Youth for Environmental Action
By Amber Trotter
Youth for Environmental Action is a group working out of the MEC which encourages teens to get involved in environmental and social issues. Our current project is stream restoration and we've put on a Tree Planting and a River Clean-Up event in the last months. We planted Willow, Ponderosa Pine, Big Leaf Maple, and Doug Fir along the Russian River and a tributary creek in Redwood Valley. All are healthy and growing strong. We also collected several pick-up trucks worth of trash from a segment of the Russian River through Redwood Valley and Calpella. It was hard work, but we enjoyed splashing around in the water! This month we will run 12 hours overnight in the first annual Relay For Life, benefiting the American Cancer Society. And we've been investigating the use of pesticides in California Schools, and are working on reducing the amount used by Ukiah Unified School District. Anyone interested can call Amber at home, 485-5528, or at the MEC, 468-1660.
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