CURRENT VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES

County: Riverside, California

Our western Riverside County staff welcomes volunteers to assist in a variety of tasks.  These include trail maintenance, trash and litter cleanup, pulling weeds, and collecting and spreading seeds.  Many of these activities are great opportunities for teachers in the Murrieta Valley or Temecula Valley School Districts who want to organize community service for their students, or for Scout troops who also are seeking to fill community service requirements.

If you would like to learn more about volunteer opportunities in western Riverside County, please contact:

Kim Klementowski
Preserve Manager
(951)226-7228 Phone/Fax
e-mail: kklementowski@cnlm.org
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County: San Diego, California

Location: Rancho La Costa Habitat Conservation Area

Event "Box Canyon South and Denk Mountain West Trails Project"
 
Please help us repair and improve trails in this area of scenic, remote, and highly sensitive habitat within a wide perimeter of recently developed residential neighborhoods.  Box Canyon and Denk Mountain are home to the last deer herd in Carlsbad, bobcat, coyote and several endangered or sensitive plant and animal species. Denk Mountain is the highest point of elevation in Carlsbad with stunning 360 degree views for 90 miles on clear days. If you are lucky you will hear the meow of the engandered gnatcatcher bird, see a shy mule deer, or touch the fearsome looking but harmless horned lizard.

                                       

 
Your good energy will join the fusion of a dynamic collaboration of students, Scouts, committed long time neighbors and enthusiastic new residents, nature lovers, hikers, mountain bikers and other user group volunteers who are helping us repair and improve the trail system in this beautiful core habitat conservation area with its many critical links and connections. The trails here include much beloved and well constructed pathways but also scars cut into the earth by off-road vehicles which have become non-sustainable erosion-wise, or which fragment key species habitat, so your efforts will help restore lost habitat, while channeling responsible passive recreational access for our children and the generations to come.  
 
How to get involved: 
 
1. San Diego Mountain Bike Association Denk Mountain Trail Work/Ride - 9AM to Noon, May 20th, 2006.   MTB Riders and Trail Builders: If you are looking to learn from the pro's this is the event for you! This will be a technical trail work event suited for sturdy adults followed by an intermediate level mountain bike ride on a one hour tour of the local trails. If you've never ridden here you are in for a treat. If you have, please join your new friends and lend a hand and your opinion on how to help us preserve this invaluable resource.
 
Ride or drive to Denk Mountain summit: Follow signs from Junipero Road and Rancho Sta Fe Rd in Carlsbad - go one-half mile EAST to gated entry road on the right.
For more information contact Andy Darragh: adarragh@mbarch.com or sign up at SDMBA website for email notifications of other MTB events county-wide.

2. The Ridges Trail Building Project - October 2005 to December 2006

Come help us build trails along the north side of the "Box Canyon" area including biologist-led nature hike into areas temporarily closed to the public. 
In collaboration with the City of Carlsbad Citywide Trails Program.

To sign up see myVolunteer.com or contact:

Don Stapp
Volunteer Trail Captain
760-431-0727 Phone
e-mail: dstapp@msn.com

Hidden Canyon Oaks Planting Project  

Thank you to all the volunteers participating in the December 10 and December 13, 2005 Oak Planting events at Hidden Canyon!

La Costa Canyon High Students
Planting Oaks on December 10, 2005.

Markus Spiegelberg, CNLM Area Manager
Demonstrating Wire Caging to Protect Newly Planted Oaks
to La Costa Canyon High Students.

Ms. Kathleen Borja's San Marcos Middle
School Class Volunteered on December 13, 2005.

Event: Wildlife Tracking Project - November 2005 to ongoing

In collaboration with the San Diego Tracking Team we will be surveying wildlife movement through several wildife undercrossings and other areas within the Rancho La Costa Habitat Conservation Area preserve. Visit www.sdtt.org for more information, including training programs.

To sign up or for more information contact Markus Spiegelberg (CNLM), 619-295-4953 or Barry Martin (SDTT), 619-892-7920.
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