Programs & Information
Events
Creek Week 2010
Creek Week celebrates the importance of our urban nature areas with volunteer work and educational events. As many as 800 residents have participated in previous years.
This year Creek Week will be from April 10th to April 18th. Work will include planting, removing invasive weeds, and other maintenance. During the week there will be nature walks and presentations about wild life.
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Programs
- Restoration
- Salmon habitat
- Barrier Removal
- Riparian revegetation
- Bank Stabilization
- Monitoring and Assessment
- Aquatic Insect
- Habitat
- Water quality
- Flow
- Geomorphological
- Fall Spawning Survey
- Education and Outreach
- Creekweek
- Citizen Resource Surveys
- School Programs
- Sierra College
- Interpretive Walks
- Management and Planning
- Planning and Management
- American Basin Council of Watersheds promoting integrated watershed management
- Greenway Planning including the Dry Creek Greenway, a continuous trail and open space greenway connecting with the American River Parkway at Discovery Park and Folsom Lake, forming a 70-mile loop.
Stakeholder/Constituents
DCC and the American Basin Council of Watersheds form partnerships with cities and counties, nonprofits, local state and federal agencies, special districts, and landowners and business interests.
Funding
DCC seeks funding for projects from agencies and nonprofits, and from business and community donations. DCC projects have raised over $6 million from donations and grants.