Are you hoping to spend this Earth Day doing something that will having a lasting impact on our local environment? Come join us for a fun, community-filled day of mulching (and possibly planting) on the wild & scenic Dungeness River.
This winter, over 200 volunteers and students and our Washington Conservation Corps crew dedicated their time to plant and mulch nearly 7,000 trees and shrubs at the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s Caldero Side Channel Project. These trees and shrubs will grow to be a future forest that will support salmon and the many species of wildlife that depend upon these floodplain corridors.
So much of the work has been completed by our amazing community so far, but we still have more mulching to do and a few more plants to get in the ground!
Event Date/Time: April 22, 2023, 10-2 PM
Event Agenda:
- 10:00-10:15am Welcome and orientation
- 10:15-12:00pm Mulching/Planting
- 12:00-12:30pm Break time with a bonfire, hot drinks and treats
- 12:30-1:30pm Mulching
- 1:30-2:00pm Project site tour w/ NOSC or Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe staff
Merchandise: NOSC merchandise will be available at the beginning of the event, during the midday break, and after the site tour by cash or check only. You may leave early if you wish, but time flies when you’re planting with NOSC!
Please bring: warm, waterproof clothes and boots, water, and a lunch. You are also welcome to bring your own wheelbarrow, or other mulching tools.
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About the Caldero Side Channel Project:
The Caldero site was acquired by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe in 2017 and is named after the former landowner. The Caldero Side Channel Project created nearly 1,000 feet of off-channel habitat for both spawning adult salmon and rearing juveniles.
Side channels such as the one at Caldero are critical refuges for salmon during flood events. This is particularly the case for juveniles, who can be easily overcome by swift flows. Off-channel habitat can also be important spawning areas for returning adults. In fact, since project completion in October, staff have seen adult Coho spawning in the new channel!