With spring in the air it is time for another round of planting at the 3M wetlands site. We still have roughly 600 shrubs and trees to plant throughout the site, so with any luck we will have the same if not more volunteers for this next round of volunteering.
The event is scheduled for Saturday March 24th at 8:00a.m. meeting again at the site end nearest to the Forum Nature Area parking lot.
More details on how to sign up go here. to the TreeKeepers website or here to the Volunteer Services main website. Both CARP and TreeKeepers will be involved in the project and anyone who has an interest in the environment is more than welcome.
Look forward to seeing you there!
Monday, February 6, 2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
3M Wetlands Restoration Project - treating stormwater
Today's rain is the first event that will start the filling of the wetlands project. Full pool will be attained in the first cell with the rains projected through tomorrow afternoon and the filling of the second pool will begin with subsequent rains.
Winter Wheat and Annual Rye were sown as the first rain fell this morning and hopefully will sprout with through the rest of the winter season.
With all the final stage of the grading operations, funded by the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation's Five Star Grant, native planting will resume over the next few months. There will be some 500 + additional native trees and shrubs planted by TreeKeepers & CARP volunteers, provided by Missouri Forest ReLeaf. Several thousand native wetland plants will be installed in the new wetlands by the same volunteers, funding provided by National Fish & Wildlife Foundation's Five Star Grant for $25,000.
Work on the on covered observation structure continues with new and innovative ideas being considered each day, more to come on that as funding allows!!
Work has begun on the $20,000 Missouri State Parks RTP Grant for an accessible interpretive sign system for the wetlands that will include interpretive information about the site and its functions and purposes...more information to come on that too as progress is made!!
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Barn siding is up at the Maplewwod Barn
The barn is looking a lot more like a barn with the installation of most of the siding. There's still some exterior trim and much interior work to do but the project is mmaking great time with the mild winter.
3M Wetlands Restoration Project open for business
Today saw the last of the grading work and reconnection of the temporarily diverted flow. Rain is in the forecast, so this will be the first test of the completed graded pools!
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
3M Urban Ecology Restoration Project - observation deck work
The non-load bearing walls have been removed from the structure in preparation for the conversion into a covered observation area. The weather has been unbelievably kind and the majority of the remaining site grading will be completed this week.
The preceding image is looking down the wetland system with the graded wetland 'riverbed' water will flow along this flat alignment as it is introduced into the wetlands. Native wetland plants will be installed with Parks staff and volunteer events.
We hope to allow the permanent source of water to flow back into the site very soon.
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