Stew­ard­ship

Snowy Owl

SCV Green is part­ner­ing with the Com­mu­nity Hik­ing Club in the fol­low­ing stew­ard­ship activities:

• Native Gar­den Maintenance
• Refor­esta­tion of the San Bernardino and the Ange­les National For­est (Tree Planting)
• Con­dor Micro-​trash Clean Ups
• Lit­ter Clean Ups and Removals
• Graf­fiti Removals
• Tamarisk Removals
• Trail Main­te­nance

To vol­un­teer or for more infor­ma­tion, visit the Com­mu­nity Hik­ing Club web­site, or email Dianne.

Refor­esta­tion

If you can­not par­tic­i­pate in these activ­i­ties as sched­uled, you can be a good stew­ard of your own land, even a tiny back yard. You can:

• Pick up after your pets, because your pet waste impacts water quality.
• Land­scape with Native Plant species to save water.
• Don’t plant non-​native inva­sive plants because they can spread into the native habitat.
• Use com­post and organic soil amend­ments to elim­i­nate the need for chemicals.
• Prac­tice water con­ser­va­tion at every oppor­tu­nity. Use less water from your tap, and use sources such as rain­wa­ter for water­ing your house plants!
• Wash your car on a per­me­able sur­face to pre­vent soap and hydro­car­bons from end­ing up in the storm drain.
• Elim­i­nate the use of pes­ti­cides because they can impact aquatic and non-​aquatic organ­isms as well as con­t­a­m­i­nate drink­ing water supplies.
• Keep sep­tic sys­tems oper­at­ing cor­rectly and inspected annu­ally to pre­vent them from con­t­a­m­i­nat­ing groundwater.
• Teach your chil­dren to be stew­ards of the land.