# Markleeville Creek Day

Source page: https://carsonriverresorts.com/creek-day

Alpine Watershed Group · Every September

Every September since 2001 the Alpine Watershed Group has put the community on the creeks that feed the East Fork — willow stakes, creek cleanups, invasive pulls, erosion work — for one morning of work. Anyone here that weekend can join; they hand you the tools and a site leader.

Creek Day is the Alpine Watershed Group's annual workday, and it has run
every year since 2001. The creeks it works are the ones that feed this
river: the morning goes into willow stakes along cut banks, trash out of
the channels and off the highway shoulders, invasive plants pulled, and
erosion work where a bank is going. The Group is a local nonprofit, and
the crew is whoever shows up — neighbors, visitors, families with kids.

In 2026 it ran on Saturday, September 19, from 9:00 in the morning to
12:30. Everyone meets at Markleeville Library Park, 270 Laramie Street,
where the Group checks people in, hands out tools, and sends each crew
out with a site leader. The 2026 projects were creek and
highway cleanups, restoration work in Faith Valley and Hope Valley, and a
kid-friendly activity at the library for the youngest hands.

The Group asks for an RSVP so they have a headcount and a signed waiver
before the day, and they ask everyone to come dressed for the work: long
sleeves, long pants, closed-toe shoes, a water bottle, and sun protection.
The RSVP and the details are on their own page at
[alpinewatershedgroup.org/creek-day](https://www.alpinewatershedgroup.org/creek-day),
or by phone at (530) 694-2327.

If you are staying here that weekend, the park is a few minutes up the
road in town, and the morning ends in time for an afternoon on the water.
The workday is on [the events calendar](/events) with the rest of the
year; [road and river conditions](/conditions) will say whether the
creeks are running high the week of. The resort is not the organizer —
the Group is — but the water they are working is the water outside the
cabins, and we are glad to point you to them.

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