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Ohop Tree Planting Pre-Trip Presentation Fall 2015
- 1. Tree Planting with the Nisqually River Education Project
- 2. Your Task! Replant native vegetation to re-establish a healthy Riparian Zone. Why is the Riparian Zone important?
- 3. Riparian Zones Rock! โข Moderate flooding โข Cleans the water โข They provide shade, habitat, and food!
- 4. Floodplains and Riparian Zones โข Floodplains are lowlands next to rivers that are subject to floods
- 5. The First People โขThe Nisqually Tribe โขโSqually-abschโ, or โPeople of the river, People of the grass countryโ. โขTraditionally lived off the land and rivers โขSalmon are important to their diet and culture.
- 7. Modern Life
- 8. How does modern life affect wildlife?
- 12. The Ohop Valley Story ๏ Ohop Creek is the 2nd most important salmon- producing tributary of the Nisqually River. ๏ A century ago, the creek was drained into a ditch. This was done to dry-out the valley for dairy farming.
- 13. Restoration Activities โข Re-meander stream โข Removing old buildings โข Removing invasive plants Current phase: Replanting the large floodplain (This is where YOU come in!)
- 14. Why Re-meander a stream? ๏ Meander= to follow a winding, bending course.
- 15. Ohop Creek in the ditch
- 18. 6 Main Reasons We Plant Trees For Salmon A. Roots hold dirt, preventing erosion which can smother the redds within the stream. Photo credit: Redds โ WDFW, Salmon eggs โ Thomas C. Kline, Jr., Ph. D.
- 19. 6 Main Reasons We Plant Trees For Salmon B. Large woody debris create log jams that provide resting spots, feeding areas, and hiding spaces from predators.
- 20. 6 Main Reasons We Plant Trees For Salmon C. Trees provide shade, keeping stream temperatures low; a necessity for the survival of salmon.
- 21. 6 Main Reasons We Plant Trees For Salmon D. Trees provide oxygen, which is good for not only the salmon but us too.
- 22. 6 Main Reasons We Plant Trees For Salmon E. Trees provide habitat and food for bugs, which are food for the juvenile salmon!
- 23. 6 Main Reasons We Plant Trees for Salmon 6. Trees use the carbon in CO2 as building blocks to grow, thus becoming carbon reservoirs.
- 25. Native plant: A species that originated in a given region.
- 26. Red Alder Alanus rubra Oregon Ash Fraxinus latifolia
- 27. Black Cottonwood Populus balsamifera Sitka Spruce Picea sitchensis
- 28. Pacific Crab Apple Malus fusca Red Osier Dogwood Cornus sericea
- 29. Twinberry Honeysuckle Lonicera involucrata Pacific Ninebark Physocarpus capitatus
- 30. Cascara Rhamnus purshiana Swamp Rose Rosa pisocarpa
- 31. Rose Spirea Spiraea douglasii Sitka Willow Salix sitchensis
- 32. Hookerโs Willow Salix hookeriana Pacific Willow Salix lucida
- 33. Western Red Cedar Thuja plicata
- 34. Remember, Safety First! ๏ Walk, donโt 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.
- 35. Thank you! Liked the presentation? Want to check it out or learn more? Go to our website! nrep.nisquallyriver.org
Editor's Notes
- Provide food and homes to animals in the ecosystem, which are necessary for their survival. Benefits wildlife, especially salmon 5 Nisqually salmon: Chinook, Coho, Chum, and Pink salmon and Steelhead
- European settlers couldnโt pronounce โSqually-Abschโ
- Built dikes Cleared local vegetation Farmed crops and animals Ditched creeks
- NREP partners with many schools, teachers and studentsโฆ
- A river is always changing shape due to natural erosion processes. Improves connection with other streams within the floodplain Provides temperature control Creates different speeds of water, giving fish rest areas instead of one fast stream Stabilizes river banks Helps protect flooding of man-built parts of the Nisqually watershed including: Highway 7, Peterson Road, bridges, and adjacent neighborhoods.
- Phase 2: Realigning ditched channel
- Phase 1: Replanting 100 acres along the river Installing 40 log jams 400 trees
- Does anyone know what a redd is?
- Provide habitat for bugs, food for the juvenile salmon, and leaves, which feed the base of the food chain in the stream
- Red Alder Facts: Red alders can grow to be more than 120 feet tall and have the ability to fix nitrogen, contributing to the abundance of this limited nutrient. Oregon Ash Facts: The Oregon ash is a deciduous tree that can grow over 80 feet tall and live up to 250 years.
- Balsam Poplar Facts: Balsam poplar is a fast growing deciduous tree that can grow up to 98 feet tall. Bees collect resin and use it to seal off intruders, such as mice, which might damage and infect the hive. Sitka Spruce Facts: The Sitka Spruce is an evergreen tree that can grow over 340 feet tall and is the largest species of spruce. Natives used softened pitch to patch and waterproof boats, harpoons and fishing gear.
- Pacific Crab Apple Facts: Natives would cook and mash the apples. The wood is hard and somewhat flexible and was used to make tool handles, bows, wedges, and digging sticks. Red Osier Dogwood Facts: Natives sometimes used the branches for basket rims.
- Twin Honeysuckle Facts: The berries are incredibly bitter and attract birds, bears, and small mammals. Pacific Ninebark Fact: Natives would use parts of this plant for medicinal purposes.
- Cascara Fact: Cascara is deciduous and can grow as a shrub up to 15 feet or a small tree 50 feet. Natives used cascara as a medicine to wash wounds and swelling. Swamp Rose Fact: Bright, pink flowers grow in groups of 2-10 and bear fruit or โrose hips.โ These attract and provide food for birds and mammals.
- Rose Spirea Fact: Reproduce from rhizomes (an underground stem) that allows it to grow in thickets Sitka Willow Fact: Natives pounded the bark and applied it topically to wounds as a healing agent, ground it to a powder and mixed with cereal to make bread, and used it for making rope.