Slaughter Creek Trail Grand Opening

You're invited to the Grand Opening Ceremony of
Slaughter Creek Trail (On City Water utility Water Quality Protection Land)

Slaughter Creek Trail - built and maintained by
Austin Ridge Riders www.austinridgeriders.com

When: February 05, 2010 at 1:00 PM -to- 1:30 PM
Where: Slaughter Creek Trail 9901 FM 1826
Details and Map: http://www.austinparks.org/apfweb/park.php?parkId=333
Take Hwy 290 West, then south on 1826, just across Slaughter Creek, left
on Fleenor Drive, parking is on left where road bends to right.

RSVP to: Austin Water Public Affairs Office
jill.mayfield@ci.austin.tx.us

Volunteer Work Day Schedule

Mark your calendar!
Project leader George Innis has scheduled work days at the Bull Creek Greenbelt trail February 13, March 13, April 10, and May 15. The work will be from 9 AM - 12 Noon. Each outing will concentrate on some combination of trash removal (inside the park and along the road, including 360), vegetation management (removal of exotics like ligustrum, nandina, chinaberry and Chinese tallow and thinning cedar), wire removal and trail maintenance (moving vegetation back from trails, creek crossing repair, and erosion control).
The meeting spot is at 5304 Old Spicewood Springs Rd Austin, TX 78731
The Google map location is http://tinyurl.com/prtkut
Let us know that you plan to come help by emailing a few days ahead of each date to: bullcreekvolunteers@gmail.com

Web Surf and then Visit Great Hills Park

Great Hills Park is one of NW Austin's best neighborhood parks
http://www.greathillspark.org
Created by the idea and hard work of Marie Laing, who also help co-author the City's Adopt A Park Program and a cadre of committed stakeholders, this is a magnificent park.
It has native landscaping, a trail, play scape, pavilion, picnic tables and two chimney swift towers.
There is a wonderful picture page "plants of Great Hills Park" page at
http://www.greathillspark.org/plantphotos/
Check it out!

Check Out EcoTexas

Take a look at http://www.ecotx.org
Lots of good information there on native plants and invasive species.

We Need Your Help

We Need Your Help
We are looking for individuals, families, companies, groups to "adopt" a part of our parks and trails.
Each volunteer group will help to patrol, detrash, improve and maintain the parks and trails with a little of their time, which can be planned events or on your own when you have time.
We already have one adopting group, employees of Brown and Caldwell have adopted 1/4 mile of the Bull Creek trail on the west side of 360, going south from the low water crossing.
Areas needing adoption are:
1. the District Park (leash free doggie park) on Lakewood Drive,
2. the trail from there to 360 and Lakewood Dr.,
3. the trail on the west side of 360 north from Lakewood Dr.,
4. the trail on the east side of 360 to Spicewood Springs Road,
5. the new Smith Memorial trail west of 360,
6. St. Edward's Park and trail, about 2.5 miles west of 360,
7. St. Edward's mountain bike trail,
8. St. Edward's 1 mile trail going north from the park.
9. NW Balcones Park and Trail
10. Mountainview Park and Trail
Please sign up and become a part of an adoption team!
Send an email to bullcreekvolunteers at gmail dot com
and let us know which of these you would like to help take care of with a little of your time now and then.
We will help those who volunteer to connect with each other and plan their activities, and provide tools as needed.
Make helping Bull Creek your 2008 resolution!
Skip Cameron, President

Trail now open daily!

The Bull Creek Water Quality Protection Lands (WQPL) Trail, aka the Matthew and Hazeltine Smith Trail, is now open daily for your hiking, running and biking pleasure. Please be aware that our special agreement between the City of Austin and the Bull Creek Foundation prohibits dogs, fishing, swimming or picnicing. We apologize in advance for these prohibitions, but all of these activities are allowed on the Bull Creek Greenbelt, a 3.5 mile trail, just a short walk away. (We maintain both trails.)

Please remember too that the trail was built and is being maintained by volunteers from the Bull Creek Foundation so please let us know if you see something that either needs to be improved or corrected.

Map to Bull Creek WQPL Trail:
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Thank you!

Photos from Grand Opening of Trail - 11.09.07