RIPARIAN TREE PLANTING City Stream Watch 2006

SAWMILL CREEK

Phase II Rehabilitation Project

Sawmill Creek – Phase IIMay 6th, 2006

Phase II planting on Sawmill Creek hopes to further rehabilitate a failed bank on the east side of the stream.

Phase I was carried out in May of 2005, though it seemed more vegetation was still needed in the upper sections of the bank.

In Phase II we planted more vegetation on the upper sections of the bank failure and also filled in the holes missed last year.

Sawmill Creek – Phase II

Twelve volunteers planted 600 trees on this failed bank on Sawmill Creek

Sawmill Creek – Phase II

Even though it was a rainy day which made working in clay difficult, volunteers made the best of it and had a great time.

Sawmill Creek – Phase II

# of trees planted by volunteers:

- 250 Red Osier Dogwood- 200 Nannyberry- 100 White Cedar- 50 White Spruce

Sawmill Creek – Phase II

In total 12 volunteers gave 32 hours of service helping to plant 600 trees on the bank of Sawmill Creek to complete Phase II of the rehabilitation project.

Sawmill Creek – Phase II

Here are some

pictures of

some of the

volunteers who

made this

project happen

Sawmill Creek – Phase II

After a successful day of planting the site looked better than ever

Sawmill Creek – Phase II

Sawmill Creek – Phase II

This site will be monitored over the course of the summer to determine if more planting will be necessary

Thanks to all those volunteers who participated and didn’t mind getting dirty.

GRAHAM CREEK

Rehabilitation Project

Graham Creek – May 8th, 2006 High water is eroding the bank along

Graham Creek at Andrew Haydon Park causing loss of vegetation and possible siltation.

Siltation can affect fish spawning and nursery habitat therefore trees will be planted along the eroded bank to help re-vegetate the site and stabilize the soil.

Graham Creek

On May 8th two

volunteers helped to

plant 50 Red Osier at this

site

Graham Creek

It may not have been as big a project as Sawmill Creek but these volunteers were happy to help make any difference they could.

Graham Creek

Graham Creek This small project hopes to begin

establishing a root system and promoting natural growth of other plants to stabilize the bank from further erosion.

As this site runs through a city park, it will also help bring the aesthetic beauty of a natural stream bank back to this stretch of stream

MOSQUITO CREEK

Rehabilitation Project

Mosquito Creek The planting site on Mosquito Creek is in the

Riverside South community and has been under heavy development over the past few years.

Where Mosquito Creek crosses under Spratt Rd. there has been some erosion due to stream alteration

With this planting we hope to further rehabilitate this area by planting trees in the riparian zone to establish root systems in the loose soil to stop the erosion problem

Mosquito Creek

Mosquito CreekAfter a few hours of

planting the site was full

of new seedlings

Mosquito Creek

Volunteers who were happy to lend a hand

Mosquito Creek

Species planted at this

site were: - 100 Nannyberry- 50 Bur Oak

Mosquito Creek Planting was done on May

9th, 2006 and 150 trees were planted by 2 volunteers.

City Stream Watch 2006 A huge THANK YOU goes out to the 16

volunteers who made each of these projects possible.

In total 800 trees were planted on 3 different stream systems.

Thank you for making another Stream Watch project a success!!

City Stream Watch 2006 For more information on this project or if

you would like to get involved with the program please contact:

Grant NicholCity Stream Watch Co-ordinator

(613) 580-2424 ext 22886Grant.Nichol@ottawa.ca