Red_Chili
Hard Core 4+
Now that we've completed the post-n-cable around the wetlands near Yankee Doodle Lake (formerly a very ugly mud bog), we will be replanting the bog with willows and plugs of native vegetation. This will be a joint project with the Sierra Club (nope, I'm not kidding) and the USFS/Boulder Ranger District. If you wanna play in the mud and have it look BETTER after you're there, come on up with us!
So far, we stand a very good possibility of outnumbering the non-OHV folks. It would just be too cool if we swamped their numbers and kicked this project out even faster than the post-n-cable.
Here's the details:
So far, we stand a very good possibility of outnumbering the non-OHV folks. It would just be too cool if we swamped their numbers and kicked this project out even faster than the post-n-cable.
Here's the details:
VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDHelp Plant Willows in damaged wetlandYankee Doodle Basin--near Rollins Pass west of RollinsvilleSept 2, 9 AM - 6 PMIf you can attend, please respond to:
Roz McClellan 720 635-7799, mcclelr@colorado.edu[/EMAIL">mcclelr@colorado.edu"]mcclelr@colorado.edu
And to Forest Service hydrologist Terry Savery - tsavery@fs.fed.us[/EMAIL">tsavery@fs.fed.us"]tsavery@fs.fed.us
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The project is a wetland restoration project where people have gone off the designated route into wetlands.We'll meet at Yankee Doodle Lake at 9 am and we plan to work until 5 or 6 pm. We'll be working in wetlands along Jenny Creek Trail (Trail 808) and the historic Rollins Pass Road / Moffat Road. We'll be using McClouds, rakes and shovels to reshape the vehicle ruts [EDIT: guess what, we already did that, there ain't none!] before planting and while some folks are working on the ruts other folks will be working on willow cuttings for willow wattles and willow stake bundles. We'll be using post - hole
diggers to make the holes for the willow stake bundles to be put in and shallow trenches to put the willow wattles in. We'll let people switch up
on the jobs. This is part of the Lakewood Pipeline off-site watershed mitigation work. We'll be working in the S. Boulder Creek Watershed.
Everyone should bring lots of water, lunch & snacks, sunscreen, layers of clothing for rain, sun & changing temperatures, water proof boots above the ankle (if they have tall rubber boots tell them to bring them too), and work gloves. The FS will provide hard hats and the tools.
We need between 20 and 25 volunteers.
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Theresa Stevens Savery (Terry)
South Zone Hydrologist
Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests
Boulder Ranger District
2140 Yarmouth Avenue
Boulder, CO 80301
Phone #: 303-245-6414 Fax #: 303-443-1083
Email: tsavery@fs.fed.us