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Volunteers plant live stakes and shore up pollinator plantings along Mount Vernon river corridor
Summary
Commission volunteers and partners used live-staking and shrub plantings to reinforce riverbanks, planted roughly 37 donated trees and shrubs in an environmental covenant area, and expect multi-year regrowth before pollinators return in force.
Volunteers and commission staff reported recent planting work on the river corridor and in mitigation areas tied to prior in-stream work, including cutting and planting live stakes and adding trees and shrubs required by an environmental covenant.
Staff described two recent outings to collect live stakes — soft woody cuttings planted directly into riverbanks — from a partner, Leaves for Wildlife, and to replant willows and dogwood along a stretch south of Harcourt Road. Volunteers reported cutting and planting roughly 220 live stakes during an earlier outing and later planting about 37 donated trees and shrubs from Leaves for Wildlife in…
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