 Thanks
to generous grants from the Sierra Nevada Alliance, the Soroptimists
of Auburn, Arts Council of Placer County and Dan Luper's Big
O Tires PARC provided river-based environmental and art education
programs to area youth in exchange for assistance at PARC sponsored
events. Student volunteers donated time at the Confluence Festival
helping with canoe painting, mask making, raku clay firings
as well as festival set-up and take down. Students have also
been cleaning up trash along the river on an ongoing basis.
PARC provided river theme art projects, river guide training
paddling trips and canyon hikes for our "Youth Adventure"
volunteers. We collaborated with the Placer High School Art
Department and the Arts Council of Placer County to provide
eight free screenings of the movie "Rivers and Tides"
a profile of the phenomenal, environmental, sculptural art work
of artist Andy Goldsworthy.
Upcoming "projects" include water quality monitoring
on Bunch Creek and Codfish Creek on the North Fork.
Next "adventures" include a lower American River paddling
trip to experience the wonder of the fall, wild Chinook salmon
spawning run in the river. |
