MUSCLE-POWERED PUBLIC LAND USERS BANDING TOGETHER TO WORK FOR RESPONSIBLE LAND STEWARDSHIP AND USE

Welcome to Palisades!

Purpose:
Our primary goal is stewardship of the entire Rimrock/Palisades/Indian Canyon area, including all public lands within the approximate boundaries of Sunset Hwy on the South, Riverside State Park on the North and East, and Airway Heights on the West.

This will include trail planning and maintenance, park advocacy with regard to City Parks issues, involvement with the various agencies assisting in fire management, periodic cleanup activities, and a helpful, watchdog approach to all park users -- i.e. friendly toward non-trashers, non-poachers, non-dealers.

In addition, to assist other user groups in working toward accomplishment of their goals within other areas to enhance muscle-powered use, whether by help with marketing/grant writing/funding or physical help with trail work and building projects.

Finally, to spread the teachings of the "Leave No Trace" Outdoor Ethics program, both within our own area and by reaching out to other user groups to help work toward having clean, sustainable public lands everywhere.

We hope you'll join us.

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Project: Park Management
Description: Monitoring and awareness of park issues and needs.



2009-07-01 - Good Bugs Released on Knapweed
2009-06-11 - Palisades Initiates Biological Weed Control
2009-04-06 - CHILI FEED IS A ROUSING SUCCESS!
2008-12-20 - Annual Meeting and Christmas Potluck
2008-09-29 - Palisades Forestry Plan Project Moving Along
2008-02-19 - Palisades Projects for 2008
2007-07-28 - Gates Installed on Rimrock Dr
2007-07-04 - Rimrock Dr Closed for July 4th
2007-06-16 - A PORTION OF RIMROCK TO BE CLOSED TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC
2006-08-09 - Palisades and Greenwood Cemeteries Work To Control Weeds
2006-07-23 - Trail Clearing Project Being Planned
2006-05-19 - PALISADES WINS GRANT
2005-12-14 - Winter Tire Dumping on the Rise on Rimrock Dr.
2005-08-19 - Palisades Area Parcel Makes Conservation Futures "A" List
2005-07-05 - Crowds Jam Roads Leading to Rimrock
2005-03-02 - Palisades Resident Moose is Shot
2005-03-02 - New Gate Installed on Houston Rd
2005-02-14 - Bird Houses Vandalized
2004-12-25 - Palisades Becomes Dump Target for Stolen Vehicles
2003-11-20 - City Parks Picks Highbridge for Dog Park
2003-10-13 - Why I Support a Dog Park in Palisades
2003-09-08 - What is a Dogpark and Why Do We Need Them?


2009-07-01 - Good Bugs Released on Knapweed
On July 1, 2009 Larry Skillestad and his co worker Moose, released Larinus minutus in three different areas in Palisades.
Insect Pest Management (IPM) is new this year for Palisades. These small bugs were released in areas of pretty heavy knapweed infestation.

The bugs are harvested and stored in comfortable containers until released on a plant.
They will attack the flower and prevent its production of seeds.
Unlike the Mecinus released for the Dalmatian Toadflax, the plant will not die but it will not be able to produce any of its usual 35,000 to 40,000 seeds per flower.

As you travel through Palisades, stop and carefully look for these small good bugs.

Larry also found three different good bugs attacking Skeleton Weed, another noxious plant, found in Palisades.
The attackers seem to completely change the look of the plant. You can harvest a plant that has good bugs on it by cutting off the stem about 4" above the ground, place it a plastic bag and take it to another infestation and lean the cut plant against a growing Skeleton Weed.

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