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2 people are interested
Free Calder Creek Project Manager
ORGANIZATION: Forest Unlimited
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2 people are interested
Forest Unlimited advocates for daylighting (bringing to the surface) major creeks that have been confined underground in large pipes. We want them to live again with a riparian forest, life-giving daylight and oxygen where citizens can see, appreciate, enjoy and protect them. Where possible we want bicycle trails along them.
Our first such project is the Free Calder Creek Campaign in the City of Sebastopol. Calder Creek flows through Ives Park into an underground culvert beneath two parking lots and the two branches of Highway 116: Petaluma Avenue and Main Street. The culvert empties into a channel feeding the Laguna de Santa Rosa adjacent to the Joe Rodota multi-use trail.
Our proposal to the City is this: Daylight the creek from Ives Park to the Laguna. Plant a greenway along the Creek. Add an extension of the multi-use trail along Calder Creek to the park beneath Petaluma Ave. and Main Street. If the city-owned parking lot between Petaluma Ave. and Main Street is sold to a developer to construct first-floor commercial along with second story residential, some of the cost of daylighting the creek could be born by the developers. It would be an ideal location for both residents (close to the park, Laguna and business district) and business (near the commercial district). A greenway across the highway would be useful for attracting tourists to stop, dine and shop in Sebastopol. It can promote events in the park and the Sebastopol Center for the Arts. It could provide environmental education for students of the Charter School adjacent to the Creek.
The Manager for this project will need the skills to plan, organize and execute a campaign to gain public, political and business support for the proposal.
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About Forest Unlimited
Location:
P.O. 506, Forestville, CA 95436, US
Mission Statement
It is the mission of Forest Unlimited to protect the forests and watersheds of Sonoma County.
Description
Forest Unlimited maintains the following programs:
Logging Review: We review and comment on logging plans submitted to the California Department of Forestry. One occasion, we fined it necessary to take suit against illegal logging plans erroneously aproved by the Department of Forestry.
Reforestation: Each year we organize about 100 volunteers to plant about 1200 redwood seedlings.
Urban Forestry: We organize creek cleanup and advocate for restoration of creek riparian zones and creekside parks. We also advocate for "daylighting" creeks.
Community Forests: We advocate for Community Forests grown at city wastewater plants to take the pressure off of natural forests.
Legislation: We advocate for legislation to protect forests and watersheds.
Education: We hold workshops in forestry law and regulation.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Ives ParkSebastopol, CA 95472
DATE POSTED
May 27, 2020
SKILLS
- Public Speaking
- Urban Planning
- Research
- Basic Computer Skills
- Management
- Program Management
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Must be at least 20
- Orientation or Training
- 2 hours per week, variable
- Business background helpful, good interpersonal skills