EarthCorps Restoration Projects

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EarthCorps Restoration Projects
Jammie Stauffer Senior Project Manager
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Young Leaders Strong Communities Healthy
Habitat
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Environmental restoration projects include
? Shoreline and stream restoration ? Invasive
Plant Removal ? Native Plant Re-vegetation
? Logging road obliteration ? Site Stewardship
and Monitoring ? Trail Maintenance and
Construction ? Slope Stabilization
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Shoreline and Stream Restoration
BEFORE
AFTER
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Near-shore Restoration
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Removing invasive plants
Native revegetation
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Logging road obliteration
Before
After
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Stewardship and monitoring


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Trail Construction Maintenance
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Slope Stabilization
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Lower Newport Creek, Bellevue WA
Project Partners
? City of Bellevue ? Natural Systems Design
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Project Goals

• ? Stabilize stream bank
• ? Hold stream bed in place
• ? Reduce soil erosion and decrease
• sediment transport downstream
• ? Create additional Fish Habitat

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Project Objectives

• ? Construct large woody debris structures on
  1,500 linear feet of stream
• ? Install coir logs on bank slopes
• ? Install erosion control fabric on bare soils
  around constructed wood structures
• ? Plant/stake over 1000 native trees and shrubs
  around constructed wood structures

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Project location Tributary of Coal Creek
Township 24N Range 5E Section 16
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Step 1 Log delivery
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Step 2 Staging of logs
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Step 3 De-water the work site
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Step 4 Build large woody debris structures
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Step 5 Erosion control fabric and native planting
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Wandering Creek, Kent WA
Key Project Partners
? City of Kent
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Project Goals
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• ? Create wildlife habitat
• ? Remove invasive vegetation
• ? Increase wetland acreage
• ? Increase native plant diversity
• ? Increase flood retention capacity
• ? Improve water quality
• ? Improve fish habitat

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Project Objectives

• ? Remove blackberry and reed canary grass
  manually
• ? Cover cleared areas with black fabric for 3
  years
• ? Sheet mulch upper bank with layers of
• cardboard and mulch

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Project Objectives cont.

• ? Plant native trees and shrubs through black
  fabric and cardboard
• ? Construct 7 hummock to plant native species in
  reed canary grass
• ? Stake native trees and shrubs near stream
• ? Continue invasive species removal sweeps

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Project location Outlet of Clark Lake
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Step 1 Invasive removal
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Step 2 Black fabric
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Step 3 Sheet mulch
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Step 4 Hummock Installation
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Step 5 Native planting along upper stream bank
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Step 6 Maintenance of site
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Conclusion

• ?Big Picture Restoration
• ? Secure funding and support for on-going
  maintenance
• ? Engage the community

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