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EcoTexas Zilker Preserve Workday3/27/10Come out with EcoTexas and help remove various invasive species, including Nandina, Japanese Privet, and Chinaberry among other species. Once the species are removed using the respective removal methods, the City of Austin will help with planting native species to restore Zilker to its natural state!Want to continue the battle against invasive species around Central Texas? Visit www.ecotx.org and look for Upcoming Events.Date: Sat, March 27th Time: 8:30am-11amLocation: Zilker Preserve - We will meet in the parking lot near the Nature Center Preserve, which is located underneath the Mopac overpass across from 301 Nature Center Drive, Austin, 78746Contact: If you would like to attend, please RSVP to getinvolved@ecotx.org so that EcoTexas can update you about special circumstances. 

Sow Seeds Along Onion Creek3/27/2010 Spring has sprung and now is the time to get out and enjoy it! The Water Quality Protection Lands have several volunteer opportunities coming up in the next few weeks and they’re looking for some folks to help out! You can find many of these opportunities on the calendar of their website (http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/water/wildland/onlineregistration/ecowebevents.cfm ), in addition to guided hikes and lectures that may also interest you. Each of these events requires participants to carry about 10 pounds of grass seeds and/or a rake over rough terrain. Long pants and good walking shoes are required.  Seeds, buckets, rakes and all other equipment will be provided.   Date: Sat, March 27 Time: 9am-noonLocation: Hoskin’s Hole on Onion Creek, directions will be sent when you registerRegister: marty.wise@ci.austin.tx.us or 512-972-1682 

Downtown Austin Farmers’ Market – Zero Waste InitiativeEvery Saturday and Wednesday Like landfills? If that’s a big no, come be a part of a momentous zero-waste project at two fun-filled Austin Farmers’ Market (AFM) locations. Help assist customers with recycling, compost, and landfill material and help the market achieve its zero-waste goal! Date and Time:  Six volunteers needed every Saturday at the downtown AFM (3 volunteers 9am-11am and 3 from 11am-1pm) and 4 volunteers needed every Wednesday at the Triangle AFM (2 volunteers from 3pm-5pm and 2 more from 5pm-7pm).Location: Downtown Austin Farmers’ Market 4th & Guadalupe (78701) and the Triangle Austin Farmers Market 45th and Lamar (78798)  Contact Rebecca Saltsman below for detailsContact: Rebecca Saltsman email: debi@sustainablefoodcenter.ccsend.com.   Let Rebecca know which shift you'd like and how many times a month you can participate. 

Caraway Elementary Schoolyard Habitat Project 3/27/10 Caraway Elementary, near 183 and Oak Knoll (a little north of the Arboretum), is installing a new Outdoor Wildlife Lab, a butterfly-hummingbird garden.  Volunteers are welcome and will be doing a little digging to even out the path and prep the soil at the base of raised beds, but most of the work will involve easier tasks -- moving soil into the raised beds, spreading decomposed granite in the pathways, planting perennials and shrubs, watering, adding mulch, and then sitting back to admire a job well done! The stonework is already installed – now just wait for nature to do her work!  Date: Sat, March 27th Time: 2pm-4pmLocation: Caraway Elementary, 11104 Oak View Drive, 78759Contact:  Meredith O’Reilly, Habitat Steward and Team Leader, meredith@greatstems.com