2010 (Sat) - National Public Lands Day
This is an opportunity to join a large group assisting the Bureau of Land Management in improving the Saucito Ranch and the Travers Ranch. Contact: Ryan Cooper, BLM Bakersfield Office (661-391-6048)
November 13, 2010 (Sat) - Volunteer Orientation
(Please RSVP, see contact information below)
The First Annual Volunteer Orientation Day Barbecue will be held at the Washburn Ranch on the Carrizo Plain National Monument. There will be a complimentary barbecue, and information presentation of the volunteer opportunities on the Carrizo Plain National Monument. At this event there will be opportunities to collect information on the project, ask questions, and sign up. Even if you are not sure what your interests are it is going to be a great day to get information for the future while enjoying good company and complimentary food at a great setting. Volunteer efforts further the mission of the Carrizo and help preserve this wonderful place for future generations.
Date: Saturday, November 13, 2010
Time: 10:00 am - 2:00 p.m. - lunch served at noon.
Location: Washburn Ranch Administration site, Carrizo Plain National Monument. (call or email for directions)
RSVP to Jackie Czapla (Volunteer Coordinator)
November 20, 2010 (Sat) - Goodwin Education Center Clean Up Day
This is an opportunity to join a large group assisting the Bureau of Land Management in improving the Saucito Ranch and the Travers Ranch. Contact: Jackie Czapla, Goodwin Education Center (661-391-6048)
FENCE REMOVAL AND MODIFICATION PROJECTS
Contact: Craig Deutsche, (310-477-6670), craig.deutsche@gmail.com
People and places become special, not when they take care of us, but rather when we take care of them. It is the same with the Carrizo Plains National Monument. Volunteers have been, and will continue to be, the true owners of the land. Although many volunteer opportunities exist, the longest continuing project has been removal or modification of barbed wire fencing which otherwise is a handicap to the mobility of the pronghorn antelope. To date about forty miles of these fences have been either removed or modified by volunteers. Ten people can remove a mile of fence in a day. There are at least another forty miles of fencing that have been identified for future efforts. The tools are bolt cutters, pliers, hammers, and heavy leather gloves. The sites are the wide spaces far from the busy roads, with sun, sky, and the overwhelming quiet. Typically the group will work on Saturday, stay overnight in one of the Monument campgrounds, and then use Sunday for either a hike or for sightseeing. Everyone is invited without restriction. A call to one of the leaders listed below will get you details of the particular project.
October 16-17 (Sat-Sun); sponsored by Los Padres ForestWatch; Contact Jeff Kuyper, (805-617-4610), jeff@LPFW.org.
October 23-24 (Sat-Sun); sponsored by Sierra Club CNRCC; Contact Craig Deutsche (310-477-6670), craig.deutsche@gmail.com.
November 20-21 (Sat-Sun); sponsored by Sierra Club CNRCC; Contact Craig Deutsche (310-477-6670), craig.deutsche@gmail.com.
December 4-5 (Sat-Sun); sponsored by Sierra Club Santa Lucia Chapter; Contact Cal or Letty French, (805-239-7338), prefer e-mail lettyfrench@gmail.com.
December 28 - January 2 ( Tues-Sun); a five day project over holidays sponsored by Sierra Club CNRCC; Contact Craig Deutsche (310-477-6670), craig.deutsche@gmail.com.
January 22-23 (Sat-Sun); sponsored by Los Padres ForestWatch; Contact Jeff Kuyper, (805-617-4610), jeff@LPFW.org.
February 5-6 (Sat-Sun); sponsored by Sierra Club CNRCC; Contact Craig Deutsche (310-477-6670), craig.deutsche@gmail.com.
March 12-13 (Sat-Sun); sponsored by Los Padres ForestWatch; Contact Jeff Kuyper, (805-617-4610), jeff@LPFW.org.
April, six days yet to be determined early in the month ; sponsored by Sierra Club CNRCC; Contact Craig Deutsche (310-477-6670), craig.deutsche@gmail.com.
The Friends of the Carrizo Plain is a California (501)c Public Benefit Corporation. The Managing Partners of the Carrizo Plain National Monument are the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, The Nature Conservancy and the California Department of Fish and Game.