Volunteers are needed to help with planting trees. A riparian is the land located adjacent to a stream.
Riparian restoration helps create buffers and protect the stream banks.
This in turn helps improve water quality since trees slow run-off into the stream and stabilize the soil against erosion. Volunteers should plan to work for four to five hours. Duties will including drilling holes with an auger, planting seedling and backfilling the hole, placing protective tubes around the seedlings and laying weed mats. Volunteers will get wet and dirty. This is a good opportunity to complete community service required by schools and scouts.