Chico Clean Creeks 2009 Calendar
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1 Chico Clean Creeks 2009 Calendar
2 Big Chico Creek Stream Team volunteers conducting macroinvertebrate surveys. Aquatic insect surveys are a very useful technique for tracking the health of Big Chico Creek. They live in the waterway for up to 3 years and are dependent on good water quality for their survival. The diversity of their populations forms a baseline of information used to track changes within the creek system over time. If their populations are healthy then so is the creek! Photo credits Cover by: Dennis Leser (Big Chico Creek) Inside flap by: Leah Strishak (Big Chico Creek) Stream Team photos provided by Timmarie Hammil
3 The Bidwell Park Volunteer Program falls under the auspice of the City of Chico s Park Division. Volunteer activities focus on weed management, restoration with native plants, litter removal, trail repair and maintenance and some specialized construction projects. Volunteer Thursdays is a regular weekly program at various Bidwell Park locations and runs throughout the year. Two trail seasons, 10 weeks in length, are conducted in both the Fall and Spring. For more information on these opportunities or to schedule a special one time project or activity, contact the volunteer coordinator at Picnic site adoptions are also available. Watch for the following dates/events in 2009: Earth Day in Bidwell Park on April 25, :00 am to 1:00 pm. Bidwell Park Volunteer Day on November 14, :00 am to 1:00 pm. Contact volunteer coordinator for activities and locations at (530) The Clean Creeks in the Classroom Program is funded by the City of Chico. The curriculum is targeted to public school third-grade students. They participate in watershed model demonstrations, and other educational activities, which instill awareness of Best Management Practices to use at home, for the prevention of runoff pollution through our gutters and storm drains. Clean Creeks in the Classroom partners with the Kids & Creeks program to provide education on runoff pollution prevention through the protection of our creeks riparian zones. Students get to enjoy a field trip to the park, and learn all about the riparian habitat. Clean Creeks in the Classroom partners with the Big Chico Creek Watershed Alliance Citizen Monitoring Program to provide stream assessment education and hands-on activities, to instill greater knowledge of the impacts that runoff pollution can have on our local creeks and watershed. Clean Creeks Classroom Curriculum: Classroom visit and watershed model interactive demonstration. Field trip to Bidwell Park, or outdoor stations on school site. Follow-up classroom visit. Community Showcase event. Family Involvement.
4 January 2009 Top photo by Larry Leigh (Butte Creek) Thumbnail by Zora Thomas (ice formations on Lindo Channel)
5 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday New Year s Day Martin Luther King Jr. Day Reduce Stormwater Runoff *City Holiday Disconnect your downspouts and/or direct runoff onto the lawn, plant beds or containment areas where rain will soak into the soil rather than run off the yard. Use mulch, bricks, flagstone, gravel, or other porous surfaces for walkways, patios and drives. Collect and store rain runoff from your roof in a rain barrel or cistern. Plant designated rain gardens under your downspouts with water tolerant native plant species.
6 February 2009 Top photo by Jan Austin (Big Chico Creek) Thumbnail by Sharon Nilsson (One Mile)
7 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Valentine s Day President s Day Keep litter out of our creeks! *City Holiday If it isn t rainwater it doesn t belong in the gutter. Never pour anything into a gutter or storm drain. Clean up after your pet! Dispose of pet waste in a bag and dump it in the garbage. Don t litter. Cigarette butts and trash wash from the streets directly into our creeks. Bring your own reusable shopping bags when you shop to cut down on plastic bags in our waterways.
8 March 2009 Top photo by Larry Leigh (One Mile Dam) Thumbnail by Larry Leigh (Larkspur)
9 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Daylight Savings Time Begins St. Patrick s Day First Day of Spring Watershed-friendly Cleaning Methods Use vegetable-based soaps and household cleaners that are watershed-friendly. Choose commercial cleaning products that do not contain phosphates. Make your own homemade cleaning products with ingredients such as distilled vinegar, borax and baking soda. Send dirty cleaning water down a toilet or sink drain, instead of a gutter or storm drain. Never dispose of unused cleaning products by throwing in the trash, pouring down sink drains, on the ground or down storm drains. Take unused cleaners to your local Household Hazardous Waste Facility (contact information printed on back of calendar). Additional watershed-friendly cleaning resources are printed on back cover of calendar.
10 April 2009 Top photo by Sharon Nilsson (One Mile) Thumbnail by Larry Leigh (spawning Salmon)
11 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday April Fool s Day Easter Income Tax Day Earth Day Earth Day Celebration in Bidwell Park Home Repair & Remodeling When cleaning tools, never rinse or dump paint products, cleaning solvents, or cement based products down our storm drains. Use latex-based, low VOC paints whenever possible. When using paint thinner to clean oil-based paint products from tools, collect the fluid residue in a container and strain the paint particulates from the paint thinner which can then be reused. Choose Clean Water Business Partners to clean your carpets, landscape your yard, paint your house, and provide General Contractor services. See back of calendar and for a current list of businesses. Offer to let your carpet cleaner empty the waste water onto your lawn or down your toilet. Sweep sidewalks and driveways clean, rather than hosing them down. Take unused paints, solvents, adhesives and other household chemicals and toxics to your local Household Hazardous Waste facility (contact information printed on back of calendar).
12 May 2009 Top photo by Ron Schelldorf (small stream feeding Big Chico Creek in Upper Park)
13 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 May Day Cinco De Mayo Mother s Day Memorial Day Hire a Clean Water Business Partner! *City Holiday If you re looking to clean your carpets, install new landscaping, build an addition, remodel or repair your home, consider using the services of a Clean Water Business Partner to ensure that your project will not contribute to urban runoff pollution. Each Clean Water Business Partner has made a personal pledge and ongoing commitment to educate their customers and to help keep Chico s creeks clean by employing best management practices which prevent runoff pollution from their daily business operations. These businesses pay special attention to use safer products and to prevent fertilizers, pesticides, chemical wastewater, paint products, and general construction debris and byproducts from being dumped, washed or broomed into our gutters and storm drains. For a current list of Clean Water Business Partners visit
14 June 2009 Top photo by Tim Milhorn (One Mile) Thumbnail by Larry Leigh (lady bugs)
15 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Flag Day Father s Day/Summer Begins Watershed-friendly Gardening Limit the amount of fertilizer you use on your lawn or garden, and apply in the fall only. Do not apply fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides when rain is forecast. Whenever possible, use only organic pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers. Use Integrated Pest Management (IPM), rather than pesticides. (Find out about IPM at Don t rinse off lawn mower in the gutter. Do not blow, sweep, hose or rake leaves into the street, gutter or storm drain.
16 July 2009 Top photo by Larry Leigh (Little Chico Creek) Thumbnail by Larry Leigh (stormdrain marker)
17 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday City Hall will be closed for business Independence Day Vehicle Maintenance Recycle used oil at auto parts stores. Wash your car on your lawn or at a car wash. Recycle old automobile batteries at auto parts stores or hazardous waste facilities. Use a funnel when pouring liquids (like motor oil or anti-freeze) and place a tray underneath the vehicle to catch spills. Maintain your car regularly to prevent auto fluid leaks.
18 August 2009 Top photo by Tony Sanders (Big Chico Creek) Thumbnail by Coby Walters
19 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Water Conservation Fresh water is a limited resource that should be wisely used and never wasted. Turn off your automatic irrigation controls during rainy months. Reduce watering time during dry months in late summer. Plant more trees and decrease your lawn size to help conserve water. Wash your car on your lawn to help keep pollutants from draining to the creeks and to water your lawn in the process. Replace the rubber washers between your faucet-to-hose connections, and hose-to-spray nozzle connections, once per year.
20 September 2009 Top photo by Larry Leigh (Sycamore Creek at end of Marigold Dr)
21 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Labor Day Rosh HaShanah Begins Creek Clean-up First Day of Autumn Yom Kippur Begins Stormwater & Construction Sites *City Holiday Examples of BMP s for sediment containment and filtration: Silt Fence, Hay Bales, Straw Wattles, Check Dams, Curb Inlet and Drain Filters, Berms and Sediment Ponds Tips for preventing pollution runoff from your construction site Use barriers around perimeter of site to capture water runoff before it reaches storm drain. Require all construction vehicles and equipment to use one designated entrance/exit. Install and maintain inlet protection devices on downstream storm drain inlets. (e.g. gravel bags, filters) When possible, schedule construction activity during dry season. (May-Sept.) Place stored chemicals in enclosure that can contain leaks and spills. (e.g. cabinet, shed)
22 October 2009 Top photo by Larry Leigh (Maple Tree along Butte Creek) Thumbnail by Larry Leigh (leaves on Big Chico Creek)
23 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Columbus Day Halloween Mercury Waste It is illegal to place mercury containing products into the trash. Mercury is a highly toxic metal found in everyday items such as fluorescent light bulbs (including CFL bulbs), glass thermometers, watch batteries and older light switches. Items containing mercury, including CFL household light bulbs, must be disposed of at a local Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collection center (contact information printed on back of calendar). To learn more about the environmental hazards of mercury visit or
24 November 2009 Top photo by Jan Austin (Big Chico Creek) Thumbnail by Tim Milhorn (One Mile Dam)
25 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Daylight Savings Time Ends Veteran s Day Bidwell Park Volunteer Day Thanksgiving Day After Thanksgiving Compost and recycle green waste *City Holiday Keep leaves, grass clippings and other vegetative waste out of our gutters and storm drains. Never dump vegetative waste in our creeks for prevention of harmful nutrient loading, which kills off native aquatic wildlife. Recycle all of your green waste by placing it in your green waste garbage can, or take it to the North Valley Organic Waste facility (see back of calendar) Start composting your food and yard waste into soil amendments for your garden and houseplants. Allow a layer of fallen leaves to remain on areas of un-planted soil in order to block out sunlight and prevent the growth of weeds. Learn more about composting - visit or
26 December 2009 Top photo by Larry Leigh (Sycamore Creek at Cohasset Rd) Thumbnail by Timmarie Hamill
27 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Hanukkah Begins First Day of Winter Christmas Eve Christmas Day New Year s Eve Recycle your E-Waste *City Holiday E-Waste refers to electronic products such as computers, cell phones, TVs, stereos, VCRs and DVD players that are at the end of their useful life. E-Waste products contain toxic substances such as lead, mercury, cadmium, and lithium. If not properly disposed of, the hazardous wastes from these products can leach into our ground water and local waterways. E-Waste should be refurbished, if possible, or taken to a facility or business in which it can be recycled or disposed of properly. Visit for locations.
28 2009 Chico Clean Creeks Calendar This calendar was designed and coordinated through a collaborative effort between the City of Chico s Storm Water Management Program, Jennifer Oman Communications, StormWaterOutreach.com, and Clean Water Business Partner - Andy Willhoit. Keep Chico Clean For a current directory of Clean Water Business Partners, visit. CARPET CLEANERS Chico Carpet Cleaning: Clean King by DeHart: Dean s Upholstery and Carpet Care: ServiceMaster Select: SJS Carpet Cleaning: Sunrise Carpet Cleaners: LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS East Meets West Landscaping & Gardening Gaia Creations Ecological Landscaping: Ewing Irrigation: Greenscape: KCL Custom Landscapes: Lawns-R-Us-: Leslie Corsbie/Performance Design & Landscape: Lifescapes, Performance Design & Landscape: Sierra Landscape & Maintenance Inc.: GENERAL CONTRACTORS Home-Prep: PAINTING CONTRACTORS Casey Swaim: NURSERIES Floral Native Nursery: Geffray s Gardens: Native Springs Nursery: Spring Fever Nursery & Gardens: ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHY This calendar features local photography from local artists. Enjoy the beauty of your great city that we all love, while learning helpful tips to keep our creeks clean. Resources CLEAN WATER BUSINESS PARTNERS For a list of businesses visit ALTERNATIVE CLEANING RECEIPES WASTE DISPOSAL, REUSE & RECYCLING Household Hazardous Waste Facility, 1101 Marauder St. Chico, Call HAZCATT, (Paints, solvents, household and garden chemicals.etc.) North Valley Organic Recycling, Cohasset Rd., Chico (unpainted/untreated lumber, plant, shrub and tree trimmings, grass clippings and leaves). Open Tues-Sat 8-4pm. Butte County Landfill Habitat for Humanity of Chico (The Re-Store), 2288 Park Ave, Chico WATERSHED EDUCATION Butte Environmental Council Big Chico Creek Watershed Alliance BigChicoCreek.org To help homeowners understand best practices for our creeks, visit CREEK WATCH HOT LINE Call to report illicit dumping into the city s storm drains or creeks. Hot line hosted by the Butte Environmental Council and funded by the City of Chico. CITY OF CHICO STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM To report storm drain backups or missing manhole and storm drain grates, please call immediately, For sewer or storm drain emergencies after 3:30 P.M., on weekends, or on holidays call BUTTE COUNTY Butte County Dept. Public Works, Stormwater Program ext. 209 Butte County Water and Resource Conservation Butte County Public Works Department, Solid Waste and Recycling Division , VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Big Chico Creek Watershed Alliance If you would like to join the Big Chico Creek Stream Team or school - based Youth Stream Team please contact: Timmarie Hamill at thamill@bigchicocreek.org or (530) Friends of Bidwell Park, ECO - FRIENDLY GARDENING, YARD LANDSCAPING AND PEST CONTROL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION: California Native Plant Society, Integrated Pest Managment
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