steep slope stabilizing #4

This fall we applied some of our PSF Community Salmon Program grant funds to an important planting effort in Morningside Park.   

We had a strong, vibrant crew of over 30 volunteers from VIU, NALT, and the Dover Bay eco-club.  

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The riparian area here suffers from erosion during high flows, so we're stabilizing the bank using stakes and logs, with native plants in these terraces. We've also had great success adding a thick layer of topsoil and mulch to "planting polygons" created using logs.  Some of the planting from previous years has succumbed to drought, deer browse, or erosion, so we replanted these areas to encourage success.  We've found that continuing to add mulch, and create densely planted communities, gives plants the greatest chance of getting established.  It's exciting to see ferns, Salal, hemlock, pines, and Oregon grape that we planted years ago thriving.

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