Category Archives: Events

This post is a reprint from KXTV’s community blogger page.

American River

The Great American River Clean Up, sponsored by American River Parkway Foundation, is again underway Saturday, September 17, (9am-12pm).

Our love for the American River inspired last year, alone, 2028 volunteers with 11,381 pounds of trash collected and 7,004 pounds of recyclables over the course of 47 miles of riverbanks as they were cleaned!  And, this was accomplished in a short three hours.

Our beloved American River is the muse inspiring the photographer, the writer, the painter… trails for bikers, runners, joggers and walkers provide great exercise; horse trails…a haven of safety for the equestrian, and just plain family fun playing volleyball, croquet, or horseshoes is but another highlight we enjoy.

Sacramento communities rise to the occasion for each other as so many nonprofit organizations can attest.   We are not afraid to roll up our sleeves, physically, emotionally and when we can, monetarily to show the pride we feel for living in the beautiful Capitol of California.

As a ‘Thank You American River’ for fulfilling our summer days and evenings, creating memories of moments spent with you enriching our lives, it’s now our turn to give back to you.

All folks have to do to register is fill out the online registration form—super easy!

http://arpf.org/garcu.shtml

Budding Entomologists

Here is a letter from our neighbors in Midtown (Friends of the River Banks). Check out their website.

Dear Friends:

More than 40 people came to pursue dragonflies at Sutter’s Landing on Saturday. The dragonflies largely stayed away, except those on the barbed wire by the mound, but damselflies and cabbage white butterflies were abundant down by the river. There were several budding entomologists in the group who made spectacular catches. Although the dragonflies were busy elsewhere, Greg had lots of stories and information about those we saw and other insects (including the Sesiid moths that look like wasps and hang around his pheromone-soaked plastic). Greg’s final summary of the day is below. Thanks to all the kids and adults who worked those nets, and thanks, especially, to Greg Kareofelas for sharing his time and expertise on a beautiful day.

Regards, Laurie Litman

Young scientist

P.S. The Pentax Papilio are excellent binoculars made for focusing on butterflies and insects (re Greg).

P.P.S. Next month we will have two events: Yoga by the River on Sept 10, and the Great American River Cleanup on Sept 17. See you then.

Sympetrum-corruptum

Greg’s Summary:

Here is what I saw today during the event:

Butterflies: Tiger swallowtail, Buckeyes, Cabbage Whites (what all the kids were catching) and Pyrgus communis (the small gray skippers).

Dragonflies: Green Darner, Blue Darner, Variegated Meadow Hawk, Spot Winged Glider, Black Saddlebags

Damselflies: Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civilie) This is the damselfly all the kids were catching or at least the one that Ella gave me to ID for her.

Of course, we saw the one moth. Its name is Sesia tibialis, Hodge number: 2543.

Cheers,

Greg