"To inspire wonder of nature nearby". This habitat restoration project is piloted by The City of Woodland, Tuleyome & Explorit.
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The Woodland Regional Park Preserve will soon welcome our community and visitors to our riparian nature park in Woodland, CA.
Public art alert! Installed at the trail entrance of the Woodland Regional Park Preserve, Susan Shelton’s detailed ceramic map illustrates a beautiful and comprehensive snapshot of the various plants, animals, ecosystems, and planned amenities at our nature park.
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Thank you, Susan, for the countless hours spent on this masterpiece that our community will cherish for years to come. 🍃🐝☀️
Sunrise after the storm 🌨
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📸 L. Anderson
At sunrise this morning, the City launched its partnership with the California Conservation Corps! The CCC will assist the City in its long range invasive plant management efforts at the Woodland Regional Park Preserve.
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The 12 person crew was led throughout the nature park by local plant experts and City staff to introduce them to the site and the tasks at hand. The crews spent their first day hand pulling stinkwort, a pressing task to complete before the invasive plant went to seed!
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The City looks forward to a fruitful and long term partnership with these conservation leaders 🌱💪🏽
6AM site meetings are the way to beat the heat! This morning, the City met with plant experts to strategize about invasive plant management at the WRPP. Hand pulling, dead heading, and other techniques will be applied to help keep our native plants happy.
Secure a lasting legacy with a commemorative bench at the Woodland Regional Park Preserve! 🦅🍃
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Honor a loved one, or memorialize an event with a $2,500 bench donation. This gift will include the procurement of a dedicated bench made from recycled plastic, installation along the nature trail, and a personalized engraved plaque. Donors will receive a receipt for their tax deductible donation.
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Contact Stephanie Burgos at the email listed in the image for more information!
Let’s talk about water! 💧
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Thanks to over $500,000 in funding from the Wildlife Conservation Board and California Waterfowl Association, the Park’s former borrow pit was regraded into a permanent AND seasonal wetland over the past couple of years.🚜
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In late 2021, we watched the first flows of water into the regraded wetland. The installation of the grant-funded well and pump help regulate water levels throughout the seasons, providing ample habitat for a variety of resident and migratory bird species, all year long.🐦
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📸 L. Anderson & S. Burgos
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Ever heard of Russian Knapw**d?
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We have partnered with Yolo County Resource Conservation District to reduce the spread of this highly invasive w**d that has the potential of displacing native vegetation and reducing the forage potential for wildlife. It is also very detrimental to agricultural crops, especially alfalfa hay, and our County Agricultural Commissioner supports this work.
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Experts from Yolo County RCD will tackle knapw**d eradication at the Park in mid-spring in an effort to stop new growth in its tracks and protect our Park’s biodiversity.
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📸 L. Anderson
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Please join us at the Dec 1 Virtual Meeting to learn more about the Woodland Regional Park Preserve!
👉To receive the meeting invite details, email [email protected]👈
https://www.dailydemocrat.com/2021/11/29/residents-invited-to-workshop-on-the-woodland-regional-park-preserve/
Tuleyome Explorit Science Center
Input from the meeting will help the city and its partners further develop plans for this new community park preserve.
Did you know that there is a new nature park in Woodland that will open to the public in 2022?
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Share your ideas and learn about the plans for the Woodland Regional Park Preserve and its planned Science & Nature Education Center at Wednesday’s Virtual Community Workshop – December 1 from 6:30 - 8:00 PM.
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Input from the meeting will help the City and its partners further develop the plans for this new community park preserve, which is currently being restored by the City and key partners including & .
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The Woodland Regional Park Preserve is on a 160 acre site, located just east of Road 102 and south of Road 25, near the Spring Lake development in Woodland.
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RSVP to receive the Zoom meeting invite details: [email protected].
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If you are interested in learning more, please contact
👉🏽Tuleyome: [email protected] or
👉🏾City of Woodland: [email protected]
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🌳Project information available at the City’s website: https://www.cityofwoodland.org/1314/Woodland-Regional-Park-Preserve
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Tonight at Downtown Woodland’s ✨FIRST FRIDAY✨support youth access to the outdoors at the Boot Bank! 🥾🍃
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Cruise on over to Tuleyome’s Boot Bank on Main Street between First and Second next to . Your lightly-used boot donations will go straight to kids that otherwise would not have the means to purchase hiking boots for outdoor recreational opportunities.
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Here’s a hawkward fact: Have you ever heard a bald eagle in a movie? Chances are that it was dubbed over with a red-tailed hawk’s piercing call. Looks like our red-tailed raptor friends have been helping bald eagles rack up cool points in Hollywood🦅🎬😎
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Listen to both bird calls here: https://youtu.be/CEmYEQ78zS0
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📸 Red-tailed hawk’s morning stretch at the WRPP by L. Anderson
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Whoever did the rain dance this weekend deserves a gold medal! 🏅
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We can’t wait to see birds and other wildlife enjoy this water source after over a year with minimal rain 🌧 🦅
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📸 L. Anderson
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Join us in the conversation about the future of our nature park & preserve at tomorrow’s virtual community meeting! 🌳🦅
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👉🏽 Register for the Tuleyome hosted event here: http://www.tuleyome.org/events/5162/
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The ✨ STARGAZING ✨ event at the Park Preserve was a success! 🌙🔭
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Hosted by our project partner Tuleyome, this event welcomed 19 community members who observed the moon, Venus, Jupiter (and 3 moons), as well as Saturn and its rings!
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In addition to the telescopes, the astronomer connected a laptop to a camera for “socially distances stargazing”. 💻
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Thank you Tuleyome for hosting this awesome event at our Park Preserve!
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📸 Nate Lillge, Tuleyome
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City of Woodland
Experience the Park Preserve in a unique way at this Tuleyome-hosted stargazing event! 🌙 🔭
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Telescopes will be available for up-close views of the moon, galaxies, stars, and more! 💫 🌟
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Get ready to ask your astronomy questions to the event lead. 🤓 All ages are welcome.
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👉🏽REGISTER HERE: http://www.tuleyome.org/events/star-gazing-at-woodland-regional-park-2/ 👈🏾
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Tuleyome City of Woodland
After yesterday’s rain 🌈
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📸 J. Segar
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Just a coyote doing his business 🐺
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🎥 Tuleyome
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Wildlife at the Park! 🐺
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Over the holidays, game cameras were installed for citizen science projects, allowing our community to experience the Park virtually 🤓
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City of Woodland
Register now to participate in the City Hall pollinator and water wise planting day! 👉🏽 https://bit.ly/3jiugUW
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Help the City of Woodland transform City Hall’s front yard to a pollinator friendly and water wise garden! Under the leadership of UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden experts, volunteers can expect to:
👉🏿 Practice planting techniques
👉🏾 Learn how and why sheet mulching is a beneficial way to prep a landscape for gardening
👉🏽 Get up close and personal with a variety of native, pollinator friendly, and water wise plants
👉🏼 Learn about the City of Woodland’s commitment as a
👉🏻 Meet knowledgeable UC Davis arboretum stuff and other volunteers in a socially distanced outdoor activity
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Basic info:
🌱 When: Friday February 12th from 9am to 12pm
🌱 Where: Woodland’s City Hall front yard, 300 1st Street
🌱 Volunteer spots available: 3 households with a maximum of 6 participants. Must be over 18 yrs old to participate
🌱 Dress code: Warm and comfortable clothing suitable for gardening; sun protection; face covering; gardening gloves
🌱 Registration: Register at the link in our bio. As space is limited, registration will be on a first-come-first served basis and all others will be placed on a waiting list.
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**COVID safety & general waiver: Face coverings and social distancing will be required to keep all volunteers safe throughout the duration of the workshop. Participants must be willing to sign 1) a City form indicating that they are covid symptom free and 2) the City’s general waiver. Extra PPE and a sanitation station will be available to volunteers.**
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Have you spotted any Tricolored Blackbirds in Woodland recently? 🙋🏼♀️🙋🏻🙋🏽♂️ We have!!
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Although this threatened species’ population has declined by more than 80% in the past 70 years, the Tricolored Blackbird has traditionally nested nearby the each summer after migrating into the area for the season. As the park continues ongoing restoration, we hope that they are finding the WRP hospitable! 🐦🌳☀️
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Head over to Tuleyome’s profile to sign up for their Zoom talk on these remarkable birds to learn about their history, habitat, how to tell them apart from their red-winged blackbird relative, what we can do to help this rare bird thrive in Yolo County, and more!
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Event details 👉🏽 Register with for the May 28 @ 7pm Zoom talk.
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Looking forward to more weekend nature exploration at 🌳☀️
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Sign up for another Tuleyome-hosted Wildflower tour on Zoom, this time at Tuleyome's Silver Spur Ranch!
👉 http://tuleyome.org/events/silver-spur-wildflowers-virtual-tour/
End the Week of Giving by with a FREE virtual wildflower tour on Friday (May 8) and 9 am. Participants will enjoy wildflowers from Tuleyome's Silver Spur Ranch via Zoom! Details here: http://ow.ly/c31d50zwDXz
Tuleyome - look how green our Park was! 😍 Photo taken last winter during a guided tour led by Tuleyome Board Member, Lars Anderson 🌳⛅️ Can’t wait to hold more tours like this in the future👌🏽
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Tuleyome is partnering with City Of Woodland to create the ! We want to open more to protect, restore, and enjoy the natural landscape.
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Donating on and will help us make this possible.
https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/tuleyome
Nothing beats a great view 🙌🏽
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Next step - M U L C H !
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What is the utility of mulch?
👉🏽 erosion control
👉🏽 invasive plant species control
👉🏽 moisture-locking for soils (especially useful during our hot Yolo County summers)
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Can you think of any other reasons to opt for mulch?
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Fun fact: this mulch has been generated from various ongoing landscaping projects that our City crews carry out - and now will be repurposed at our Park🍂🍃
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Tuleyome Explorit Science Center California Waterfowl California State Parks
Happy Friday! Did anyone see the sunrise this morning? 🌅
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Neither did we, but here is a sunrise shot of the back in Feb 2019 that you can enjoy instead! 😬✌🏽
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📸 Lars Anderson
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Tuleyome Explorit Science Center California Waterfowl
That’s a wrap! 🎬 With the completion of this land bridge, our ADA-accessible path is now finished👌🏽
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Can’t wait to see our community go for a stroll or jog on this path in the near future!
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Tuleyome Explorit Science Center California Waterfowl City of Woodland
Drake or Hen? Wonderful educational video for children made by our partners California Waterfowl 🤓
Let's keep our kids engaged in nature even during shelter-in-place!🏡
We were thrilled to have welcomed over 65 enthusiastic community members to our first Woodland Regional Park public informational event! Stay tuned to find out more information about our exciting volunteer opportunities, including native tree planting and leading nature excursions! 🌳☀️
The Woodland Regional Park is a collaborative effort between City of Woodland and our wonderful leading partners Tuleyome & Explorit Science Center, along with support from California Waterfowl, Yolo County Resource Conservation District, California State Parks, Wildlife Conservation Board, Yolo Community Foundation, Conaway Ranch, Yolo Audubon Society, Woodland Joint Unified School District, Yolo County Office of Education!
Thank you The Woodland Daily Democrat for covering this event💪
Volunteers sought for Woodland’s new Regional Park
Red tailed hawk at the Woodland Regional Park
Road 102 & 25a
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Can you identify all of the plants, animals, and ecosystems that we have at the Woodland Regional Park Preserve? Local artist, Susan Shelton, captured our Park Preserve’s treasures through this impressive ceramic map, installed on our kiosk for all future Park visitors to enjoy.
One of our volunteers, Teri, has been logging and tracking native and invasive plants at the WRPP for over a year. This tracking has also been helpful to pinpoint occasional debris (usually from retired fence lines) for safe disposal. Thanks to volunteers like Teri, we are making our nature park a better place for its inhabitants! 🦅 🍃🐝🌿🦇 **This is not an endorsement for the app mentioned in the video**
Just a coyote doing his business 🐺 • 🎥 Tuleyome • • • #nightcam #gamecamera #gamecam #woodlandregionalpark #nature #natureescape #coyote #woodlandca #yolocounty #visityolo
Wildlife at the Park! 🐺 • Over the holidays, game cameras were installed for citizen science projects, allowing our community to experience the Park virtually 🤓 • 🎥 Tuleyome • • #WoodlandRegionalPark #Wildlife #GameCamera #Explore #Nature #WoodlandCa #YoloCounty City of Woodland
Next step - M U L C H ! • What is the utility of mulch? 👉🏽 erosion control 👉🏽 invasive plant species control 👉🏽 moisture-locking for soils (especially useful during our hot Yolo County summers) • Can you think of any other reasons to opt for mulch? • Fun fact: this mulch has been generated from various ongoing landscaping projects that our City crews carry out - and now will be repurposed at our Park🍂🍃 #thinklocal • • • #WoodlandRegionalPark #comingsoon #mulch #erosion #construction #restoration #inprogress #teamwork #riparian #habitat #naturepark #WooldandCa #YoloCounty Tuleyome Explorit Science Center California Waterfowl California State Parks
Canada geese and friends singing away this sunny Sunday at the Woodland Regional Park 🌳☀️🐦 • • • #WoodlandRegionalPark #openingsoon #natureescape #naturepark #wildlife #waterfowl #birdssounds #canadageese #woodlandca #yolocounty
Our 1st virtual WILDFLOWER tour hosted by Tuleyome was a success with over 80 participants! • Check out this quick recap of a few of the wildflowers in full bloom at the Woodland Regional Park that participants saw during the live tour! Can you identify any of them? 🤓🌼 • Stay tuned for registration info for the next virtual tour of the WRP! 🧑🏾💻👩🏻💻 • • • #WoodlandRegionalPark #nativeplants #nativeflowers #wildflower #tour #virtualtour #registersoon #yolocounty Visit Yolo VisitWoodland
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