Category: TUWC

TUWC selected as the Charity Partner to the Great Plains 10K

This race is designed to be a very fast and flat 10k! Looking for a PR? This may be the race for you!

Great Plains 10K benefiting TUWC
Great Plains 10K benefiting TUWC

 

We are excited to share the news! TUWC has been selected as the Charity Partner for the Great Plains 10K! TUWC will be recruiting volunteers to assist during this race and will receive a portion of the proceeds to help offset the TUWC expenses as we work to protect our Urban Wilderness Spaces.

For more information visit www.greatplains10k.com

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TUWC & OEF team up to host cleanup day!

Turkey Mountain Cleanup Day

 

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Saturday January 17th @ 9:30 AM

 

Please Join Us! We would love your help with some fun and easy winter cleanup, all you need to do is show up with a positive attitude and a little energy to give back to Turkey Mountain. All ages and skill levels welcome.

We are anticipating a high turn out and parking will be at a premium. Please carpool when available and please DO NOT park at the church across the street.

Volunteers will gather at the Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness trailhead parking lot to then hike into the park to pick up litter and prune vegetation that obstructs hikers, runners and cyclists who may be on the trails.

Please bring the following: a personal water bottle (jugs of water will be provided), a picnic lunch, work gloves and pruners / loppers (clearly identifiable as your own) if you have them!

Special group assignment opportunities also available, to learn more you can reach us at byway of our email webmaster@tulsaurbanwildernesscoalition.org

Thank You To Our Cleanup Day CoSponsor OEF!

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KOTV: Most of Turkey Mountain to be protected

George Kaiser Family Foundation Pledges To Preserve Turkey Mountain

Hundreds of people showed up Monday for a town hall meeting concerned they would lose access to the mountain. The news that Turkey Mountain is safe is sure to be a relief.

Bryan Duval, with T-Town Bicycles said, “That’s phenomenal and awesome. That would be the one acceptable solution to what everybody feared, that we would lose this chunk and then we’d lose even more of it.”

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