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Watershed projects by: VHS FORESTRY CLASS. 2012 - 2013. Elk Refuge Riparian Restoration Project. Built protectors for seedlings to keep elk from eating them Planted trees in the rain and snow. Rock Creek / Nehalem Riparian Restoration Project. Cleared canary grass around planted trees.
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Watershed projectsby: VHS FORESTRY CLASS 2012 - 2013
Elk Refuge Riparian Restoration Project • Built protectors for seedlings to keep elk from eating them • Planted trees in the rain and snow
Rock Creek / Nehalem Riparian Restoration Project • Cleared canary grass around planted trees. • Planted more Sitka spruce, western red cedar. • We continue to maintain the area on a regular basis.
Upper and Lower Bear Creek • Periodic water temp and level monitoring. • We put the data on graphs • We’ve taken regeneration plots to calculate the number of new trees growing
Stream flow calculations to determine the volume of water flow at monitoring sites • Conducted “green-line” vegetation inventories • Learned timber cruising from professional forester Mark Dreyer
Department of Environmental Quality • Learned how to install and download info from HOBO’s • Installed 12 HOBO’s late spring at sites along rock creek, Nehalem river, east fork Nehalem, oak ranch creek
HOBO’s are devices to continuously monitor water temperature. • We removed them in September and learned how to download the data to a computer
Wetlands Restoration Project • Removed invasive species. • Reed canary grass scotch broom
Wetlands Restoration Project • Led VHS, VMS, VES at Sustainability Day planted native shrubs and trees adapted to wetland conditions.
Shrubs • Salal • Indian Plum • Oregon Grape • Salmonberry • Serviceberry • Huckleberry • Pacific Dogwood • Nine Bark • Snowberry
Broadleaf Trees • Willow • Cottonwood • Big Leaf Maple • Vine Maple • Oregon Ash • Red Alder
Conifers • Sitka Spruce • Douglas Fir • Ponderosa Pine • Western Red Cedar • Hemlock
We also removed the orange plastic barrier from around the wetlands. • We also took stocking survey plots • We continue to monitor and maintain the area.