Developing safe places where you can enjoy the river to fish, walk, birdwatch and picnic. Reducing trespassing and other unwanted activities, such as illegal dumping or environmental and property damage. Riparian areas are lands adjacent to rivers and streams, where there is often special vegetation influenced by the presence of water. Here you often find a shady oasis - a mixture of willow, cottonwood, ash, and box elder trees along the riverbanks. These areas provide valuable habitat for wildlife like birds and mammals.
Trees help keep water cool which is critical for fish populations.
Plant roots help stabilize the banks, which in turn reduces erosion, flooding and water quality problems. A river clean up day was held in November and successfully removed a lot of trash that had accumulated. We are planning another clean up day for late spring. We hope you would come help clean up the river so the plants have a chance to grow, the river is more attractive and families have a safe place to play. I would like to help.