Last weekend, Trout Unlimited and Metro Planning members collaborated with the larger Eugene Stream TeamWhilamut Natural Area project to replant a section of bank on the Willamette to offer shade, buffer surface pollutants, and stop erosion of the banks.
Last summer, TU Chapter 678 and Metro Planning adopted a section of stream bank along the Willamette River in Alton Baker park. It was an ugly job, but members managed to reclaim almost 200 feet of nasty blackberry infested riparian area by hand.
We managed to get some airtime on KVAL as well. I’m the weird looking guy in the red T-Shirt.
Nice work
Second that. Bummed I couldn’t be there for the planting. Oh well, there is still about 200 feet of blackberry left to and some additional plantings. Can’t wait til’ the weekly blackberry busting sessions.
[...] I think more of a baitchucker who will get his hands dirty improving habitat then I do a flyfishing purist whose conservation work consists of catch and release fishing. Here are some guys who gave back to the river this past weekend: [...]
[...] Most of us removed invasive blackberries as TU 678 VP Todd Mullen went animalistic on the Poison Oak, bringing down entire bushes with a steel bladed weed whacker (I know it’s native but noxious). We also beat back the grass near the plantings that we put in this past February. [...]