Volunteers Needed to Help Clean up Roseville's Cirby Creek

Roseville City School District Partners with the City of Roseville and its Adopt-A-Creek Program to Clean Up Cirby Creek

Volunteers Needed to Help “Clean Up Cirby Creek” on Saturday, April 25th

Roseville, CA (April 14, 2015)—Roseville City School District has partnered with the City of Roseville under the City’s Adopt-A-Creek Program to restore and preserve the area of Cirby Creek that runs adjacent to Eich Middle School. The school district and City are seeking 75 volunteers to join their collective effort to clean up a portion of Cirby Creek on Saturday, April 25th from 9:00 am-12:00 pm at Eich Middle School, located at 1509 Sierra Gardens Drive, Roseville, CA 95661.

Community volunteers can sign up by calling (916) 771-1770 or visiting: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/4090A45ADAA2BA20-adoptacreek.

Students and adult volunteers are encouraged to wear long sleeves and pants and can bring gloves, loppers and/or wheelbarrows.

Background

Cirby Creek, one of Roseville’s largest creeks, feeds into Dry Creek, which supports a large Chinook salmon run. Clearing the area of invasive plants and shrubs prevents creek bank erosion and allows native fish, plants and wildlife to make their homes in the City’s urban spaces. Some of the invasive plants overtaking Cirby Creek include Japanese Honeysuckle, Privet and Himalayan Blackberry, which spread aggressively and typically use a lot more water than native plants. Restoring this area also provides for a cleaner and safer environment for Eich Middle School students and the surrounding neighborhoods.

“We are grateful for the support of the City and the community to help restore and preserve the beautiful landscape that many of our schools, such as Eich, call their backyard,” said Derk Garcia, Superintendent of Roseville City School District. “We make it a priority to always be thinking about how we can be greener– whether its cleaning up a creek, reducing water usage by replacing grass with dryscape, or retrofitting our schools to be more energy efficient.”

City of Roseville’s Adopt-A Creek Program

Roseville creeks are a valuable natural resource. In addition to providing flood protection and storm water drainage, they provide vital habitat for wildlife, and enhance our neighborhoods as well as our quality of life. More than 60 miles of creeks run through Roseville’s open spaces and many miles need caring groups to keep them clean, help prevent erosion, and keep invasive plants from overrunning and potentially destroying wildlife habitat. The city’s Adopt-A-Creek program offers schools, community organizations and companies a chance to take part in creek preservation and restoration projects. Current projects include trash pickup and invasive plant removal, with future projects planned to include native tree planting and more ambitious creek restoration projects. For more information, please visit www.roseville.ca.us/adoptacreek or call 916-774-5751.

About Roseville City School District:

RCSD serves nearly 10,000 transitional Kindergarten through eighth grade students across 18 schools and focuses on maximizing student growth and achievement while exceeding parents’ expectations. Learn more about the district at www.rcsdk8.org.