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 The
Chino Hills State Park Interpretive Association (CHSPIA) was the
fiscal agent for Chino Hills State Park and its Earth Day event.
We expected 227 individuals that had registered in advance through the
California State Parks Foundation and we had over 430 attend. It
was the biggest Earth Day event at the Park so far! We had kids
of all ages, families, friends and employees from sponsoring
organizations.
The Activities
The November 2008 Freeway Complex fire destroyed 95% of the Park's
14,000 acres.
This Earth Day was focused on helping to heal the Park from the fire
damages. Participants focused on three activities: creating seed
balls, walnut propagation, native vegetation planting and fence
repair. By way of background, seed balls are native plant seeds mixed
with mud that are allowed to dry. In the fall, the seed balls are
thrown onto the hillsides and in the first rain the mud dissolves
around the seeds and the plant begins to grow.
Event Sponsors:
Thank you to the businesses that made this event possible: State
Brothers, Coca Cola, the California State Parks Foundation, and Earth
Grain. |
