{"id":496,"date":"2016-02-11T04:01:18","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T04:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graysrivergrange.org\/?p=496"},"modified":"2016-02-11T04:02:16","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T04:02:16","slug":"native-planting-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/graysrivergrange.org\/?p=496","title":{"rendered":"Native Planting Classes"},"content":{"rendered":"

February 27th<\/span><\/sup> and March 5th\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/sup>12 noon \u2013 2pm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Cost: $10<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 Fred\u2019s Homegrown Produce and Pacific County Natural Resources Conservation Service will be finishing a 10 Year Salmon Habitat Restoration project with the planting of native plants along a the stream bed of a newly constructed fish passage to the Naselle River.\u00a0 This project is a continuation of a previous salmon habitat restoration project that turned a half-mile of riverbank into a total of 8 acres of forested habitat in 2006. The project is focused on restoring habitat for salmon, birds and native pollinators. It involves culvert removal and replacement with salmon-friendly culvert systems, replanting native species along an additional 4 acres of interior stream bank, and creating a buffer filtration system for the cattle pasturage enabling production of salmon-safe beef.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 The final planting will complete the half mile of newly constructed fish passage, and add another 800+ feet of river frontage to the original 2006 Habitat project.\u00a0 The habitat project creates a spawning area for salmon as they come up the river from the ocean.\u00a0 The fish need areas to lay their eggs where they will be protected from predators and high water velocity when the smolts first hatch.\u00a0 Streams such as this small one that runs through the property provide this type of protection for the fledging fish.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0The Farm will be hosting two classes in habitat restoration planting, hedgerow design and site-specific erosion control.\u00a0 The first class on Feb 27th<\/span><\/sup>, focused on the upper non-flooding area along steep stream bed slopes, and the second on March 5th<\/span><\/sup> covering planting habitat in a flood plain area.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 Native area plantings will consist of a multi-canopy design of a mix of coniferous and deciduous tree species including firs, western red cedar, yews, and coast redwood.\u00a0\u00a0 Also flowering and fruiting shrubs including thimbleberry, red huckleberry, blue elderberry, snowberry, twinberry, serviceberry, spirea, oceanspray, pacific ninebark, and a mix of other understory shrubs.\u00a0 There will also be ground cover and lower story plantings of native strawberries, giant camas, Oregon iris, red columbine and salal.<\/p>\n

And there will be Pizza!\u00a0 Farm-made pizza will be served after the class is completed for all participants.<\/p>\n

Learn about specific plantings for various soil types, planting strategies, designing habitat for birds, bees and fish and choosing appropriate native species of our region. Learn how to address habitat restoration in your own restoration project!<\/p>\n

Classes are $10, start at 12 noon and go until 2 pm, rain or shine \u2013 bring your mud boots and raincoat \u2013 and stay for a slice of hot farm-fresh pizza to wrap up the day!<\/p>\n

All ages are invited, and for anyone who would like to commemorate someone the love, or someone they have lost, come and plant a tree in their memory and honor.<\/p>\n

You might be surprised in how good it can make you (and future salmon) feel!<\/p>\n

Please call Fred @ 360-484-3345 if you have any questions. Classes will be limited to 20 people per class, with resources available on site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

February 27th and March 5th\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12 noon \u2013 2pm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cost: $10 \u00a0 Fred\u2019s Homegrown Produce and Pacific County Natural Resources Conservation Service will be finishing a 10 Year Salmon Habitat Restoration project with the planting of native plants along a the stream bed of a newly constructed fish passage to the Naselle River.\u00a0 This project […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/graysrivergrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/graysrivergrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/graysrivergrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/graysrivergrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/graysrivergrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=496"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/graysrivergrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":500,"href":"http:\/\/graysrivergrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496\/revisions\/500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/graysrivergrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/graysrivergrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/graysrivergrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}