FRIENDS OF EDGEWOOD NATURAL PRESERVE
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FRIENDS OF EDGEWOOD NATURAL PRESERVE
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EARTH DAY AT EDGEWOOD WRAPUP By Bill Korbholz
By any measure, our Earth Day 2000 event at Edgewood was a great success. But how does one measure the success of an Earth Day event? Benefit to the Earth In our case, the Earth is Edgewood Natural Preserve. The most obvious measurable benefit was the removal of over 18,000 Italian thistle weeds by a crew of 58 volunteers. Those of you who are familiar with our weeding efforts at Edgewood know how challenging it can be at times to recruit volunteers. The fact that many of these volunteers were first-timers at Edgewood makes this achievement all the more remarkable.
Finally, Edgewood will benefit from the linkage that has been created with all of our volunteer participants. As future opportunities present themselves for supporting Edgewood (e.g. weed removal, school outreach, trail patrol, docenting, trail maintenance, revegetation, and monitoring), perhaps some of our new friends will consider lending a hand again.
Benefit to Participants Over 100 people attended Earth Day 2000 at Edgewood. I hope that they all gained a little more appreciation for the importance of protecting and preserving our natural resources, and satisfaction from their hands-on participation. And several of them were lucky winners of our raffle prizes, including an afternoon of canoe/kayak paddling in Sausalito, several merchandise gift certificates, and free meals at local eateries.
To our many generous sponsors, we offer our sincere gratitude. The benefit to them of promoting an event such as Earth Day 2000 is in the recognition they gain from contributing to and being associated with great environmental causes such as these. We send our heartfelt thanks to each of them and encourage your patronage (alphabetically):
Final Note of Thanks Staging Earth Day 2000 at Edgewood required a phenomenal amount of coordinated effort. To the many Friends of Edgewood, Ranger Ricardo Trejo and his staff, and our other supporters, all of whom collectively spent over 400 hours planning and executing this event, I say thanks for a job well done!
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Another benefit to Edgewood
was the installation of 4 very handsome interpretive signs by 17 volunteers. The
sign hardware was hand-built by Stew Simpson, and the text and graphics were
designed and created by a team including Kathy Korbholz, Ken Himes, Toni Corelli,
and me. The signs will help to inform visitors about our conservation efforts,
with emphasis on weed removal and revegetation.
Benefit to our Sponsors
