A handful of Nipomo High School students worked over a recent weekend to enhance the Nipomo Creekside Preserve. Local volunteers joined members of the high school’s Progressive Club in an effort to help restore the preserve’s natural processes. The club has been helping with workdays at the preserve since 2006.
Led by Land Conservancy Stewardship Assistant David Gonzalez, volunteers uprooted invasive plants, removed trash, and trimmed coyote brush. They sought to encourage the growth of new communities of plants and animals.
“There’s a great thing about this type of work: Anybody can pitch in,” Gonzalez, a Nipomo High School graduate, said in a press release. “It doesn’t take any special skill, just the common desire to see our special places protected.”
The Land Conservancy established Nipomo Creekside Preserve in 2001. Located behind Adobe Plaza on Tefft Street, the public park features a restored native Central Coast habitat.
For more information about the Land Conservancy and future projects, visit LCSLO.org or call Dave Rau at 544-9096.
School Scene is compiled by Staff Writer Amy Asman. Information should be sent to the Sun via fax, e-mail, or mail.
This article appears in Oct 2-9, 2008.