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Restoration
We work with more than 2,500 K-12 students each year, planting thousands of native plants at 35 restorations each year.
In addition to planting, students work on specialized erosion control projects, such as weaving willow branches into “soft” biotechnical structures—e.g., walls of living willows—that support creek banks and channels. In more developed or urbanized areas, students remove non-native, invasive vegetation that has destroyed habitat and damaged the food web of native species. All plants except willows are cared for during the spring and summer months for three years or until they are sufficiently established to survive on their own.
Increasingly STRAW uses Driwater, a patented gel formula that releases water slowly over a period of two months, instead of drip irrigation. Staff also collect plant survival data and monitors each site's success.
Restoration of riparian habitats provides a number of environmental benefits, including filtering pollutants from run-off, reducing erosion, and providing food, shade, and habitat for songbirds and other native wildlife. Riparian vegetation also improves in-stream habitat for salmonids and other aquatic species by cooling the water and decreasing sediment loads.
For a first hand look at the sights and sound of a STRAW restoration, click any of the videos below:
We work with more than 2,500 K-12 students each year, planting thousands of native plants at 35 restorations each year. In addition to planting, students work on specialized erosion control projects, such as weaving willow branches into “soft” biotechnical structures—e.g., walls of living willows—that support creek banks and channels. In more developed or urbanized areas, students remove non-native, invasive vegetation that has destroyed habitat and damaged the food web of native species. All plants except willows are cared for during the spring and summer months for three years or until they are sufficiently established to survive on their own.
Increasingly STRAW uses Driwater, a patented gel formula that releases water slowly over a period of two months, instead of drip irrigation. Staff also collect plant survival data and monitors each site's success.
Restoration of riparian habitats provides a number of environmental benefits, including filtering pollutants from run-off, reducing erosion, and providing food, shade, and habitat for songbirds and other native wildlife. Riparian vegetation also improves in-stream habitat for salmonids and other aquatic species by cooling the water and decreasing sediment loads.
For a first hand look at the sights and sound of a STRAW restoration, click any of the videos below:
