We are excited to share that the Jordan River Commission, along with its partners, has just received two new grants to improve the Jordan River Parkway.
Puncturevine (A.K.A. goatheads)
The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food’s Invasive Species Management grant program is providing $12,440 for goathead weed removal along the trail. These nasty plants are notorious for puncturing bicycle tires and are a public nuisance along the trail system. Each plan can produce up to 2,000 seeds, and the seeds can renin viable in the soil for seven years. It’s easy to understand how they can quickly take over an area if they are not controlled. This grant will extend an existing two-year project focused on controlling the weed through biological control and volunteer efforts.
Lower Jordan River Restoration and Education
The Jordan River Commission is thrilled to be partnering with the Center for Documentary Expression and Art and Intermountain Aquatics on a project funded by Willard Bay Mitigation Funds through the Division of Water Quality. The grant provides $138,000 for a series of large clean-up and restoration projects along the Lower Jordan River, as well as extending funding for CDEA’s Jordan River-focused school residency program. Together we’ll be engaging 60 high school students and hundreds of community volunteers as we pull invasive weeds, plant hundreds of new native trees and shrubs, and remove trash from the river corridor.
Save the dates for the first two volunteer projects happening under this grant. More details coming soon.
- Saturday September 20, 2014
- Saturday September 27, 2014
