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Seed Collection Volunteers Needed!!!

So many seeds to collect in such as small amount of time!!!!

   WRV, Boulder County Parks and Open Space, and the City of Boulder
need your help collecting native seed for future restoration
projects!

We need your help more than ever to collect seed this late summer/
early fall season. The evening thunderstorms we have experienced this
summer season have produced a bumper crop and we need all hands on
deck to collect while it's ripe.



What better way to spend time with friends and family then laughing
and chatting while collecting seed at some of the most beautiful
properties of Boulder County and The City of Boulder?



The seed we collect at each of these projects is specifically adapted
to the areas in and around Boulder and is critical to local
restoration projects since often times it is not commercially
available or too expensive to purchase for projects. For many species
the locally-adapted seeds can be grown out increasing them by 100 to
1000 fold! With your help, local restoration projects in the coming
years will have an ample supply of diverse native shrubs, grasses,
sedges, wildflowers and other forbs.



No botany background or experience is necessary for collecting!
Skilled Crew Leaders will help make sure everyone has fun and knows
all they need to about each species and location. Seed collection
projects range from a few hours in the evening to 3/4 of a day and are
great for the whole family.



Community Service hours are honored on these projects.



Corporate groups and other organizations are always welcome! Just
contact Amy Ansari, Seed Collection Coordinator amy@wlrv.org for more
information and to register a group.



Each collection will be within a short drive of central Boulder, but
we won't know exactly where or what species until about a week prior
to each event, since seeds ripen at their own pace.



Below is a snap shot of the last 10 seed collection dates. Please
visit our website and sign up for all the collections you want through
the online project schedule.   Amy Ansari can answer any questions you
might have - amy@wlrv.org



Looking forward to continuing a great season of

seeds with you all,



Jarret Roberts and Amy Ansari WRV, Erica Christensen BCPOS, Lynn
Riedel and Meagan Bowes City of Boulder

Dear Donald,



To Register for a seed collection event simply click on the date you
are interested in attending.

Seed Collection
     Date
 Time

6
 Wed, Aug 10
    130pm-730pm

7
 Sat, Aug 20
    100pm-500pm

8
  Sat, Sep 10
    930am-330pm

9
  Sat, Sep 17
    930am-330pm

10
  Sun, Sep 25
    930am-330pm

11
  Sat, Oct 01
    930am-330pm

12
  Sat, Oct 08
    930am-330pm

13
  Thu, Oct 13
    100pm-500pm

14
 Wed, Oct 19
    100pm-500pm

15
 Sun, Oct 23
    930am-330pm


 Any questions?  Please contact Amy Ansari at amy@wlrv.org or call
303-543-1411.