Friends of Julia's Gulch

Our Mission is to restore the habitat of Julia's Gulch and provide opportunities for our community to enjoy nature.

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Work Description
 

1) Flat roadside area, important for marketing
 a. Invasive removal
 b. Understory planting

 
2) Madrone habitat, cut hillside
 a. Scotch broom removal
 b. Replant with native madrone community
 c. What grows with madrones?
 d. Hedgerow to block business below
 
3) Steep slope
 a. Possible trail into the gulch
 b. Invasive removal and understory planting to prevent erosion
 
4) Parking lot
 a. Multi use area
 b. Safety issues
 c. Maybe not use for parking?
 d. Play area?
 e. Mt bike area?
 f. Native plantings
 g. Block off road access
 
5) Fern grotto
 a. Initial access trail
 b. Permanent trail on side slope
 c. Possible alder thinning
 d. Understory conifer planting
 
6) Trees with ivy
 a. Remove ivy form trees (survival rings)
 
7) Relatively healthy forest
 a. Remove any invasives
 b. Understory conifer planting
 
8) Sloped area with fir trees
 a. Needs more exploration
 b. Invasive control
 c. Permanent trail
 
9) Unexplored area
 a. Needs to be investigated
 b. Hedgerow to block business below
 
10) Sloped area
 a. Heavy blackberry removal
 b. Plantings
 c. Hedgerow to block business below
 
11) Young, thick alder
 a. Thinning area?
 
12) Slope and road edge
 a. Remove invasives
 b. Replant with trees and dense shrubs (hedgerow – pacific rhododendron, wild rose, oregon grape…)
 c. What other plants to use?