Are you interested in plants and salmon restoration projects? Come help us monitor our restoration plantings! Join us for a free workshop to survey vegetation at salmon habitat restoration sites. This workshop will be an introduction to identifying native and noxious plants, assessing plant health, and determining coverage in riparian planting projects. Updates on the status of these plants help us determine the most effective practices for riparian revegetation projects. After training, volunteers will sign up to do a day of monitoring on at least one restoration planting site with SFEG staff and interns.
This workshop is a mandatory training for all volunteers and it will help prepare you for the monitoring season!
Volunteers will learn both native and invasive plant ID during the class. In addition to a PowerPoint presentation, volunteers will test their skills by identifying plants that come from the SFEG Native Plant Nursery. The monitoring portion of the class will teach volunteers about SFEG field protocols, including percent cover, transect data collection, and health ratings. In the afternoon volunteers will practice their skills at an SFEG planting along Carey’s Slough in west Hamilton.
Bring your own lunch, but we will be providing morning refreshments. Please dress for the weather; we will spend half our time outside.
This workshop is FREE and a really great opportunity to gain more plant knowledge.
Contact Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group at (360) 336-0172 ext 304 or outreach@skagitfisheries.org to register and for more information.
