Linking Girls to the Land Girl Scout Worksites 2008

Installation of Little Brown Bat roosting /nesting boxes.

La Carmen School

UPDATE This project will occur on September 28, 2008. Planting seeds, planting trees, getting information about eco real situations and proposing solutions.

Abiquiu Lake

Trail buildling

Adopt a Spot

I am trying to register both girl scouts and boy scouts. The girl scouts are from the Commonwealth Girl Scout Council. Their troop numbers are 858,3488,3310,3123,3130 the boys are pack 166.

Contact: Treska Wilson-Smith
Phone: (804) 524-7315
Troop: 166 / Heart of Virginia Council and troops 2488,3310,3123,
Location: Petersburg Virginia 23805
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Albany Pine Bush

Native seed collection.

Albiqui Lake

Building a new trail from the campground.

Contact: Donna Saums
Phone: (505) 466-4764
Troop: Troop #374 Southwest
Location: Albiqui New Mexico 85057
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Appalachian Trail from Clingmans Dome to Newfound Gap

Clean up trail and pick up trash from Clingmans Dome to Newfound Gap

Army Heritage Trail

An event to highlight women's role in military history in conjunction with planting seeds and preparing gardens.

Contact: Susan Myers
Phone: (717) 245-3577
Troop: 619 Heart of Pennsylvania Council
Location: Carlisle 17013
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Barbara Key Park

Collect seeds, clean invasive brush, and guided nature walk.

Bartow County Park

The Great Lake Allatoona Cleanup is a one day event focused on cleaning the entire lake shoreline. The GLAC event will go from 9am until 12noon. Girl Scouts will record the amount/types of trash found and then use this data to educate family and friends. Brownies will fulfill requirement #3 of Math Fun and Juniors will fulfill requirement #7 of My Community.

Contact: Beverly Price
Phone: (678) 986-8080
Troop: 7600/ Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta
Location: Atlanta Georgia
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Beach Clean up.

Beach clean up

Belle Isle State Park

Girl Scouts from the Commonwealth Council will clear brush from trails to use in building animal shelters and weed flower beds throughout the park.

Belmont Shores Beach

Comb the beach looking for trash and items injurious to people and animals.

Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park

On September 26, our troop has adopted a Butterfly Garden at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park and we will be weeding our area, maintainting our water feature, removing invasive species as wild petunia, planting native plants and cleaning up.

Contact: Jeanne Fuentes
Phone: (956) 580-4512
Troop: 1045 of Girl Scouts of Greater South Texas
Location: Mission Texas 78572
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Blackthorn Hill

We will be staining picnic benches, pulling weeds and possibly making a new hiking trail.

Blackwater Heritge State Trail

Girl Scouts will help locate, ID,and flag some exotic invasive plants. Ranger will demonstrate the use of protective equipment and chemicals used for the destruction of these plants.

Bledsoe Creek State Park

Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee in Sumner County will be working together with Friends of Bledsoe Creek State Park for National Public Lands Day. Brownie, Junior, Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts will work on various projects according to age levels. Brownie Girl Scouts will help clean up flower beds by weeding and mulching. Junior Girl Scouts will complete a litter pickup and older Girl Scouts will work on shore line clean up around Bledsoe Creek. Along with the days events includes a recycling event, all attendees are collecting newspapers to recycle.

Contact: Georgia Asbury
Phone: (615) 690-7059
Troop: Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee
Location: Gallatin Tennessee 37066
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Camp Camwood

Educating other girl scouts about the environment.

Camp Wright Shoreline

This event is a clean-up of the Chesapeake Bay shoreline on Kent Island just south of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.

Campbell Creek Science Center

Conservation and outdoor programs.

Canonsburg Lake

The Canonsburg Lake Trail Project is a multi-troop event in its 3rd year. Plans this year include a trailhead upgrade and signs, bat box installation, maintenance of bluebird nesting boxes and perennial gardens

Catoctin Mountain Park

Exotic plant removal, trail/trash cleanup, and painting projects.

Chinsegut Nature Center

Our troop will help finish the New Butterfly Garden at Chinsegut Nature Center and attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony officially opening it to the public. We will learn about Florida native plants and plants that attract wildlife. We will plant, mulch and help clean up debris to make this a beautiful place for all to visit!

Contact: Lisa Kellogg-Crane
Phone: (352) 683-8719
Troop: 581, Spring Mermaids, West Central FL
Location: Brooksville Florida 34601
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Chinsegut Nature Center

Take part in preparing for the grand opening of a new butterfly garden by adding mulch to the pathways and learning more about butterfly gardening from the University of Florida staff

City of Lakeland Plant Nursery/Oak Hill Cemetary

Girl Scouts will be working with the City of Lakeland garden/nursery department preparing soil, planting trees, shrubs, flowers, seedlings. Cleaning pots, pulling weeds, and cleaning of general nursery/greenhouse areas.

Contact: Lisa Polonczyk
Phone: 863-607-6348
Troop: Troop 18, Girl Scouts of West Central Florida
Location: Lakeland Florida 33813
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Cradle of Forestry

Working on a natural habitat garden, planting and weeding, learning about invasive species and cleaning garden areas.

Contact: Lori Cagle
Phone: (828) 926-8433
Troop: 321 Pisgah Council
Location: Pisgah Forest North Carolina 28768
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Crystal River- State Buffer Preserve

Planting trees, bushes, scrubs. Clearing out weeds in previously plants gardens.

Contact: Karen Balzanti
Phone: (352) 628-6311
Troop: Circle of Springs Service Unit, Troop 610
Location: Crystal River Florida
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Curecanti National Recreation Area

We will be joining the National Park Service at a registered NPLD site planting native cottonwood and willow trees.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Clean-up litter along Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Rail way, help obliterate illegal social trails and take part in an Adopt-a -Trail light maintance project, For families amd groups with small children, take part in a shirt hike and learn about Leave No Trace principles. Registered with Travis White. National Park Service (440)546-5996 www.nps.gov/cuva Location 15610 Vaughn Rd. Brecksville, Ohio 44141

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

light maintenance/clean up on trail

Contact: Mary Lynn Roberts
Phone: 216-299-7218
Troop: Girl Scouts of North East Ohio #4013
Location: Brecksville Ohio 44141
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Deception Pass State Park

Our Brownie troop will be participating in a trash pick-up along the beach and monitoring the trail to Goose Rock for any windfall and/or trash.

Contact: Patricia Coffey
Phone: (360) 321-5884
Troop: Troop 369, Girl Scouts of Western Washington
Location: Oak Harbor Washington 98277
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Del Paso Parkletts, Bill Maynard

Please join fellow Girl Scouts in assisting Bill Maynard, City of Sacramento, planting trees and shrubs, mulching, etc. Drop by!

Contact: Emily Browne
Phone: (916) 489-4886
Troop: Troop 819 Council 131
Location: Sacramento California 95838
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Eagle Point Park

Power wash the Stone Castle, rake debris from Stone Bridge, pull weeds/rake flower garden, and clean up playground or various shelter grounds.

Edinburg Scenic Wetlands

Brownies plan to clean up tables, clean up trash, plant flowers, invite and educate people about the outstanding wildlife.

Falls of the Ohio

Cleaning up trash and debris from the park and fossil beds, from 10:00 a.m. until 12 or 1:00 p.m.

Contact: Billie Graham
Phone: (812) 725-9583
Troop: Troop 1386/Kentuckiana Council
Location: Jeffersonville Indiana 47130
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Flat Rock Brook

Pick up litter in the park and on the trails. Learn about nature, how to keep the community clean for us and our animal friends.

Flint River Watershed &Cathedral Caverns St Park

Our troop will be picking up trash along the Flint River in Southeastern Madison County, AL near Owens Cross Roads, AL. We will also be planting flowers in the Cathedral Caverns State Park in Woodville, AL

Frederick Douglas Park

We participate with the International Coastal Cleanup, we have been cleaning the same beach site for the last 4 years.

Ft. Lee

The troop will be assisting the military in saving the legacy trees on A Avenue. The troop will be planting daffodils around the 20 cedar trees once the erosion has been fixed.

Contact: Belinda Wray
Phone: (804) 931-2084
Troop: Brownie Troop 3222
Location: Ft. Lee Virginia 23834
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Glimmerglass State Park

Planting trees and Daisies.

Glimmerglass State Park

Plant a tree, mark trails.

Contact: Sandra Foyt
Phone: (518) 286-1295
Troop: Troop 166 GS of Northeastern NY
Location: Cooperstown New York 13326
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Great Smoky Mtns National Park

We will be picking up trash along side the Pigeon River that runs throughout the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We have a 5 mile stretch which is heavily traveled, and we work a section of it twice a year.

Contact: Kelli Green
Phone: (865) 696-7257
Troop: 692 Tennessee East Council
Location: Gatlinburg Tennessee 37738
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Greynolds Park Nature Center

Clean beach at Bear Cut Preserve, removal exotic vegetation, and plant new landscape at Butterfly Garden

Hawkins Reservoir

Paint 10 picnic shelters, site clean up, and repair boat docks.

Contact: Jodi Newman
Phone: (208) 637-2922
Troop: Troop 410 Silver Sage Council
Location: Pocatello Idaho 83204
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Hidden Valley Wildlife Area

Park micro trash cleanup, bike path trash cleanup, park benches- sanding and painting, possible native plant planting.

Contact: Teresa Carpenter
Phone: (951) 785-7452
Troop: San Gorgonio Council/Raincross Service Area
Location: Riverside California 92505
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Howland Township Park, Tigertown

Troops of the Howland/Vienna Service Unit #607 will be improving Tigertown of the Howland Township Park. We will do a clean-up of garbage, plant mums around the park, and painting over any graffiti, cleaning up the stream bed, and installing birdhouses.

Contact: Jana Payne
Phone: (330) 856-3780
Troop: Girl Scouts of North East Ohio, East Region/Service Unit 607
Location: Howland Ohio 44484
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Indian Mounds Park

Girl Scouts will work side by side with other volunteers to plant over 1,000 native plants and flowers at Indian Mounds Park.

Isle a la Cache

Prairie seed collection.

Jennings Environmental Education Center

We are planning to do trail maintenance. We will be picking up litter, moving downed branches and debris, and clearing the trails to make them more handicap and stroller accessible.

Contact: Virginia Foster
Phone: (724) 504-6675
Troop: Troop #20462 - Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania
Location: Slippery Rock Pennsylvania 16057
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Joshua Tree National Monument

Vertical mulching to aid in the re-establishment of desert plant communities.

Contact: Helga Kalis
Phone: (951) 907-2599
Troop: Troop 1023 of San Gorgonio Council
Location: Twenty Nine Palms California 92277
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Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens

Planting flowers, trimming shrubs, removing litter, and invasive species removal.

Kennedy Park

We will renew a walking trail by weeding, planting and maybe painting if needed.

Contact: Iltze Garcia Dahlman
Phone: (956) 245-5547
Troop: Troop 133 Greater South Texas
Location: San Benito Texas 78586
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Keystone Lake

Saturday, October 4th from 10am to 2pm (tentatively, in terms of time frame). We will be painting control gates and railing with aluminum paint and fish cleaning tables with brown paint.

La Carmen School

Troop 474 in conjunction with the Special Education Program of our school will cleanup the immediate surroundings of our school to improve and protect our planet. This effort is one of the many activities scheduled by Mrs. Lopez (SE teacher) during Special Ed Month!

Contact: Sandra Caraballo
Phone: (787) 838-2546
Troop: Troop 474
Location: Maricao Puerto Rico 00606
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La Ceiba

UPDATE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER. PLEASE CONTACT SITE MANAGER FOR FURTHER DETAILS. Cleanup La Ceiba area

Lake Allatoona

The Great Lake Allatoona Cleanup is a one day event focused on cleaning the entire shoreline of Allatoona Lake. The GLAC will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end by noon. We will record the amounts of different types of trash we find. We will use this data to graph & educate our friends and family.

Lake Mendocino, CA

We will be cleaning up trails,weeds,etc. I will have more info. when Kathy & I meet with the Ranger later this month. Thankyou, Jennifer Murray

Contact: Jennifer Murray
Phone: {707} 479-2578
Troop: SACK,Girl Scouts of Northern Ca
Location: Mendocino National Forest,Upper Lake California 95460
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Lake Wales Lake

Plant trees, plant flower beds, pick up trash along walk path around lake.

Land Between The Lakes NRA

Pick up trash around Fenton Campground, lake access, boat ramp. Kentucky Lake This will help Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area and give our girls and understanding of the impact littering has on Public Lands.

Linking Girls to the Land...Going for the Gold

The public and Girl Scouts will be able to explore and help beautify the camp and learn ways to give back to the land. Volunteers will assist in various beautification efforts at Camp Bayou which may include the following: 1. Litter and debris removal 2. reducing the volume of invasive plants that threaten fragile natives 3. Trail maintenance 4. Gardening 5. Other environmental beautification and conservation activities. Variety of activities for families, the young and young-at-heart focused on Florida Eco-Friendly Techniques through the use of native plants and an emphasis on water conservation. 1. Games and hands-on activities from pre-school age thru adults. 2. Clinic on the use of Florida native plants. 3. "Goodie bags" of eco-related items for all participants 4. Eco-related literature will be available for distribution. Girl Scouts can earn "Getting With the Land patch" through the GSUSA "Linking Girls to the Land Program"(LGTTL). The LGTTL program provides every Girl Scout an opportunity to participate in conservation and outdoor programs.

Contact: Janet Zicht
Phone: (813) 975-0201
Troop: Camp Bayou Outdoor Learning Center
Location: Ruskin Florida 33570
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Logan County - Russellville City Park

We plan to do trail maintenance as well as general park clean up. The trails in our park are trashed on a regular basis and not very well kept.

Louisiana State Arboretum

Trailwork.

Contact: Charlotte Steinmetz
Phone: (337) 224-3843
Troop: Girl Scouts of Louisiana Pines to the Gulf Troop 2489
Location: Ville Platte Louisiana 70586
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Matanuska-Susitna Grounds Cleanup

Clean up of school grounds and sports fields.

Mayberry Park

In conjunction with "Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful we will be clearing garbage from the river and surrounding area.

Mill Creek Nature Center

A trail work day cleanup. Along with a large enphasis on education about the importance of having clean, healthy, waterways and environment.

Contact: Felicia Davis
Phone: (678) 851-8974
Troop: 1469 Girl Scouts of Atlanta
Location: Buford Georgia 30518
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Mt. Woods Lake Area

Girls will be picking up trash along the streets and lake area.

Contact: Tammy Sharp
Phone: (205) 914-6790
Troop: Troop 449 GSNCA
Location: Warrior Alabama 35180
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Mulberry Park

1)Will monitor waterway from Sept 18th - Oct 18th. 2)Have a trash clean up while on site. 3)Walking through watersheds.

Contact: DeAnne Puckette
Phone: (678) 889-4904
Troop: 1190 Mill Creek
Location: Hoschton Georgia 30548
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Naval Weapons Station

Restore native plants, flowers, and shrubs to a local wetland habitat.

Nortonville Library/City Hall

Brownies will plant flowers in the library garden and plant spring bulbs at City Hall.

NPS Battlefield Park

Worked clearing new trails and adding gravel to existing trails.

Contact:
Phone: (804) 861-0411
Troop: Troop 166, Heart of Virginia (BSA)
Location: Petersburg Virginia 23803
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Oak Canyon Nature Center

Cleaning up trash and renewing hiking trails.

Paint Creek Lake

Building animal boxes and cleaning up trash

Contact: Charlotte Collins
Phone: (740) 477-9819
Troop: Logan Trails Council/Troops #1039, #774, #2650
Location: Bainbridge Ohio 45612
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PAX River Naval Air Station - Beach #5 (Beach House)

Base access is required. If you will need BASE ACCESS it is critical that you contact me NO LATER THAN 20 SEPTEMBER 2008 so that I can get you on the permission list for base access on National Public Lands Day, 27 September 2008, 8am - noon, Beach #5 at Beach House. Beach Clean-Up: Picking up trash and removing invasive species. Cadette from Teen 2418 is earning her Silver Award! Please come out and help! Bring work gloves if you have them, wear a hat and dress for the weather. Seeking Girl Scouts, family, and friends to volunteer to help from 8am - noon. Beach #5 is located in front of the Beach House which is on the left opposite the playground. If you go over a short, low bridge and see the golf course, you have gone to far! Thank you. Please contact me!

Contact: Cheryl M Billiter
Phone: (301) 904-4032
Troop: GS Teen 2418 - Girl Scouts Council Nation's Capital
Location: Patuxent River Maryland 20670
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Penn Brook Elementary School courtyard

Our troop has planned to adopt/clean-up a courtyard at the local Elementary school. There will be weeding, planting of fall flowers, bird houses installed and a duck house being built there for the annual spring hatchlings that will arrive. This project will be maintained by the troop over the next year.

Poquoson Community Center

Junior Troop 1274 will be working toward their Bronze Award while working with a Boy Scout, who will be earning his Eagle Scout. The Scouts will be "Beautifying the Community Center" on Odd Road on Saturday, September 27th as well as October 5th and October 11th. These Scouts will trim and remove bushes, landscape, power wash siding, remove and replace sign, paint, mulch, etc... They will also be planting various shrubs and flowers that are native to Poquson and habitat friendly. Please call (757)813-5073 or (757)868-0008 with any questions.

Contact: Gina Speight
Phone: (757) 813-5073
Troop: Troop 1274 with Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast
Location: Poquoson Virginia 23662
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Prairie Wetlands

Trimming/planting flowers, trees and plants on the prairie.

President's Park

Girls will do clean up and trail maintenance at the Ellipse in DC through a NPLD event with President's Park.

President's Park

Trail maintenance. This project will take place on September 20, 2008.

President’s Park

Our troop will be teaming with the National Park Service for a full day event to help maintain the trails around the ellipse. We will also be speaking with the President’s Park Landscape Architect about resource management concerns.

Pricketts Fort

We will be helping local parks & rec with stenciling and numbering for the identification of trees along trail at Pricketts Fort

Contact: Karen McKee
Phone: (304) 376-1983
Troop: Black Diamond Council, Marion County Service Unit
Location: Fairmont West Virginia 26554
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Prince William Forest Park

We will help planting trees, as well as the trails mantenace and clean up.

Contact: Runia Brokamp
Phone: (703) 317-7176
Troop: Troop 3849 Girl Scout Council of the Nation's capital
Location: Triangle Virginia 22172
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Riverdale Park

Cleaning up the community

Sanford Community Center

Clean up, trimming shrubs, weeding,and planting.

Contact: Kristy Daniel
Phone: (706) 424-6060
Troop: 13070 Historic Georgia
Location: Hull Georgia 30646
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Schabarum Park

Painting benches at Schabarum Regional Park.

Schabarum Regional Park

Help establish a native plant exhibit at the park entrance and clean-up a stream.

Simon Canyon

Trailwork

Sombre Hike Trail

Cleaning on a hike to Cundick Park Sombre Canada.

Contact: Tracy Walker
Phone: (586) 416-2608
Troop: Troop 30298
Location: Sobbre Canada 48038
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Somerville Lake Rocky Creek Park

Day activities for all levels, plant upland grass, plant shoreline and bulkhead vegetation, plant wildflower seed or add to the Rocky Creek Park Hiking Trail. Overnight tent campsites available. Activity Patch. Council Troops register through “Possibilities.” Out of council Troops welcome. Call (979)324-3817. Somerville Lake south shore is in Washington County, near Brenham.

Contact: Avery Orendorf
Phone: (800) 733-0011
Troop: Girl Scouts Central Texas Troop 426
Location: Somerville Texas 77879
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Sterling State Park

Planting Native Grasses and Wildflowers.

Sterling State Park

We will be helping plant native grasses and wildflowers to restore a wetland prairie

TBD

Site and projects to be determined

Timmons Elementary School

Brownies will beautify the school grounds by replacing shrubs, raking beds and performing general maintenance and upkeep.

Contact: Lisa Morey
Phone: 440-543-6170
Troop: North East Ohio Brownie Troop 1117
Location: Bainbridge Township Ohio 44023
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Toomer Elementary School

The Brownie troop will apply mulch and plant flowers at the school.

Contact: Sarah Jackson
Phone: (404)993-2350
Troop: Troop 1851/Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta
Location: Atlanta Georgia 30317
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Tree Tops Park

The scouts will be working to prune, clean-up and beautify the landscaping in the park's Safety Town facility and their Butterfly Garden.

Contact: Debbie Schelong
Phone: 954-424-3519
Troop: Troop 10364 - Girl Scouts of Broward
Location: Davie Florida 33328
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Truckee River Clean Up, Mayberry Park

A general clean up at Mayberry Park along the river. The girls are really excited to attend this event again. Parents will be there to supervise.

University of Arizona South Wash Cleanup

Picking up debris to allow wash to flow more freely.

Contact: Jill Wallace
Phone: (520) 459-3396
Troop: 662 Sahuaro Coucil
Location: Sierra Vista Arizona 85635
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Valley of Fires

Contact: Mary Dawe
Phone: (575) 623-2802
Troop: 18009 Zia Council
Location: Carrizozo New Mexico 88310
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Various Sites, City of Westfield

City Park clean up. Hampden Ponds State Park clean up.

Wash clean up behind U of A South

Girls will be picking up trash and other debris in this wash. It will help keep it flowing smoothe. This will help with any flooding in that area.

Contact: Jill Wallace
Phone: 520-459-3396
Troop: Troop 662
Location: Sierra Vista Arizona 85635
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Wash Creek

Troop from the Henderson County Service Unit will pick up trash in and around Wash Creek.

Contact: Lu Ann Welter
Phone: (828) 693-0082
Troop: 404 North Carolina West Council
Location: Hendersonville North Carolina 28792
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Washington Irving Cove

Girls will be re-painting control gates, barrier fencing and park tables with the Keystone Lake park rangers.

Contact: Stephanie Rainwater
Phone: (918) 284-8797
Troop: 2732, Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma
Location: Sand Springs Oklahoma 74063
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Washington Irving Cove

Girls will be re-painting control gates, barrier fencing and park tables with the Keystone Lake park rangers.

Wasington Irving Cove

The girls will be re-painting the control gates, barrier fencing, and the park tables with the Keystone Lake Park Rangers.

Contact: Amy Duncan
Phone: (918) 810-0945
Troop: #932 Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahaoma
Location: Sand Springs 74063
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West Hill Dam

Clean riverwalk, trails, beach, campground and an overnight program with a "Leave No Trace Theme."

William O'Brien StatePark

Pick up trash along the hiking trails. And take note of areas in need of repair. Will talk about bird box opportunities.

Contact: Patty Johnson
Phone: (651) 462-5490
Troop: 53118 Minnesota Wisconsin River Valley
Location: Stillwater Minnesota 55109
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Zorinksky Lake

We will be picking up litter around Zorinsky lake on Monday September 22.

Zuma Canyon

Girls love the earth! Come on out with your Troop and participate in an ecological restoration project of the National Park Service, in cooperation with the California Coastal Conservancy. Zuma Canyon is a wonderful part of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and contains a variety of plant communities: Coastal Sage Scrub, Riparian (streamside), Oak Woodland and Chaparral. We will plant native plants, improving biodiversity and water quality while having FUN! After the planting, we’ll be led on a 1-hour explorative walk through Zuma Canyon with a Park Ranger. We will be earning the “California Natives” IP and the “Linking Girls to the Land” patch. FREE Bus transportation is available from the Council offices with a minimum of 25 registered.

Contact: Shane Meserve
Phone: (818) 886-1801 x13
Troop: Girl Scouts of the San Fernando Valley
Location: Malibu California 90265
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