Anne Stokes/Press Tribune Correspondent
Volunteers Cindy Thurgood, left, and Adela Rae break up native plants to plant on the banks of Linda Creek, which will help reduce erosion as a part of the creek restoration project during a workday in October.

Anne Stokes/Press Tribune Correspondent
Girl Scouts Sarah Grant, left, and Hailey Neubauer, both 11, and dad Ron Neubauer, left, prepare the banks of Linda Creek for willow tree stakes that will take root and help control erosion during a volunteer workday in Roseville in October.

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Jim Robinson, co-chair of the Meadow Oaks Neighborhood Association in Roseville, plants willow stakes along the banks of Linda Creek that will take root and help control erosion and create a better habitat for local animal species during a volunteer workday in October.

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Volunteer Cindy Thurgood, of Carmichael, installs plants on the banks of Linda Creek as a part of a restoration project aimed at reducing erosion using natural and sustainable methods during a workday in October.

Anne Stokes/Press Tribune Correspondent
Scott Dietrich, of the city of Roseville, and Donna Wilson, open-space coordinator with the Meadow Oaks Neighborhood Association and Friends of Linda Creek, trims willow stakes to plant along the banks of Linda Creek in Roseville to reduce erosion during a volunteer workday in October.

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Volunteer Kathy Connell, of Roseville, helps with an erosion-control project along the banks of Linda Creek during a workday in October.

Anne Stokes/Press Tribune Correspondent
Dallas Kipp and Girl Scout Sarah Grant, 11, work on an erosion-control project along the banks of Linda Creek during a restoration workday in Roseville in October.