Mark your calendars for the fifth annual Santa Rosa Plateau Foundation Garden Tour to be held on April 26, 2008 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Stroll six stunning garden estates of La Cresta and surrounding areas in Murrieta while supporting the Third Grade Educational Program at the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve.

Tickets are $15 per person in advance and are available via PayPal or mail. Admission on the day of the event will be $20 per person. Please see the Santa Rosa Plateau Foundation Website for additional information www.srpf.org

You can support this exceptionally good cause while having a great day enjoying the beautiful gardens on display. There will be a shady picnic area so bring your lunch and remember to wear comfortable shoes, hats, sun screen, and bring lots of water. So make plans now to come and bring family and friends. Please no children under 10.

Proceeds from this fundraising event will be used to help pay for the third grade educational student trips to the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve. During these trips, which are available to all the neighboring school districts, 3rd graders go hiking on the trails through several different habitats with a docent explaining ecological concepts.

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Inquiries must be made in writing to the attention of:
Riverside County Regional Park & Open-Space District
4600 Crestmore Road
Riverside, CA 92509
Attention: Steve Lech
Fax (951) 955-4305
Email: slech@co.riverside.ca.us
A MANDATORY PRE-SUBMISSION MEETING SHALL BE HELD ON MARCH 26, 2008 at 1:30 P.M. AT THE SANTA ROSA PLATEAU VISITOR CENTER, 39400 CLINTON KEITH ROAD, MURRIETA, CA 92562

Please submit five (5) copies of your proposals no later than 3:00 P.M, APRIL 9, 2008. Proposals Are To Be Submitted to the riverside county regional park & open-space district at the address given above, not to the Santa Rosa Plateau visitor center, by delivery through a commercial carrier, by hand delivery or by certified mail.

Proposals sent by regular mail, fax or email will NOT be accepted. To view full text documents click here

Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve will be holding a Native Plant Sale at the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve Visitor Center.

Attract birds and butterflies, control erosion, and minimize watering by adding native plants to your landscaping! This is an excellent time to learn more about drought tolerant and “firewise” planting!! Proceeds from this sale will support the volunteer group, Team Stream, in their efforts to restore the watersheds and woodlands within the Reserve.

Address: 39400 Clinton Keith Road. Murrieta, CA 92562
(directions…exit off the I-15 freeway and go west on Clinton Keith Road for approximately 4 miles, the Visitor Center is on the left)

Saturday, March 22, 2008

8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

For additional information, please call Carole Bell at (951) 677-6951×223, or cbell@tnc.org

The Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve will host an evening of viewing a total lunar eclipse, stars and other celestial objects on February 20, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. All ages are welcome to attend the program at the Visitor Center at 39400 Clinton Keith Road, Murrieta.

A $1 per person donation is requested for the Reserve. For more information, see www.BrightStarsTemeculaValley.org or contact rhicks@co.riverside.ca.us.

The moon will be partially eclipsed from 5:43 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and totally eclipsed from 7:00 p.m. to 8:19 p.m. The Temecula Valley Astronomy Club will provide telescopes for night sky viewing and presentations on eclipses at 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The eclipse presentations will take place regardless of weather conditions.

Hosted by Trout Unlimited ,
Mission Resource Conservation District ,
and the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Resrve

Come join us to learn how to create a pond on your property that supports our native wildlife!

February 9, 2008 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

The Santa Rosa Plateau drains into the San Mateo Creek in the Cleveland National Forest.

* Introduced fish, such as the largemouth bass, can impact sensitive species such as the southern steelhead trout, California newts, two-striped Hammond’’s garter snake, and the pacific chorus frogs which are members of our community.

* Bull frogs, crayfish, and introduced fish are three species that can completely remove these native species from the pond.

* Learn how to create a pond on your property that will protect the surrounding environment!

Contact Information

Carole Bell
cbell@tnc.org

Bethany Principe
beth-principe@ca.nacdnet.org

That will all change — thanks to three volunteers who discovered the flowers are a new species, native only to the lava fields of the reserve. Docents at the Santa Rosa Ecological Plateau Reserve discovered a new flower they have called The Santa Rosa Basalt Brodiaea.

• What it is: A blue-purple lily-like flower that is 2 inches across. It fades away in the dry months.
• Where it is found: The flower only grows on basalt scattered throughout the reserve.
• When it blooms: In late May or early June if enough rain has fallen.
• How old: 5 million years old but discoverers expect it will disappear in the next 100,000 years.
• Source: Discoverers of the plant — Tom Chester, Wayne Armstrong and Kay Madore.

Read More on this discovry at the Press Enterprise

The 26.2 mile watershed of the Santa Margarita River provides habitat for plants and animals in San Diego and Riverside Counties. Since 1995, volunteers have prevented over 1300 tons of trash from polluting our creeks and cities and entering the Pacific Ocean.

Please join us!
Santa Margarita River
watershed clean -up

October 20, 2007
8:00 am to 12:00 noon

Report to one of the staging areas below to pick up trash bags and directions to your clean-up area. Wear old clothes, gloves, a hat, sunscreen and bring your enthusiasm!

*Santa Rosa Plateau 39400 Clinton Keith Road, Murrieta. (Some steep topography)

* City of Temecula/Santa Margarita River Ecological Reserve - Temecula Shell Station at 29115 Old Town Front Street, Temecula

Free barbecue for volunteers following the clean-up!
Beginning at 1:00 pm to 4:00pm at the Sylvan Meadows Parking Lot
1.5miles past the Santa Rosa Plateau Visitor Center on Clinton Keith Road.

For more information: Carole Bell, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve (951) 677-6951×223 or Angel Olivo, Riverside County Code Enforcement (951) 791-3604

(Community service hours are available)

The Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve will be hosting its annual training course for people interested in learning and sharing the Plateau’s unique history. Training sessions are designed to educate attendees in the natural and cultural resources of the Plateau, and to teach the professional techniques used to share this information with visitors.

Completing a majority of the nine week program will prepare volunteers for duties including program presentations, various clerical duties, staffing of the Reserve’s Visitor Center, and trail patrol.

Training sessions will begin Saturday October 13^th, at 9:30 am at the Reserve’s Visitor Center on Clinton Keith Road, four miles west of Interstate 15 near Murrieta.

For more information and to register, please call (951) 677-6951 ext. 224 or e-mail rhicks@co.riverside.ca.us

Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve will be holding a Native Plant Sale at the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve Visitor Center.

Attract birds and butterflies control erosion, and minimize watering by adding native plants to your landscaping! This is an excellent time to learn more about drought tolerant and “firewise” planting!! Proceeds from this sale will support the volunteer group, Team Stream, in their efforts to restore the watersheds and woodlands within the Reserve.

Address: 39400 Clinton Keith Road. Murrieta, CA 92562
(directions…exit off the I-15 freeway and go west on Clinton Keith Road for approximately 4 miles, the Visitor Center is on the left)

Saturday, November 10, 2007

8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

For additional information, please call Carole Bell at (951) 677-6951×223, or cbell@tnc.org