At the sign-up table…about 30 people from the community showed up for the guided tour at Chollas Creek
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Community advocate Teresa Quiroz…talked about future plans for parks situated alongside existing creek habitat
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Native Laurel Sumac…also known as "Taco Plant" because of the leave's tendency to fold up as protection from the sun
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Marlin Pangilinan City Planning…one step toward the enhancement and restoration of the creek involves replacing invasive plants with natives like Willow
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Another kind of indicator…Carrie Schneider pointed out the one redeeming quality of invasive Arundo-it signals the presence of riparian habitat
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Entering Chollas Creek…a hidden path led hikers down a slight incline to the Auburn branch of Chollas Creek
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Bet you can't eat just one…Native Americans used the June Bug for medicinal purposes; modern science bears out its usefulness for several maladies
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Not for adults only…a good number of kids showed up for the tour; each of them assisted by finding an interesting mineral or insect
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Flat Top Buckwheat…a signature plant of local chaparral; the pink flowers turn to a deep rust color at the height of summer
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A geological discovery…Samantha displays a rock found in the dry creek bed; other finds included shells and fossils
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Almost invisible…a grasshopper looks like part of the shrubbery it chose to rest upon--the kids found it anyway
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Overlooking the creek…Katt Eaton and Jeanette Neely stand on an embankment overlooking Chollas Creek
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