Fwd: Water Action Team outdoor planting schedule for week of Nov. 15-21

[Lauren Merrill]

Hi all! 

Another week of volunteer activities! I'll be there on Wednesday if anyone wants to join. Email Dave if you're interested.

We are halfway into November, halfway through the shrubs we need to plant! Come join us before the rains take over our skies and it's gray day after gray day. A lot of the holes have been pre-dug (what a luxury!) so we need people to put shrubs in the ground. Let me tell you, it's a very relaxing activity. We have been planting coyote bush, spiraea, native roses, snowberry, and mock orange to name a few.

For those of you who are interested, the work at Bald Hill Natural Area is part of a regeneration effort around Dunawi Creek. Dunawi creek is about 2 miles long, flowing from Bald Hill into the Mary's River. For agricultural purposes, one section of the creek was redirected underground through pipes. Those pipes are now naturally eroding over time, and the creek is escaping to flood the field. Plants strengthen the soil structure and will benefit the riparian zone as the creek regenerates.

For more information about the creek.... check out https://sustainablecorvallis.org/action-teams/water/corvallis-creeks/dunawi-creek/  and Dunawi Creek Tour Brochure.

See you at a planting!!!!

Lauren Merrill

Natural Areas Action Team

Corvallis Sustainability Coalition

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From: David Eckert <dec...@willamettewatershed.com>
Date: Sat, Nov 14, 2020, 10:40 AM
Subject: Water Action Team outdoor planting schedule for week of Nov. 15-21
To: Dave Eckert <dec...@willamettewatershed.com>

Water Action Team –

 

We have now planted ½ ( about 800) of our plants this Fall with only about 15 people. (In past years, we have had about 150 people). It has been quite a task and I am forever grateful for those who have been able to come out to these gorgeous settings at either Bald Hill Natural Area or Starker Arts Park. This week we will continue at Bald Hill Natural Area and start in at our Lamprey Creek site in MLK, Jr. Park off Walnut Blvd.

• Bring a shovel, if you have one.  I will have a few extra shovels, only if you let me know you are attending and need one.
• Please contact me at dec...@willamettewatershed.com in advance to let me know when you ARE coming out to plant.
• We are in wide-open spaces, practice wide physical distancing and require masks when within 10 feet of other people.
• Here is our proposed planting schedule, of course, all rain dependent.

 

Sunday, Nov. 15 - Bald Hill Natural Area Dunawi Regeneration Site – 1:00 pm-4:00 pm

We are continuing to plant Wild-clustered rose and Spiraea.

Monday, Nov.16 – NO work party

Tues., Nov. 17 – Bald Hill Natural Area Dunawi Regeneration Site – 1:00-3:00 pm

We are continuing to plant Spiraea and Wild-clustered rose.

Wed., Nov. 18 – Bald Hill Natural Area Dunawi Regeneration Site – 1:00-3:00 pm

We are continuing to plant Spiraea and Wild-clustered rose.

Thursday, Nov. 19 – Bald Hill Natural Area Dunawi Regeneration Site – 1:00-3:00 pm

We are continuing to plant Spiraea and Wild-clustered rose.

Friday, Nov. 20 – Lamprey Creek Riparian Regeneration Site at MLK, Jr. Park – 10 am-Noon

We are continuing to plant Spiraea and Wild-clustered rose.

Saturday, Oct. 21 – Bald Hill Natural Area Dunawi Regeneration Site – 1:00 pm-4:00 pm

We are continuing to plant new species

 

 

 

Dave Eckert

(541) 230-1237 (NO Texting)

Corvallis Sustainability Coalition Water Action Team

www. sustainablecorvallis.org/action-teams/water

dec...@willamettewatershed.com

 

I live within the traditional homeland of the Ampinefu Band of Kalapuya.  Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 (Kalapuya …Treaty), Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to reservations at either Grand Ronde or Siletz. Today, Kalapuya live either within the tribal reservations or in communities throughout the region. Many Kalapuya are active members of the sovereign nations of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde or the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. Kalapuya culture is alive.