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Watershed
Coalition Meetings (open to the public): The
Wasilla SWCD, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, hosts Watershed
Coalition meetings one or two times per year. These meetings are open to
the public and are a forum for discussing water-related issues in the greater
Wasilla District. We also receive input from the community on our
District’s priorities and direction. We have had two public meetings to
date ( Our next meeting is not yet scheduled but will likely be held sometime during spring 2007. We will post the date here when it is known. Cottonwood Creek Spring Cleanup!:
Our annual Cottonwood Creek Cleanup took place on May 3rd in conjunction with the city-wide Spring '08 clean up efforts. We concentrated on the area right around the Parks Hwy but we had some extra volunteers spread along the banks of the whole Creek. With Borough donated supplies and some dedicated volunteers, we were able to collect over 75 bags of garbage. Thanks go out to all that helped clean up Cottonwood Creek!
About our watershed: The
political boundaries of the Wasilla SWCD includes drainages of the Little
Susitna River, Meadow Creek, Fish Creek, Lucille Creek, Crocker Creek,
O’brien Creek, Cottonwood Creek,
Wasilla Creek, and other smaller creeks. We are currently conducting water
quality monitoring on the Little Su, Fish Creek, O’Brien Creek, Cottonwood
Creek, Wasilla Creek, as well as two creeks within the
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