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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
City of Duluth - Parks and Recreation
411 West First Street • Duluth, Minnesota 55802
218-730-4309 • www.duluthmn.gov
For more information contact Kelli Latuska,
Public Information Officer at 218-730-5309
DATE: 6/20/2013
SUBJECT: Public asked to help in Riparian Tree Planting
BY: Amy Norris, Public Information Coordinator

Public asked to help in Riparian Tree Planting

Summer is finally here and it’s time to get in shape, the environment back in shape that is. Join the Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI) Monday June 24th and Thursday June 27th from 9:00 AM—12:00 PM to plant trees in the effort to repair riparian flood damaged zones along Amity Creek. Riparian zones are ecosystems, usually narrow strips of land, located along the banks of rivers, stream, creeks, or any water networks. They include many plant habitats and communities that play a major role in protecting water quality, enhancing wildlife habitats, providing natural bio filters, and protection from erosion and surface runoff.

Volunteers ages 10 and up are welcome. Please bring water bottles and gloves if you have them.

  • June 24- Meet at the first bridge of Seven Bridges Road located in Eastern Duluth, on the east side of the Lester River.
  • June 27-Meet at the top most portion of Seven Bridges Road, located at the far end of Skyline Parkway on the easternmost portion of Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve.

For more information on the day of the event, contact Judy Gibbs at 218-391-0886.

Contact

George Host   ghost@nrii@d.umn.edu

(218) 720-4264

More Information

http://www.nrri.umn.edu/default/

http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/naturalresources/M1284.html

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