it is November 30th and we have been cutting down and planting a lot of hooker willow in the Wetlands, we have been doing this the past week.

Here Comes The Rain

In just a few days of rain the Wetland has formed huge puddles making our Wetlands gain inches of water in a short amount of time.

Flow

High tide in the Skippanon, we had dug trenches so that the water can flow in the wetlands, the picture shows flow.

Wildlife

Wildlife in our Wetlands, As you can see a dear enjoyed a nice rub.

Donovan and Dylan making the trenches

Picture of a section of the Wetland during low tide.

We have been getting small Spruce and Pine trees from a tree farm and transplanting them in the Wetland

Donovan connecting the major pools of water in the wetland making the wetland flow with the tide

UB says good bye!

Hey everyone this is it for UBSA! We worked hard on the wetlands and are now working on the slides to share with our community. Everyone is welcome to come watch us present this Thursday. We will be the second group as all of the UB students go. We would love to see you there. It is at 6:30 this Thursday at the preforming art center in Astoria. We hope to see you there!

Hello this week we worked hard on expantion of the wetland. We are almost done with everything we need to do for now. We have layed down the sawdust and planted sedge on the sides of the hill. This is the final steps fpr the summer. Everyone is working hard in the final push!

Here are some pictures of what we have been doing! And what we see while on the job! That is all for this update.

Upward Bound 2010!

Hey to everyone who is reading!

Upward Bound Summer Academy is now working on the wetlands! We are hard at work finding sedge and snakes and some frogs too! We are finishing up week 3. Time is just flying. We have dug up and planted sedge as well as plotting some. Thanks and we will keep you updated!

Pictures

One of our many pine trees that seem to be coming along nicely.

Water parsley that we began planting earlier this month.

If you look closely at this picture you will notice the hundreds of tad pols that have hatched in our wetland.

Transplanted Hooker Willow already rooted and making changes.

April 30th

Quite a few changes in our wetland have occured since my last post. The last couple weeks weve been transplanting parsley, slough sedge aswell as tossing any debris we can find lying around. The changes seem to occur weekly. The willow has really taken off, its rooted and began growing its own steps. Its a very amazing transformation. Weve had quite a few visitors including; wood ducks, garden snakes, possums, and frogs. Today if you look in one of the various surrounding puddles you can find hundreds of tadpols. Which we hope will survive - resulting us with a large number of frogs. More updates soon!

For The Month Of April

This month weve been focusing on pine trees, parsley aswell as slough sedge. Last month we completed the willow planting. As of today we have approximatly 40 sitka spruce trees transplanted into our wetland. We just began transplanting water parsley into the shallow areas around the water. Throughout the month of April we will continue doing so, until summer rolls around.

Returning From Spring Break.

After a nice break off from school we returned to our regular schedule out at the wetland, and were surprised to see a lot of changes. The area seems much greener, the willow we've transplanted has taken off, the sedge seems to be coming along nicely, and we've even had some wildlife invade the area such as frogs and ducks. Yesterday I met with Mr. Ray and discussed the plans for the rest of the year. This week we will plant the pine trees we have behind the fish farm, take some more pictures, and on the weekend try and finish up the slough sedge. But just looking over from what we've accomplished in a year is quite a thought. We will continue to work during the weekends to get this wetland where it needs to be.


Aaron working diligently as he continues to transplant hooker willow.

March Update

Last month we did a good job planting. Were now starting to even get some wildlife visit our wetland from time to time. I'd say about 1/2 of the wetland is now covered in slough sedge aswell as hooker willow. Once spring break rolls around we are hoping to make alot of progress, and get this wetland approved.

Feb 5th

Last week we accomplished a lot of transplanting. We got approximately 60 planted and plan on producing the same, if not more this week. More updates coming.



Update: 2/12/10
Things are going very well, we've selected an area which we are covering with slough sedge two feet apart from one another. The plants seem to be healthy, and are recovering well to their new habitat.
Plant count approx. 400, numbers should jump as weather improves.
Hooker Willow - 20

Jan 26th

A quick update over the course of last weeks progress. Mr. Ray visited informing us of needed tasks we had to accomplish to get this wetland mitigation approved. We were taught the process of replanting hooker willow. Were continuing to work hard, but due to the awful weather lately again its taking a toll. Hopefully once we can get some sun we will make up for lost time.

January 13

Throughout the week we will continue to spread bark dust, were hoping to get a couple more truck loads before the weekend. Were planning on getting another large group together this Sunday if the weather permits it. Our production is speeding up, every ones getting involved and are excited about the progress we've made.

January 9th

Today we got a lot of work from kids in the school. Our group of three quickly turned into 9 which speed up the process dramatically. We continued spreading bark dust throughout the land and planting grass along the embankment to prevent erosion. The work we got to day with 9 people is more than we usually do in a week. We planted around 60 plants, and got the majority of the hill covered in bark dust.

Back to work

Today we got back to work in the wetland which we missed dearly. We began to continue shoveling bark chips through out the surrounding area. We will continue doing this for the next couple days. Once we finish we will restart production on the plants.

Update::
January 7th 2010
Today we were informed by our science teacher Steve Porter that we have a few spruce trees in pots that he's willing to give to us. We also have a set date for Mr Ray to return and observe our progress. Also this weekend were hoping to get some students to come help us kick start the planting process