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Wild Iris Ridge

  • Start date: 11/26/2016

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 11/26/2016

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

For our last outing in 2016, assuming a lack of catastrophic storms, we will be providing a wonderful opportunity to expend some of the calories we all will consume during the Thanksgiving festivities. Our project is to complete a planting project in Wild iris Ridge Park.

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IMPORTANT: After this months outing our group of volunteers are invited to Pegasus Pizza. Someone has generously offered to purchase pizzas for the group. We will purchase our own beverages. You may want to consider bringing a change of clothes.
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Meet at the east side of Bailey Hill Road in the gravel parking lot just south of the intersection with Bertlesen.

  • Event Leader: Bell Matt

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trail Maintenance

  • Area Type: Urban

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2016

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Be sure to wear weather and work appropriate clothing and footwear. All necessary tools, equipment, gloves, and even some snacks will be provided by the City's Parks and Open Spaces staff.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 2

  • Member Fees: —

  • Elevation Gain: 500

  • Non-Member Fees: —

  • Committee: Trail Maintenance

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

For this month's outing our group of volunteers braved the threat of torrential rains to improve the trailsides along the trail that is currently under construction in Wild Iris Ridge Park. Conveniently, the rains never arrived and we enjoyed ideal weather for volunteering. Our group split up to tackle multiple aspects of the days projects. We planted grasses along the streams to repair the muddy mess made during construction as well as by rumored horses bypassing the new bridges. Barrier fencing and signage was added to discourage trampling of the plants. We also spread straw over seeded areas to protect the seeds.

This work spreading straw or strawing as Nancy informed us continued further up the trail.

We then planted some native plants in the ground under the newly re-established oak woodland habitat along the trailsides. As part of the planting we also removed Hedgehog Dog Tail grass, a non-native invasive species that is prevalent in the area.

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 Cooper, David 541-868-5427 N —
3 Signed-Up Lodeesen, David 214-709-0352 N —
4 Signed-Up Smith, Mike 520-488-9569 N —
5 Signed-Up Jacobsen, Janet 541-206-1251 N —
6 Signed-Up Rundle, Tom 541-653-0741 N —
7 Signed-Up Predeek, Dave 541-345-5531 N —
8 Signed-Up Emlen, Clara 541-746-2181 N —
9 Signed-Up Miller, June 808-282-5201 N —
10 Signed-Up Cooney, Marguerite 541-600-0217 N —
11 Signed-Up Soussan, Pat 541-653-7997 N —
12 Signed-Up Beckwith, Jane 517-303-7043 N —
13 Signed-Up Whitfield, Nancy 541-520-0450 N —
14 Signed-Up Hackett, Jane 541-953-7046 N —
15 Signed-Up Lipton, Becky 541-736-7498 N —
16 Signed-Up Bell, Oliver 503-884-8829 N —