University of Washington Restoration Ecology Network Capstone 2023-24
Lizard Haven At Discovery Park
Restoration in Progress
We made excellent progress this week despite the very wet weather on Sunday. On Friday, we were able to begin laying mulch down at the far end of our site which we have cleared out over the last few weeks! Mulch is important to retain top soil which stores a lot of nutrients and organic matter while preventing blackberry re-establishment through shading the sun-loving species out prior to us receiving our plant shipments next month.
We also were able to start making progress on the 'old-growth' Himalayan blackberry patch at the top of our site, and on Sunday finally cleared a path through it. We learned that despite the Blackberry preventing other species from establishing in the region, the soil is healthier than we anticipated with tons of earthworms present! Sunday, we also had Tutta Bella's donate us some pizzas for the volunteers to enjoy despite the cold and wet weather. If you are interested in helping out, and would like some pizza, Tutta Bellas will be sponsoring us again on the 25th - we hope to see you there! Comments are closed.
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Ellise Hall
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