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Generation Green Project Sites:

Below is a list of available projects for Generation Green. Please note that volunteers will be able to sign up for the project of their choice on April 24th at the Generation Green kick-off held at Woodward Park. Projects are on a first come first serve basis and travel will be required from the kick-off location to the project site.

Project: The Wagner Property

Location:  Near Millerton Dam. Driving north on Friant Road turn left on Road 206 at north end of the town of Friant.  Cross San Joaquin River and immediately turn right into first gate.  You will see green “River Tree” signs with a white arrow pointing the way.            

Project Partner: River Tree Volunteer Group

This project will help restore the land to a more natural setting and help facilitate the opening of this land to the public. Volunteers will  remove old animal pens and fences, and general farm junk from the San Joaquin River Conservancy property know as “the Wagner Property” on the Madera side of the San Joaquin River next to Friant Dam.   Help demolish and break down abandoned animal pens.  Tear down deteriorating fencing and fence posts and assist with debris removal.                                                                                                         175 Volunteers Needed



Project: West Fresno Community Garden

Location: 930 Tulare Street, 93706 Fresno California

Project Partner: The Boys & Girls Club

Volunteers will be working on the Boys & Girls Club Community Garden that was developed as an educational tool for the youth at the club. Volunteers will be weeding, planting, digging begs, making worm bins and making compost bins.                                                                                                                                10 Volunteers Needed


Project: Marjaree Mason Center Vegetable Garden

Location: Volunteers will meet at 9:30 a.m. at the Carl’s Jr. Restaurant at 810 N Reed Ave. Reedley CA 93654.

Project Partner: Marjaree Mason Center

Volunteers will be installing a vegetable garden at Marjaree Mason Center domestic violence shelter in Reedley for the clients to tend and harvest fresh produce and herbs. Due to the isolated location in a rural area, it will also offer a productive pastime for the residents of the Reedley shelter, provide an opportunity to learn new skills and grow fresh produce for the residents to eat. If volunteers would like to contribute tools or a plant to the garden, please select one or more from the following list: hand trowel, gloves, watering can, tomato plant, pepper plant (sweet and hot), basil plant, rosemary plant, cucumber plant, green onion seedlings, chives, melon plants, strawberry plants. 

                                                                                                                                                                      12 Volunteers Needed

Project: Pamela Kincaid Neighborhood Center Community Garden

Location: 1026 Mariposa, Fresno, CA 93706

Project Partner: Local Motion Fresno

Pamela Kincaid Neighborhood Center is a resource center which seeks to improve the community by offering solutions to homelessness, distributing resources, offering services like showers and providing a community spaces for educational and collaborative use.  Volunteers will be working in the community garden doing assorted tasks such as weeding, digging trenches, digging worm bins, digging out a pond, planting seeds, making beds, building solar showers and moving mulch.                                                                      30 Volunteers Needed



Project: Tower District Community Garden

Location:   Tower District 845 E. Fern Ave Fresno, California 93728

The Tower Community Garden is a place for community members to come and enjoy the day and the beauty of the space. Anyone may eat the food from the garden, so they consciously try to plant trees and other plants that will produce a lot of food.  Volunteers will be digging beds, preparing beds for planting, weeding and making worm bins and moving mulch.                                                                                                                             10 Volunteers Needed

Project: Fancher Creek Trail

Location: The project site is located in the Sunnyside area of Fresno. Tree Fresno’s 2010 Generation Green activity is on the beautiful Fancher Creek Trail between Kings Canyon Road, and Butler Avenue in Fresno. 

Project Partner: Tree Fresno

Our Tree Fresno Mission Statement is:  “Raise the quality of life in the Fresno region by promoting environmental stewardship through community involvement in the planting and maintenance of trees and the creation of trails and green belts.  Volunteer work would include general clean-up of the trail: picking up and bagging trash/debris, piling up broken tree branches, pruning back over-grown shrubs from edge of the trail, heading back drooping tree branches of the walkway, weed-eating vegetation at driveways, etc.  This section of the trail is approximately one-half mile long and is located on the east side of the creek adjacent to trees-residential homes.                                                                                                                                                                     50 Volunteers Needed


Project: Jensen River Ranch

Location: The project site will be within walking distance of the Kick-off location. The meeting point will be at the kiosk next to the L.S. Eaton Trail at the Friant/Fort Washington entrance parking lot. Look for the San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust banner.

Project Partner: San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust

Jensen River Ranch is a restoration site on 167 acres of state land in the San Joaquin River Parkway that is open to the public. Volunteers will help to preserve and restore this ecological, scenic and historically significant property for us all to enjoy. Volunteers will help staff at the San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust prepare the restoration plantings at Jensen River Ranch for the summer by: repairing and clearing irrigation lines, weeding and collecting trash. As well as removing old ranch fencing from the site to recycle.  Please wear long pants, closed-toe shoes and sunscreen. If you have a pair of bolt cutters and would be willing to bring them for the day it would be a great help in taking apart the old fencing. The various projects will occur throughout the site so please be prepared to enjoy a short hike.                                                                                                                        60 Volunteers Needed


Project: Victoria West

Location: 3861 W. Clinton, Fresno, CA,

Project Partner: City of Fresno PARCS

Volunteers will assist in the removal of sand in the playground area and replace it with Fibar, a synthetic bark. Volunteers will also assist with the removal of graffiti, help with shrub work, tree planting, mulching, weeding, and general cleaning of the park and the ball park.                                                                    20 Volunteers Needed


Project: Woodward Park

Location: 7775 Friant Road, Fresno CA  93720

Project Partner: City of Fresno PARCS

Volunteers will be working on the Mountain Bike Trail where they will assist in general cleaning including weeding, pruning, planting and mulching.                                                                         20 Volunteers Needed


Project: City of Fresno Graffiti Abatement

Location: TBD

Project Partner: Fresno Police Department

Volunteers will assist in graffiti removal with the graffiti abatement team. Volunteers will need to be 18 and over to participate in this project.