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2023 Creek Week Land Stewardship Project in Pueblo, CO

The Creek Week Land Stewardship Project in Pueblo, CO, is a Fountain Creek Watershed District collaboration with the City of Pueblo Parks and Recreation and CSU Extension Service-Pueblo County.

The FCWD collaborated with community partners to remove invasive Siberian elms and Russian olives near the creek shore and distribute native seeds at Confluence Park.  Parks staff used heavy equipment to cut and chip a full truck load of branches, and Extension service staff and volunteers spread seed donated by Pawnee Butte Seed Company.  More invasive removal will occur in summer 2024 along the Pueblo bike trail that follows the Fountain Creek. 

For more information about noxious and invasive plants in Colorado click here or click these links to find out more about Siberian elm and Russian olive trees.

A newly reseeded area at Confluence Park in Pueblo, CO, marked with yellow caution tape.
Area in Confluence Park cleared and reseeded with native plants
Person trimming bushes and clearing brush from around a water monitoring station with a solar panel near a bridge in Pueblo, CO.
Trimming and removing brush around a water monitoring station on Fountain Creek
Two individuals trimming invasive Russian Olive trees near a steel bridge over a Fountain Creek.
Volunteers removing invasive Russian olive trees along Fountain Creek in Pueblo, CO
Four volunteers posing with a "Creek Week Cleanup" banner and cleanup tools in Confluence Park, Pueblo, CO.
Volunteers who helped with reseeding using native plants in Confluence Park
A wood chipping truck near a floodplain restoration project sign, with equipment and clear sky in Pueblo, CO.
Truck used to process downed invasive trees and brush into wood chips in Confluence Park
A newly reseeded area at Confluence Park in Pueblo, CO, marked with yellow caution tape.
Person trimming bushes and clearing brush from around a water monitoring station with a solar panel near a bridge in Pueblo, CO.
Two individuals trimming invasive Russian Olive trees near a steel bridge over a Fountain Creek.
Four volunteers posing with a "Creek Week Cleanup" banner and cleanup tools in Confluence Park, Pueblo, CO.
A wood chipping truck near a floodplain restoration project sign, with equipment and clear sky in Pueblo, CO.

For more information on this project, please contact the Watershed Outreach Coordinator-Pueblo Area, Fountain Creek Watershed Flood Control and Greenway District.