Recent Posts
- Enjoy pollinators in your garden, Avoid Neonics September 22, 2021
- Creek Week 2021 – Ways to Get Involved with Protecting Our Creeks September 1, 2021
- Safe Medicine Disposal Program Update August 1, 2021
- Recycling Your Used Motor Oil and Filters Helps Our Watershed! July 1, 2021
- Eight Water Conservation Tips and Tricks June 1, 2021
- Keep Our Cars and Our River Clean May 1, 2021
- Earth Day 2021 – List of Events April 1, 2021
- D.I.Y. pesticides…. Are they safe? April 1, 2021
- Save Water As If Your Life Depends On It March 1, 2021
- Too Much Fertilizer February 1, 2021
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Enjoy pollinators in your garden, Avoid Neonics
/in Environmental Columns /by SabrinaNeonics is a common pesticide that is harmful to bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. So, what are neonicotinoids? Neonicotinoids (neonics for short) are one of the most commonly used pesticides for gardens. They are effective against harmful pests, easily applied and relatively safe for humans. However, what you may not know is that they are […]
Creek Week 2021 – Ways to Get Involved with Protecting Our Creeks
/in Environmental Columns /by SabrinaSeptember marks several dedicated efforts throughout California that signify the importance of clean water and promote cleanups of local waterways. Pollution Prevention Week, Creek Week, and California’s Coastal Cleanup Day all coincide in the third week of September to encourage public participation in keeping our water free of harmful pollutants, with a primary focus on […]
Safe Medicine Disposal Program Update
/in Environmental Columns /by SabrinaHow do you dispose of your old prescription and over the counter medicines? Not only are there environmental concerns associated with throwing medicine in the trash and flushing them down the toilet, letting them accumulate at home creates opportunities for those medicines to get into the wrong hands. For these reasons, the Russian River Watershed […]
Recycling Your Used Motor Oil and Filters Helps Our Watershed!
/in Environmental Columns /by SabrinaThe Spring and Summer seasons bring us a display of colors and beautiful landscapes. Similarly, these months of hot weather invite us to make improvements in the house, to work in the garden, or in the case of many Do-It-Yourself Oil Changers and auto enthusiast, this is the perfect time to change the oil and […]
Eight Water Conservation Tips and Tricks
/in Environmental Columns /by SabrinaOn average, each Californian uses about 85 gallons of water every day, but it depends on the season. In winter months, it’s as low as 60 gallons per day and in summer months, it’s as high as 110 gallons per day. That’s between 12 and 22 of those 5‑gallon water cooler jugs, every day for […]
Keep Our Cars and Our River Clean
/in Environmental Columns /by SabrinaClean Car, Dirty Creek Common sense tells us that you can’t get something clean without getting something else dirty. Depending on how you wash your car, you may be trading a clean car for a dirty creek. The dirt, oil and grease that flows off your fresh clean car often flows into the street, storm […]