Transcript This_years_projects

This Year’s
6 UWREN Capstone Projects:
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Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle
Licton Springs, Seattle
Duwamish Greenbelt, Seattle
Earth Sanctuary, Whidbey Island
Hylebos Creek, Milton (near Tacoma)
Swamp Creek, (near Bothell)
Earth Sanctuary
Snohomish Co.
Licton Springs
Dwamish Greenbelt
Hylebos Creek
UBNA
#1 Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle
http://depts.washington.edu/ubna/
• THE UNION BAY NATURAL
AREA (UBNA) IS MANAGED
TO MAINTAIN AND
ENHANCE VEGETATION,
WILDLIFE, AND
LANDSCAPE VALUES
WHILE SERVING AS AN
OUTDOOR LABORATORY
FOR RESEARCH,
TEACHING AND PUBLIC
SERVICE.
General Information About UBNA
• On eastern portion of CUH
• Before the Lake Washington ship
canal, UBNA was open water
fringed with wetland.
• After the canal opened, lake
levels dropped and the exposed
lake bottom formed a marsh.
• Marsh was used as a landfill
which in 1966 was closed, capped,
and graded.
UBNA’s Diverse
Habitat Types:
Forested Wetland
Emergent Wetland
Grassland
Scrub-Shrub Wetland
Upland Scrub-Shrub
Shoreline Wetland
Client: The Center for Urban Horticulture
The Client’s Requests:
• Assessment of past
restoration work
• Trail improvement
• Design and build a
section of a prototype
boardwalk
• Invasive plant control
and removal
• Native plantings
#2 Licton Springs, North Seattle
• 9-acre site of
forested wetland
and open landscape.
•Licton Springs was once
a healing center for
Native Americans.
• Numerous mineral
springs
http://www.cityofseattle.net/parks/parkspaces/LictonSpringsPark.htm
Client: Friends of Licton Springs
Awarded $100,000 from the Pro Parks Opportunity Fund to
improve Licton Springs Park
Restoration work has been ongoing for three years.
The Client’s Requests:
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Invasive species control.
• Creek bank restoration.
• Establishment of native
plants (forest, and habitat
ponds”).
• Re-introduction of Pacific
Chorus Frog habitat.
• Continue day-lighting a
previously lost springhead.
#3 West Duwamish Greenbelt
Restoration Project, West Seattle
• Largest remaining
contiguous forest
within Seattle (>500
acres of forest).
• Faced with low
diversity, invasive
species problems,
and an unofficial trail
system.
http://www.cityofseattle.net/parks/parkspaces/WDuwamish.htm
Client: The Nature Consortium
The urban forest provides important
ecological functions that affect Puget
Sound.
Habitats in area of interest: Streams,
wetlands, ponds, and forest
The Client’s Requests:
• Improve and protect the upland urban forest, wetland,
and riparian zone habitat.
• Invasive species removal and management plan.
• Planting native forest species (accelerate succession).
#4
Whidbey Island
• Privately owned and funded
• “Both a nature reserve and a
meditation parkland, Earth Sanctuary™
is a unique place for connection with
nature, personal renewal, and spiritual
growth”
http://www.earthsanctuary.org
“Integrate spirituality with art and
nature”
Client: Earth Sanctuary, Chuck Petis
Client’s Requests:
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Clear site of invasives plants
around a fen.
Re-establish native trees and
shrubs – Create habitat for
wildlife.
Provide a monitoring and
maintenance plan.
#5 Hylebos Creek, Milton
• Preserve is 2.5-acres
• Wetland enhancement
project
• Salmon-bearing stream
http://www.hylebos.org/index.htm
Client: Friends of Hylebos Wetlands
• A non-profit organization
dedicated to preserving the West
Hylebos Wetlands and protecting
and restoring the greater Hylebos
Creek Watershed.
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The organization monitors:
Water quality
Habitat restoration
Salmon spawning
Macroinvertebrates
Client’s Requests:
• Develop strategy for invasive management
• Develop planting plan
• Implement planting before March 15th
• Develop monitoring program
#6 Swamp Creek,
Snohomish County
• Project Area: Tributary of Swamp Creek
• Habitats are diverse (upland, riparian)
• Swamp Creek is Salmon Habitat
Swamp Creek Tributary
• “…with the housing boom in
South Snohomish County has
come hard times for Swamp
Creek and its remaining coho
and sockeye salmon, cutthroat
trout and steelhead”.
• Approximately 20
developments are coming to
the Swamp Creek watershed.
http://home1.gte.net/greenjay/swampcreek.htm
Client’s Requests:
• Remove invasives in riparian
area
• Plant native vegetation –
encourage succession.
Now, this year’s group assignments
Team A
S. Rosebrough
L. Mazzola
C. West
S. Stolnack
B. McMeekin
M. Kermott
W. Chung
Team B
Team C
A. Breuer
S. Kachel
A. VanDerslice
T. Han
N. Edmonds
C. Plass
I.
S. Gachet
Lacher
D. Chandler
L. Acker
J. Leach
C. Coineandubh
E. Mussman
Team D
Team E
Team F
M. Darrow
N. Ostrovsky
D. Fletcher
J. Erickson
J. Walker
D. Clark-Rixmann
E. Hastings
D. Bjorkegren
M. Schweitzer
S. Torgerson
E. Podolak
P. Petra
P. Hovet
C. Wilson
J. Wartes
E. Christensen
V. Mehring
T. Parise
This Year’s
6 UWREN Capstone Projects:
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Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle
Licton Springs, Seattle
Duwamish Greenbelt, Seattle
Earth Sanctuary, Whidbey Island
Hylebos Creek, Milton (near Tacoma)
Swamp Creek, (near Bothell)