Greetings, Parkway Stewards and friends,

Our February cleanup on the “UUSS mile” of the American River Parkway will start at 8:45am this coming Saturday, the 11th. Our UU Mile has taken some wild weather recently and there have been difficulties getting at some of the accumulated trash from abandoned encampments, etc. We need your help and there’s decent weather forecast for this Saturday so please come out if you can to protect and maintain our beautiful jewel of a Parkway.

We meet on the second Saturday of every month in the parking lot, next to the levee, at the end of Northrop Avenue, off Howe Avenue, behind Panera Bread. We sign in; trash bags are provided and new folks are oriented. We then spend one hour removing trash from the UU Mile. We meet back next to the levee stairway for a photograph of our crew and the results of our efforts. Afterward, many of us continue the fun at Panera with refreshments and conversation. Remember to wear good shoes, your ARPF Steward shirts if you have one, bring gloves and water to hydrate, perhaps a “grabber”, and your volunteer spirit… consider masking if you deem it appropriate….

Looking forward to seeing you soon,

Eric Ross, Mile Steward

UUSS American River Parkway Stewards

Great Blue Heron perched atop a large tree near the marshes behind Rio Americano HS, February 4, 2023 © Eric Ross