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Spencer Butte

  • Start date: 11/30/2013

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 11/30/2013

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

We will be working to transplant ferns. We will meet up initially at the Willamette & 52nd trailhead and hike up to the switchback and dig up sword ferns. We will then hike back to the trailhead and then drive up to the main Spencer Butte parking lot and hike up the West Trail and plant the ferns we dug up. The City will drive the ferns up to the parking lot for us, no need for them to carpool with us. :)

  • Event Leader: Bell Matt

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trail Maintenance

  • Area Type: Urban

  • Departure Location: 52nd & Willamette Trailhead

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2013

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Weather and work appropriate footwear and clothing. All tools, equipment, gloves, and even some snacks will be provided by the City Parks and Open Spaces Division.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 2

  • Member Fees: —

  • Elevation Gain: 500

  • Non-Member Fees: —

  • Committee: Trail Maintenance

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

We worked with Josh of EPOS to continue to revegetate areas near the West Trail. For the past few years we have held plantings in November to try to fast track the recovery of the areas in between the switchbacks we lined with fencing. For this effort we met at the Willamette & 52nd trailhead and hiked in to the switchbacks and began to dig up sword ferns for transplanting. We loaded the ferns into the power-wheelbarrows until they were too full to see over. We then returned to the trailhead and then drove up to the main parking lot and hiked up the West Trail and planted the sword ferns we'd dug up. We also planted 25 big leaf maples from the City's Native Plant Nursery and some additional swords ferns we collected from near the West Trail. We also placed some additional sticks and logs around the our plantings to help protect them.

The area looked much improved with the additions of mature sword ferns. Hopefully, there addition will continue the areas recovery.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Bell, Matt 503-884-8829 N —
2 Signed-Up Emlen, Clara 541-746-2181 N —
3 Signed-Up Chord, Roberta 541-357-2362 N —
4 Signed-Up Estes, Autumn 541-357-2362 N —
5 Signed-Up Estes, Trenton 541-357-2362 N —
6 Signed-Up Estes, Chyanne 541-357-2362 N —
7 Signed-Up Predeek, Dave 541-345-5531 N —
8 Signed-Up Whitfield, Jim 541-937-2364 N —
9 Signed-Up Jacobsen, Janet 541-206-1251 N —
10 Signed-Up Hitt, Leland — N —