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Finn Rock Reach Restoration Planting with MRT

  • Start date: 02/17/2024

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 02/17/2024

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

This is a work party with McKenzie River Trust. We will learn about and support restoration at Finn Rock Reach on Saturday, February 17th, from 9:30am-12:00pm
We are celebrating the completion of the large-scale restoration work with a big community replanting party in the upper terrace area. McKenzie River Trust staff will be on site to share about project details, and the native plant species we will be using in the planting project. Work will include bending, lifting, digging, and walking on slopes or uneven ground.
Our restoration project manager will be there to share about the property history and restoration work, and stewardship staff will be there to help guide the planting. Below are details for the project, including what to bring and expect for the day.
We will start with introductions and learn more about the history of Finn Rock Reach and restoration project details. We will share information about the native species we are planting, and model some tips for success when planting bare-root trees and shrubs. We will then gather our tools, gloves, and buckets of plants and start planting! Work will include lifting, bending, crouching, digging and walking on uneven ground. We will have drinking water to top off water bottles, and there is a porta-potty on site.
Currently, Saturday’s high is anticipated to be in the low 50s, with about 55% chance of precipitation. Please plan to dress in layers to stay comfortable, and be prepared with waterproof clothing and shoes or boots that can get wet and muddy.

We’ll meet at Springfield / McDonald at Main and 57th and then carpool to McKenzie Community School since is no much parking space at the Finn Rock Reach project site. From there is just two miles, so we’ll ride with MRT staff, or catch a ride with someone in the group.

To find the McKenzie Community School you will drive past the Finn Rock Reach restoration area, and take your first left onto Blue River Drive. McKenzie Community School will be just up the road to your left. Look for our blue McKenzie River Trust events sandwich board at the entrance.
➢➢➢ Limited to five Obsidians volunteers. There will be twenty more volunteers from all around the area.

  • Event Leader: Sojak Darko

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trail Maintenance

  • Area Type:

  • Departure Location: Behind McDonalds, 57th and Main in Springfield

  • Rating: Easy

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 64

  • Season: 2024

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Dress for weather and work, Comfortable/waterproof layers for safety and comfort working outdoors and thorny plants Closed-toe shoes or boots, gloves, snack /lunch and hydration.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 2

  • Member Fees: —

  • Elevation Gain: 50

  • Non-Member Fees: —

  • Committee: Trail Maintenance

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Today we contributed at a restoration planting party at Finn Rock Reach, McKenzie riverfront property. Finn Rock Reach is a 278-acre plot just downstream of the town of Blue River. The McKenzie River Trust purchased the property at a closed-bid auction. A low-interest loan helped pay for the purchase while grants and private funds were secured through the fantastic McKenzie home-waters campaign.
Since 2020 numerous partners worked together to achieve a large-scale floodplain restoration project at Finn Rock Reach. This project has great benefits for the native fish, wildlife, and people of western Oregon.
We started with introductions and then learned about the property history and impressive restoration work that was already done. McKenzie River Trust stewardship crew provided helpful guide about planting. We planted around 400 native bare-root plants.
The weather was cold but generally cooperated with 30 busy volunteers.
Thank you all!

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Sojak, Darko 541-799-9199 N —
2 Signed-Up Ruzicka, Angie 541-521-6840 N —
3 Signed-Up Whitfield, Nancy 541-520-0450 N —
4 Signed-Up Alexander, Joanna 458-209-7798 N —
5 Signed-Up Sorrell, Lis 541-954-2772 N —
6 Signed-Up Baldwin, Mari 541-206-9251 N —
7 Signed-Up Cooper, David 541-868-5427 N —
8 Signed-Up Pfautz, Annette 541-525-1069 N —
9 Waitlist Rolfe, Jorry 541-206-9501 N —
10 Signed-Up Hilliard, Hunter 541-688-6710 N —
11 Signed-Up Baldwin, Mari 541-206-9251 N —
12 Signed-Up Lipton, Becky 541-736-7498 N —