110 People Gather to Support the 2024 World Environment Day A crowd of more than 100 attended the 4th Annual World Environment Day Cleanup and Celebration at Lake Berryessa and Lake Solano on June 1. In just three hours, volunteers from all over the county combined efforts to remove 270 pounds of trash, including 99 pounds of recyclables from the shores of both lakes. They planted 500 grasses, sedges and wildflowers and celebrated their work afterward with a delicious picnic lunch from Upper Crust Bakery paid for by Volunteer Solano/CVNL.
Each participant was able to make take-home seed packets to bring the cleanup and restoration sentiment home with them, along with a commemorative World Environment Day T-shirt from by Anheuser-Busch in Fairfield. Putah Creek Council was there providing canoe tours on Lake Solano and educating the public about the significance of this valuable resource. The 2024 World Environment Day theme of “Our Land, Our Future” focused on acting now by planting native species, rebuilding our soils and protecting and restoring water resources.
This theme is particularly meaningful to Solano County, as Lake Berryessa provides water to nearly half a million people, as well as agriculture operations and businesses. “This event is always fun and leaves you with a tremendous sense of accomplishment,” said Marianne Butler, Education Director from Solano Resource Conservation District, one of the event sponsors. “I think seeing what a hundred plus peop.
