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Everyone is invited to an All-Church Service Project at Eagle Creek Restoration, Saturday, May 3, From 8:30 am - 12:30 pm. Join a community wide service project - -restoring oak savanna plant communities along the river bank in Savage. We can take up to 25 volunteers for this event to plant oak seedlings and remove invasive shrub species. Pack a picnic lunch to eat at a nearby park after the event. School age children are welcome to attend with adult volunteers. Please register for this event by emailing Jeremy Olson at cho_jno@msn.com. A map and directions will be provided upon registration.

Eagle Creek is one of the few remaining trout streams in the Twin Cities metro area. The three mile creek flows from springs at the base of the Minnesota River bluffs. Though the surrounding site has been degraded by agricultural use, it still contains a wide variety of rare natural features such as kittentails, boiling springs, and wet meadow and dry prairie communities. Eagle Creek also provides wildlife habitat to gopher snakes, the plains pocket mouse, and the American brook lamprey. We need your help as we continue to restore oak savanna plant communities along the streambank. Volunteers will plant oak seedlings and remove invasive shrub species like buckthorn. The project site is located in the Eagle Creek Business Park, which is within the Eagle Creek Aquatic Management Area in Savage. Project partners include the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Fisheries, REI, Patagonia, Friends of the Minnesota River, City of Savage, Twin Cities Chapter of Trout Unlimited, and the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR).

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