Bear Creek Restoration Planting Workday - POSTPONED!!!

Please still let Kyle know if you'd like to be on the list for a future date.

By Kyle Anderson, Stewardship Coordinator, Bitter Root Land Trust 

Thanks to the generous support of the Bitterroot Audubon Society, we're moving forward with a creekside forest restoration project along the North Fork of Bear Creek this fall. We'll do a dormant-season planting to give the plants their best start for the 2023 growing season. We'll plant 160 native trees and shrubs from 10 species, which were selected to provide exceptional value to birds and other wildlife. 

The planting day will be at 1:00 on Saturday the 19th, and we'll work until 5:00 (unless we finish beforehand). We'll also have a prep work day on a weekday (TBD) on the week before. For both days, we'll meet on Graze n' Roam Farm which is at the end of Eagle Feather Lane in Victor. 

Before the planting day, I'll dig holes with a power auger, and drop off supplies for browse protectors. On Saturday, we'll: 

1. Situate the plants in their holes. 

2. Install coir (biodegradable coconut fiber) weed suppression rings around each plant. 

3. Install rodent protection (hardware cloth rings). 

4. Install ungulate browse protection (t-posts and welded wire cages). 

Along with Bitterroot Audubon Volunteers, we'll have help from the Hamilton and Corvallis Boy Scout troop. It's ok if we don't get everything finished on Saturday. Getting the plants in the ground with some rudimentary browse protection will be the main thing. I will follow up to ensure the browse protectors are all secured for the winter. 

Volunteers should bring warm clothes, work gloves, a shovel or trowel, something to drink, and snacks. If you have a weeding claw (or other tool) for pulling out grass, that would be useful too. 

PLEASE RSVP ME IF YOU PLAN TO PARTICIPATE, even if you are just a maybe. This helps immensely with our planning, and enables me to update you if the plan changes due to bad weather. Please shoot me a quick note at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and let me know if you'd join us on Saturday or the weekday prior (or both). Thank you so much if you are interested in participating!