red salmon creek presentation
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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!
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.
Red Salmon Creek Story
Red Salmon Creek Project Area2013 Aerial Photo
Nisqually Land Trust
Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
0 500 1,000250 FeetFKim Bredensteiner, Nisqually Land Trust - 2/23/15
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SF Tracks
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Red SalmonSlough
2015-16 Planting Area
• Land cleared for farming
• Landowner Bud worked with
Nisqually Delta Association to
preserve the estuary
• Property transferred to Nisqually
Land Trust, then to USFW-
Nisqually National Wildlife
Refuge
• An important salmon rearing
creek
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
• Need access to mineral springs
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 – WDFW, Salmon eggs – Thomas C. Kline, Jr., Ph. D.
6 Main Reasons We Plant Trees For Salmon B.Largewoodydebriscreatelogjamsthatproviderestingspots,
feedingareas,andhidingspacesfrompredators.
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.
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.