Scheduled Events for 2011
If you want to volunteer to help out with an event, or you want to get additional information right away, contact coordinator Bill Templin at (916) 601-9954 or wetemplin@att.net . You can also visit Bill's Facebook page for more watershed organization information.
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2011 River Cleanup Schedule
July 9, 2011, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon
Meet at the area just north (left when facing it) of the Cedar Grove Store, Cedar Grove/Kings Canyon, CA.
Our next cleanup will be Saturday, September 10th
River Cleanup Objectives:
- Please help us celebrate Spring, Summer and Fall by cleaning up over 16 miles of river bank (from Boyden Cavern to Roads End where accessible) so that the river will be healthier and more visually pleasing. We select our clean-up dates to follow heavy use holiday weekends.
- Inform participants on how we can all be better river stewards by practicing good habits that protect river water quality and habitat for the wild creatures that use the river and riparian corridors.
- Assess the appearance of the river using visual "snapshot" assessments. Bring your cameras to help us "monitor" the appearance of the river - and bring your fishing equipment too!
Watershed Benefits:
- Besides the direct benefit of a cleaner river, the South Fork Kings River Cleanup Days provide opportunities for reminding everyone of the value of protecting their water resources.
- By working in partnership with other organizations, local, state and federal agencies, and local businesses we can promote public awareness of the important role the South Fork Kings River plays in our lives.
We spend 2 nights/3 days camping, fishing, cleaning, and enjoying the area!
Supporters include: U.S. Forest Service, Hume Lake Ranger District; U.S. National Park Service - Sequoia-Kings Canyon; Sierra
Nevada Conservancy - Keep California Beautiful; Fresno Flyfishers for Conservation; Kaweah Fly Fishers; North Area
Sportsmen's Association
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Events and Issues for 2009
- Learning more about the Lewis Creek landslide from last July and it's impacts on the fishery in the river
- Assisting the NPS with restoring the effort to plant new trees in the heavily used amphitheater area near the Ranger Station in Cedar Grove
- Revegetation work in the campgrounds
- Trail maintenance on Deer Cove Creek Trail
- Note - no Celebrate Sequoias event this year due to Princess Campground restoration work
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Fall River Clean Up
Late fall clean up in connection with the Kaweah Fly Fishers annual "FishOut" in September. Dates to be announced later in the summer - stay tuned!
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Volunteers Wanted!
Our Newsletter has been dormant for some time - anyone interested in contributing to a revival of the Friends' newsletter, please contact Bill at the phone or e-mail give above!
Our Web Site needs funding! Moving the site to an open source content management system will enable volunteers to more easily keep it up to date with the latest news, events, monitoring reports and more. If you want to contribute directly, or know of possible funding sources, please contact Bill at the phone or e-mail give above!
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Join our Mailing List!
Friends of the South Fork Kings has an e-mail list for event announcements, event reports, and discussions relevant to our mission and activities!
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Thank You to all of the volunteers...
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...who helped us with our successful year of activities in 2008!
I hope that your visits to Kings Canyon in 2008 were the best ever... if not, or if you didn't make it up there last year, please let us know how your visit could have been better and we hope to see you up there some time this season!
Bill Templin
Volunteer Coordinator
Friends of the South Fork Kings River
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Event Reports and Pictures
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Pictures - South Fork Kings Third Annual Fall River Cleanup Day!
Some pictures from one of our past river cleanup days...
Another successful river cleanup! Cleaning up the South Fork Kings, river stewardship education and river assessment objectives were all enjoyably incorporated into this event. Scroll down for some pictures, including our "Diaper Disposal" poster!
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| Little Bear visiting Three Mile Pool - a rare event, as this was the bear that was hit on Highway 180 near Grizzly Falls
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| Although our turnout was small, it was an active group of NPS staff and South Fork Kings Friends who participated in this clean up. Here's evidence of their hard work - thanks to all our cleanup volunteers!
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| Low Fall flows at cleanup time - the gage on the bridge reads 2.6 feet!
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| Fall Cleanup view of the Old Swimming Hole, also showing the low water this time of year.
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Our newest sponsor and "trout-fishingholic" Doug Masterson (shown here) returned to the Canyon to help with the clean up and made some fine contributions!
You can download a full-page PDF version of this poster (file size ~200K).
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contact us at:
Friends of the South Fork Kings
P.O. Box 743
Carmichael, CA 95609-0743
(916) 601-9954
wetemplin@att.net
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