Annual Buckthorn Bust in Como Park

Saturday, October 24, 9am to 11:30am
Como Woodland Outdoor Classroom site

Meet:
Former Como Park Pool Parking Lot just west of Lexington Parkway on the south side of Horton Avenue.

Details:
Medium duty volunteer work will be hauling out buckthorn branches that will be cut by Youth Conservation Corps. For volunteers requiring a light-duty project, we can place you on burdock seed head removal (another exotic invasive) or train you to pull buckthorn seedlings.
Light refreshments will be provided.

Bring:
Your student or church group, friends and family, or just bring yourself. Some cloth gloves will be provided, but bring your own leather gloves if you have them (especially those of you who will be on burdock seed removal). Long pants are recommended.

Sponsored by:
St. Paul Park & Recreation EcoStewards, District 10 Environment Committee, and the Como Woodland Advisory Committee.

For further information and pre-registration:
email Meghan at environment@ci.stpaul.mn.us or call 651-632-2459.
(on-site registration will also be available for last minute volunteers, but we would prefer that you pre-register because much of the buckthorn will be cut ahead of time.)

CPA in the News!

 

Pioneer Press

Sunday, Feburary 8, 2009
Natural pool is off Como Park panel's agenda
Forgoing chlorine means delay, cost to get permission
By John Brewer
http://www.twincities.com/ci_11651802?

 

Park Bugle

Como Park changes get neighbors’ attention
Written by Anne Holzman
After years of meetings, both formal and informal, neighbors living around Como Park have found focus for concerns about traffic, noise and other conditions that arise from having a regional park in one’s back yard...
http://www.parkbugle.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=
778&Itemid=28

 

Midway Monitor

Future in doubt…
Como Pool in need of major repairs, by Jane McClure
Under intense community pressure, RS Eden backs away…
Como neighborhood abuzz about Sholom Home reuse, by Deborah Brotz
and more....
http://www.monitorsaintpaul.com/Graphics%20Folder/oct08.pdf
Oct 2008, Vol. 33 No. (5.72 MB)

 

Star Tribune

Como Park pool beyond repair; no plans to reopen next spring.
The city of St. Paul plans to hold a meeting to hear what the community wants. Residents' concern: Overdevelopment.
by Kevin Giles
October 23, 2008
The deteriorating Como Pool, a destination for swimmers in St. Paul's well-known regional park since 1962, has closed for good because of safety problems and high repair costs...http://www.startribune.com/local/east/33187559.html?elr=KArksUUUU