red salmon tree planting pre-trip fall 2015
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Tree Planting on Red Salmon Creek with Nisqually River Education Project
Your Task!Replant native vegetation to re-establish a
healthy Riparian Zone.
Why is the Riparian Zone important?
Riparian Zones Rock!
• Moderates flooding
• Cleans the water
• They provide shade, habitat, and food!
Low-flow channel
Riparian areaFloodplain
High-flow channel
Riparian Zones and Floodplains
• Floodplains are lowlands next to rivers that are subject to floods
Streams Meander• Meander= to follow a winding, bending course.• Causes varying speeds of water• Erosion and deposition
The First People• The Nisqually Tribe
• “Squally-absch”, or “People of the river, People of the grass country”.
• Traditionally lived off the land and rivers
• Salmon are important to their diet and culture.
European Settlers
Modern Life
How does modern life affect wildlife?
Nisqually Watershed Schools
Red Salmon Creek Story
• Land cleared for farming• Landowner Bud works with
community partners to restore habitat
• Property transferred to Nisqually Land Trust
• An important salmon rearing creek
• Drains to vital wetlands in wildlife refuge
Restoration Activities• Re-planting 2.5 acres with the help of students and
volunteers• Trees provide habitat both alive and dead• Plants will improve riparian zone functions• Healthy riparian zone helps more than salmon
Band-tailed Pigeon• Listed as vulnerable• Forage on Cascara and
Elderberry• Nest 10-180 feet off the
ground in trees like Douglas Fir
• Lay 1-2 eggs per brood
6 Main Reasons We Plant Trees For SalmonA. Roots hold dirt, preventing erosion which can
smother the redds within the stream.
Photo credit: Redds – WDFW, Salmon eggs – Thomas C. Kline, Jr., Ph. D.
6 Main Reasons We Plant Trees For SalmonB. Large woody debris create log jams that provide resting
spots, feeding areas, and hiding spaces from predators.
6 Main Reasons We Plant Trees For Salmon
C. Trees provide shade, keeping stream temperatures low; a necessity for the survival of salmon.
6 Main Reasons We Plant Trees For Salmon
D. Trees provide oxygen, which is good for not only the salmon but us too.
6 Main Reasons We Plant Trees For Salmon
E. Trees provide habitat and food for bugs that are in turn food for the juvenile salmon!
6 Main Reasons We Plant Trees for Salmon
F. Trees use the carbon in CO2 as building blocks to grow, thus becoming carbon reservoirs.
What is a
Native Plant?
Native plant: A species that originated in a given region.
Western Redcedar Thuja plicata Red Elderberry Sambucus racemosa
Indian Plum Oemleria cerasiformi Douglas Fir Pseudotuga menziesii
Grand Fir Abies grandis Black Hawthorn Crataegus douglasii
Cascara Rhamnus purshiana Oregon Ash Fraxinus latifolia
Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus Tall Oregon Grape Mahonia aquifolium
Shore Pine Pinus contorta Western Hemlock Tsuga heterophylla
Remember,Safety First!
• Walk, don’t run.• Stay in sight of the group at all times.• Shovels:• Sharpened regularly, which makes them dangerous.• Never carry shovels over your shoulder.• Tip should always be pointed towards the ground,
like walking sticks.
Thank you!Liked the presentation? Want to check it out or learn more? Go to our website!
nrep.nisquallyriver.org
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