Hello fish heads,
I hope that everyone is getting off to a good new year. I wanted to let you know about upcoming opportunities for restoration plantings on a few small streams in our area.
Gilbert Creek Park (Grants Pass):
Jan 27 9:00 – 2:00 pm: Prep, willow cutting
Feb 3 8:30/9:00 – 2:00 pm: Planting (some high school kids will hopefully be joining us).
Blue Heron Park (Phoenix) :
Feb 6 Noon-3:00 pm: With Phoenix High School. We would gladly take 2-4 volunteers here in the morning to help with willow cuttings for the kids.
Whetstone Planting (Denman Wildlife Area, ODFW Office-Central Point):
Feb 9 – 9:00 am – early afternoon Willows cutting and planting, some brushwhacking, re-fencing trees to protect against the beaver, prep for irrigation
Feb 23 – 9:00 am – early afternoon – Trees and irrigation laying
Thompson Creek (Selma) with Oregon Stewardship:
Feb 16 – If a few volunteers would like to join here, that would be great. Please let me know beforehand. Otherwise, Jim Hutchins will have most of this taken care of, but I’ll be joining him.
Ryan Battleson
Assistant District Fish Biologist
Salmon Trout Enhancement Program (STEP)
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Rogue District Watershed
1495 East Gregory Rd.
Central Point, OR 97502
541-826-8774 ext 226 (Office)
541-826-8776 (Fax)
