Creve Coeur Lake Honeysuckle Hack

2350 Creve Coeur Mill Road,Maryland Heights MO 63043

20 November, 2021

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Join us for a honeysuckle hack at Creve Coeur Soccer Park Join us for a volunteer workday to remove honeysuckle between the Soccer Park and Creve Coeur Lake on Saturday, November 20. This workday is part of the Community Stewardship Alliance program, a collaborative partnership to provide focused, trained, volunteer leadership to restore and maintain the natural areas within our county parks. Learn more about the Community Stewardship Alliance program here: http://openspacestl.org/programs/the-community-stewardship-alliance/ Check-in and registration is at 8:45a.m. Volunteers should park and meet at the Soccer Field parking lot at 2350 Creve Coeur Mill Rd., Maryland Heights, MO 63043. Please come dressed for the weather. Please bring your own filled water bottle to the event. Work gloves and tools will be provided. Restrooms are the the Soccer Park. In case of inclement weather, the event will be rescheduled for Saturday, December 4th. COVID-19 precautions: To protect their own health and the health of the people around them, the CDC continues to advise those who are not fully vaccinated to wear a face-covering when social distancing is not possible. Those who are fully vaccinated, meaning that they have received all necessary doses and waited two weeks, may participate in activities without wearing masks or physically distancing themselves. Participants will receive their own pair of gloves and tools will be provided by the Open Space Council. Special thanks to our partners Forest ReLeaf, Great Rivers Greenway District, Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri Master Naturalists Great Rivers Chapter, the Robert J. Trulaske, Jr. Family Foundation, St. Louis Audubon Society, St. Louis County Parks, the St. Louis County Parks Foundation, and Open Space Council members for their support! Have questions on the day of the event? Call the Open Space Council at 314-835-9225. The Open Space Council for the St. Louis Region is a nonprofit organization committed to conserving, protecting and sustaining land and water resources  throughout the area, and is dedicated to ensuring their responsible and ethical use.  As stewards of nature, we work to maintain the integrity of land and waterways for practical purposes, recreation and their natural beauty, to be enjoyed now and for generations to come.