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. Once the site is planted, volunteers will still be needed to check on the seedlings and to pick up any litter. Public Works plans a riparian restoration project in each of the County s magisterial districts.
Sites are limited to public lands or property where the County has easement access.
Final sites are now being selected. Funding for these projects has been made available through a grant provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.