Quarterly Volunteer Day - Saturday, August 10 - 1pm-4pm
Focus on key projects, including parking lots, kudzu removal, lake, causeway, trails, shoreline and pavilions. Bring you own canoe / kayak, or sign-up to use one of the two canoes onhand w/ MCPC. We'd love to have max clean-up on the lake & along the trails.
We will collect & consolidate trash, recycling & debris and City of Brookhaven P&R will pick-up.
Great for team-building and school/scout service hours. Dress appropriately and bring gloves & tools. Bottled water provided.
- Meet at the Caretakers House - directly across from main, Little League baseball field - for sign-in, city waiver and kick-off instructions.
Sign-up Genius: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c054aaaaf23aafa7-murphey1
Questions? Email stevebp@bellsouth.net
Future volunteer days: Sunday, Nov 10, 1pm-4pm
Focus on key projects, including parking lots, kudzu removal, lake, causeway, trails, shoreline and pavilions. Bring you own canoe / kayak, or sign-up to use one of the two canoes onhand w/ MCPC. We'd love to have max clean-up on the lake & along the trails.
We will collect & consolidate trash, recycling & debris and City of Brookhaven P&R will pick-up.
Great for team-building and school/scout service hours. Dress appropriately and bring gloves & tools. Bottled water provided.
- Meet at the Caretakers House - directly across from main, Little League baseball field - for sign-in, city waiver and kick-off instructions.
Sign-up Genius: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c054aaaaf23aafa7-murphey1
Questions? Email stevebp@bellsouth.net
Future volunteer days: Sunday, Nov 10, 1pm-4pm
Atlanta Audubon Society Field Trips: Murphey Candler Park
Next event in September - TBD
AAS Leader: Mary Kimberly Cell contact morning of walk: 404.308.6279
Birding Focus: Three main habitats (lake, wetlands, mixed woods) provide good species diversity. We will look for winter residents, including raptors, waterfowl, waders and passerines. This walk is suitable for adults and children over 14 years of age and is especially good for beginning birders.
- Please do not bring your dog.
- Bring your binoculars!!!
Species, numbers and results are uploaded to www.ebird.org the Cornell University Lab of Ornithology site for tracking & information.
Some of the trail is level, but there are several steep spots and a number of stretches where the surface is uneven from exposed tree roots, etc. Many parts of the trail are muddy and/or slippery after rains; plan your footwear accordingly. Restrooms are available at the SW corner of the park, near the baseball fields.
https://www.atlantaaudubon.org/field-trips
Next event in September - TBD
AAS Leader: Mary Kimberly Cell contact morning of walk: 404.308.6279
Birding Focus: Three main habitats (lake, wetlands, mixed woods) provide good species diversity. We will look for winter residents, including raptors, waterfowl, waders and passerines. This walk is suitable for adults and children over 14 years of age and is especially good for beginning birders.
- Please do not bring your dog.
- Bring your binoculars!!!
Species, numbers and results are uploaded to www.ebird.org the Cornell University Lab of Ornithology site for tracking & information.
Some of the trail is level, but there are several steep spots and a number of stretches where the surface is uneven from exposed tree roots, etc. Many parts of the trail are muddy and/or slippery after rains; plan your footwear accordingly. Restrooms are available at the SW corner of the park, near the baseball fields.
https://www.atlantaaudubon.org/field-trips
Sweep the Hooch @ Murphey Candler Park!
9th Annual event for CRK / 2nd year at MCP - https://chattahoochee.org/sweep-the-hooch/
Completed Saturday, April 6, 2019 (stand-by for 2020)
STH is an annual day of service to the Chattahoochee River watershed (CRWS), mobilizing volunteers on foot, in waders, or kayak/canoe paddlers to remove trash at locations throughout the watershed. STH brings people together to give back to the mighty river that gives us so much. MCP is in the middle of the Nancy Creek Watershed that ultimately flows into the CRWS.
119 volunteers performing 476 hours of work - on the water, in the water and walking the shorelines
Pulled 2679 total lbs of trash from North Fork Nancy Creek, MCP Lake and Nancy Creek (below the ballfields)
2010 lbs of trash
669 lbs of recycling
22 tires - recycled @ Firestone in Chamblee
4 canoes tandems (got the tire off Duck Island!)
Groups - thanks so much!
Corporate Groups: WSB, Home Depot and Thomas & Hutton
Groups from: GA Aquarium, Scout Troop 379, Scout Troop 268, Chamblee HS Interact, Fulton Science Academy and GILLS!!!
CRK leaders onhand: Juliet Cohen (Ex. Dir) & family and Chris Manganiello (Policy Dir)
Photography from Skip Kazmerek - GA Nature Photographer Association (GPNA)
WSB was on-hand performing interviews and collecting live action!
Breakfast Burritos from Qdoba / Tim Vellaca - Owner, MCP resident and volunteer
We cannot thank Tammy Bates - CRK Outings Manager & STH event coordinator!!!, and CRK ENOUGHl! This clean-up day brings such great service to our watershed, park, community, city and overall area.
The lake and streams have never been so clean!
9th Annual event for CRK / 2nd year at MCP - https://chattahoochee.org/sweep-the-hooch/
Completed Saturday, April 6, 2019 (stand-by for 2020)
STH is an annual day of service to the Chattahoochee River watershed (CRWS), mobilizing volunteers on foot, in waders, or kayak/canoe paddlers to remove trash at locations throughout the watershed. STH brings people together to give back to the mighty river that gives us so much. MCP is in the middle of the Nancy Creek Watershed that ultimately flows into the CRWS.
119 volunteers performing 476 hours of work - on the water, in the water and walking the shorelines
Pulled 2679 total lbs of trash from North Fork Nancy Creek, MCP Lake and Nancy Creek (below the ballfields)
2010 lbs of trash
669 lbs of recycling
22 tires - recycled @ Firestone in Chamblee
4 canoes tandems (got the tire off Duck Island!)
Groups - thanks so much!
Corporate Groups: WSB, Home Depot and Thomas & Hutton
Groups from: GA Aquarium, Scout Troop 379, Scout Troop 268, Chamblee HS Interact, Fulton Science Academy and GILLS!!!
CRK leaders onhand: Juliet Cohen (Ex. Dir) & family and Chris Manganiello (Policy Dir)
Photography from Skip Kazmerek - GA Nature Photographer Association (GPNA)
WSB was on-hand performing interviews and collecting live action!
Breakfast Burritos from Qdoba / Tim Vellaca - Owner, MCP resident and volunteer
We cannot thank Tammy Bates - CRK Outings Manager & STH event coordinator!!!, and CRK ENOUGHl! This clean-up day brings such great service to our watershed, park, community, city and overall area.
The lake and streams have never been so clean!
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Park & Recreation Coalition of Brookhaven: to Advocate, Communicate, Promote and Unite.
Activities around Brookhaven Parks
Every Sat Brookhaven Farmers Market – 1375 Fernwood Cir – 9am-noon
Every Mon Brookhaven Bike Alliance – Night Rides – meet @ Savi - 6pm
Jun 22 GRPA District 6 Swim Meet – Chamblee HS – Brookhaven Swimmers
Jul 19/20 GPRA State Swim Meet – Cherokee Aquatics – combined Briarwood/MCP
Jul 20 MCP - Coffee with a Councilwoman / Linley Jones-District 1
Jul 20 Park Pride Workshop – Park Design
Aug 1 Park Pride Deadline – Small Change Grant Applications revised to Sept 15th
Aug 3 Blackburn Community Garden – 1st Saturday Workday/Volunteer Event
Aug 6 Park Bond Citizen Oversight Committee meeting – 6pm
Aug 10 MCPC Volunteer Day – 1pm-4pm – overall park projects
Need more info:
Ashford Forest Preserve - www.northdekalbgreenspace.org
Briarwood Park Conservancy - www.briarwoodparkga.org
Peachtree Creek Greenway - www.peachtreecreekgreenway.org
City of Brookhaven P&R - www.brookhavenga.gov/parksreg
Park Pride - www.parkpride.org
Park & Recreation Coalition of Brookhaven: to Advocate, Communicate, Promote and Unite.
Activities around Brookhaven Parks
Every Sat Brookhaven Farmers Market – 1375 Fernwood Cir – 9am-noon
Every Mon Brookhaven Bike Alliance – Night Rides – meet @ Savi - 6pm
Jun 22 GRPA District 6 Swim Meet – Chamblee HS – Brookhaven Swimmers
Jul 19/20 GPRA State Swim Meet – Cherokee Aquatics – combined Briarwood/MCP
Jul 20 MCP - Coffee with a Councilwoman / Linley Jones-District 1
Jul 20 Park Pride Workshop – Park Design
Aug 1 Park Pride Deadline – Small Change Grant Applications revised to Sept 15th
Aug 3 Blackburn Community Garden – 1st Saturday Workday/Volunteer Event
Aug 6 Park Bond Citizen Oversight Committee meeting – 6pm
Aug 10 MCPC Volunteer Day – 1pm-4pm – overall park projects
Need more info:
Ashford Forest Preserve - www.northdekalbgreenspace.org
Briarwood Park Conservancy - www.briarwoodparkga.org
Peachtree Creek Greenway - www.peachtreecreekgreenway.org
City of Brookhaven P&R - www.brookhavenga.gov/parksreg
Park Pride - www.parkpride.org
