River Watch Sampling on the South Platte River
April 26, 2025: Earth Day Bear Creek Greenbelt Native Tree and Shrub Planting
Our first conservation event of 2025 was held on the morning of Saturday, April 26th. This year the weather was excellent with almost 100 people attending the event hosted by Lakewood Parks at Bear Creek Greenbelt Park. CCTU again helped support the event with a generous donation to purchase the native trees and plants to be planted by the volunteers that morning. Community volunteers planted 17 native trees, 10 large shrubs and 830 forbs, rushes and grasses along Bear Creek and adjacent park lakes and riparian areas.
CCTU members planted rooted willow cuttings and collected/installed natural erosion control materials on two (2) streambank sections. Thirty-four rooted willow cutting bunches were planted along Bear Creek to eventually help stabilize 1,900 feet of eroding streambank.
CCTU would like to thank the Chapter members that came out on their Saturday morning to volunteer with the Lakewood community and for their hard work in Bear Creek to accomplish this project.
