Red Salmon Tree Planting Pre-Trip Fall 2015
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Tree Planting on Red Salmon Creek with Nisqually River Education Project
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Your Task!Replant native vegetation to re-establish a
healthy Riparian Zone.
Why is the Riparian Zone important?
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Riparian Zones Rock!
• Moderates flooding
• Cleans the water
• They provide shade, habitat, and food!
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Low-flow channel
Riparian areaFloodplain
High-flow channel
Riparian Zones and Floodplains
• Floodplains are lowlands next to rivers that are subject to floods
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Streams Meander• Meander= to follow a winding, bending course.• Causes varying speeds of water• Erosion and deposition
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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.
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European Settlers
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Modern Life
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How does modern life affect wildlife?
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Nisqually Watershed Schools
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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6 Main Reasons We Plant Trees For Salmon
C. Trees provide shade, keeping stream temperatures low; a necessity for the survival of salmon.
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6 Main Reasons We Plant Trees For Salmon
D. Trees provide oxygen, which is good for not only the salmon but us too.
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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!
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6 Main Reasons We Plant Trees for Salmon
F. Trees use the carbon in CO2 as building blocks to grow, thus becoming carbon reservoirs.
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What is a
Native Plant?
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Native plant: A species that originated in a given region.
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Western Redcedar Thuja plicata Red Elderberry Sambucus racemosa
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Indian Plum Oemleria cerasiformi Douglas Fir Pseudotuga menziesii
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Grand Fir Abies grandis Black Hawthorn Crataegus douglasii
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Cascara Rhamnus purshiana Oregon Ash Fraxinus latifolia
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Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus Tall Oregon Grape Mahonia aquifolium
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Shore Pine Pinus contorta Western Hemlock Tsuga heterophylla
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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.
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Thank you!Liked the presentation? Want to check it out or learn more? Go to our website!
nrep.nisquallyriver.org