The other day I wrote a post about establishing your Stomping Ground on the public lands nearest to your home. Today's post is about supporting your Stomping Ground.
If you didn't read the post, here's the gist. Your "Stomping Ground", from a Trailmix.Net prospective, is your home turf. It's the place that is most accessible. It's the dependable standby. The place that you go to get the kids on the trail when they have cabin fever and there isn't time for an elaborate plan. It's quick, it's convenient, and it has enough space and activities to keep little (and big) explorers engaged for hours on end.
We consider the American River Parkway in Sacramento our stomping ground. A short distance from home, we can always find something new in this 23 mile chain of trails and interconnected parks bordering the American River. It's a gem and in our opinion, the coolest thing about living in Sacramento.
As we walked along the trail on Sunday, I started to think about how many memories we had created as a family walking, biking, and geocaching along this trail. As far as the American River Parkway goes, we have taken much, much more from it than we have ever given.
Soooo.... After a quick online search for organizations that support the American River Parkway, we are now proud members of the American River Natural History Association. The ARNHA is a nonprofit organization started in 1981 to support educational and interpretive activities in the American River Parkway.
I share this thought not to brag, but rather to persuade others to do the same. Identify your stomping ground, find the group that keeps it clean, organizes the volunteers, and builds exhibits to educate the children, and support them in some way. Perhaps (as in our case) it's just a basic membership and subscription to their newsletter, I can tell you from experience with other non-profits that every little bit helps.
If this post compels you to support your stomping ground, please leave a comment below. It would be cool to create a little momentum of giving..... Of course, if you have the bug but can't think of a cause to support, please feel free to donate to one of ours.
Related Links:
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Guest Commentary: Parkway Plan Update | The Rancho Cordova Post - When I learned—during a term as president of the American River Natural History Association in 2001—that the Parkway Plan had not been updated since then, I was very concerned, as it was obvious that many of the issues troubling me ...
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2008 Sacramento Salmon Festival - We arrived at the Nimbus Fish Hatchery at 3:45 PM on Sunday at closing time and talked briefly with a member of the American River Natural History Association (ARNHA). Their newsletter contains an article on the plight of the salmon, ...
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one parkway portal - ... increasing the difficulty of the public to ascertain what is going on, where, and when. here are some of the several portals. sacramento county parks american river parkway foundation american river natural history association ...
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valley nisenan (maidu) educator's guide - it was created by the effie yeaw nature center and the american river natural history association in 1988, and the version i have was from a 2002 revision. main sections of the book include:. a 32-page teacher information section ...