News
and Upcoming Events
American River Art Show:
Forever
Free
Interactions of the American River Canyons 
This month-long
celebration features interactive art events by more than twenty
visual, performing
and literary artists who are inspired by the American River
Canyons.
Guest Curator:
Stan Padilla
The Arts Building
Gallery
February 27-March 27, 2010
Gallery Hours
10:00 am-5:00 pm Tues-Fri
12:00-4:00 pm Saturday
Earth Week American
River Cleanup
Saturday April 17,
8am to 1pm
Join Protect American
River Canyons for our semi-annual clean-up of the American River
Canyons in the Auburn State Recreation Area, (ASRA). Participants
will meet at the curved bridge in the Confluence Area near the Highway
49 crossing of the American River, three miles south of Auburn.
Check in at the PARC
information booth in the Confluence Area to register and receive
your trash bags and snacks. Wear sturdy shoes. Bring gloves, water,
sunscreen and a lunch.
Get
a Map of the Clean-up Check-in Site
For more info contact
the ASRA State Parks office at 530-885-4527 or PARC at 530-885-8878,
or email parc@jps.net.
Free 19th Annual
Protect American River
Canyons American River Confluence Festival
Sunday June 13, 2010, 9 am - 4 pm
Keep it Wild, Keep it Scenic!
Place:
American River Overlook Park, Pacific Ave., Auburn
behind the Gold Country fairgrounds
New to the PARC web
site:
You can
now view, or download and print, the brochure "Codfish Creek
Falls Discovery Trail." This brochure, beautifully illustrated
by Colfax high school senior Heather Mehl under the guidance of
Eric Peach and California State Parks & Recreation, highlights
some of the plants, trees, and birds that can be seen along this
lovely trail which meanders along the North Fork of the American
River.
See
the brochure here
We now carry
the wonderful book "Wildflowers
of Nevada and Placer Counties, California" by our local Redbud
Chapter of the California Native Plant Society.
See more here
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