[Path-list] Fwd: RE: Tree planting at Dry Run, Mount Rogers next week!

Sat May 1 07:01:02 MDT 2021

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-------- Original message --------From: "Phillips, Brittany -FS" <brittany.phillips at usda.gov> Date: 4/30/21  7:29 AM  (GMT-05:00) To: Conner McBane <cmcbane at appalachiantrail.org>, "Kirk, Dawn -FS" <dawn.kirk at usda.gov> Cc: Jim Houck <houckjw at bellsouth.net>, VARO Email Distribution List <varo at appalachiantrail.org>, "Garten, Barry -FS" <barry.garten at usda.gov> Subject: RE: Tree planting at Dry Run, Mount Rogers next week! 

Here’s the list of what we have. Most look to be either cuttings or bare roots.

Brittany Phillips

Wildlife Biologist - Mount Rogers NRA

Forest Service

George Washington / Jefferson National Forests

p: 276-782-4364

brittany.phillips at usda.gov

3714 Highway 16
Marion, VA 24354
www.fs.fed.us 

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From: Conner McBane <cmcbane at appalachiantrail.org> 
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2021 4:18 PM
To: Kirk, Dawn -FS <dawn.kirk at usda.gov>
Cc: Jim Houck <houckjw at bellsouth.net>; VARO Email Distribution List <varo at appalachiantrail.org>; Garten, Barry -FS <barry.garten at usda.gov>; Phillips, Brittany -FS <brittany.phillips at usda.gov>
Subject: Re: Tree planting at Dry Run, Mount Rogers next week!

Hey Dawn, 

Thank you so much for including me on the tree planting project at Dry Run. Do you have a species list for what's going in the ground? It's so awesome that you all are doing this, that area would
 succumb to the autumn olive onslaught in just a few years time. 

I've included Jim Houck (President of Piedmont Appalachian Trail Hikers) and I'm sure there are some local volunteers who would love to help. I will plan to be there unless I get pulled away on
 another habitat project. Please let me know if you all need any extra PPE or tools for the work. 

Best, 

Conner McBane

Natural Resource Specialist

Appalachian Trail Conservancy
416 Campbell Ave | Suite 101
Roanoke, VA 24016
Phone: 540-427-7098
Cell: 540-525-6812

Fax: 540-904-4368

cmcbane at appalachiantrail.org

www.appalachiantrail.org

From: Kirk, Dawn -FS <dawn.kirk at usda.gov>
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Subject: Tree planting at Dry Run, Mount Rogers next week! 

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Come help plant trees next week!!!

WHAT: Plant 1,500 bare root trees/shrubs in riparian area of Dry Run. 

WHERE: Dry Run Stream restoration project on Mount Rogers, just off the I-81 Groseclose exit
WHEN: Wednesday, May 5th.  Meet on site at 9:30.
BRING: Lunch, gloves, shovel, hat, sunscreen, good attitude.

BACKGROUND: The project site is an old farm purchased about 28 years ago by the National Park Service (NPS) as an Appalachian Trail (AT) corridor to be administered by the U.S. Forest Service.  The land along Dry Run was used for farming
 and grazing of livestock which resulted in damage to the stream channel and banks.  In all but one access point, cattle have been excluded from the creek since purchase of the land, but stream channel function, instream fish habitat and riparian vegetation
 have not significantly recovered.  The previous owner maintained water access for cattle, upon NPS acquisition.  This access and connection to the adjacent private land (along with a boldly flowing spring that feeds directly into Dry Run) is being currently
 aquired by the Forest Service! 
😊 

The Dry Run Restoration project is establishing floodplain connectivity at the bank-full elevation, stabilizing streambanks at a 3:1 slope, with native riparian vegetation, matting and live staking.  In-stream structures made of large
 woody material and rock have been used for grade control, streambank protection and habitat complexity.  Wetland areas are being re-established in the riparian area and floodplain.  The project is being completed in segments, as funding is available, starting
 with the most upstream segment at the intersection with Davis Valley Road.  There are three planned segments, and two of them have been completed thus far using Virginia Forest Stamp funds (approximately $75,000).

Dry Run is a stocked trout stream, but since restoration has begun, wild rainbow trout have been sampled near the large the spring, which contributes cool water to the stream year around.  Dry Run is a tributary to the Middle Fork Holston
 River, which supports the federally listed mussels slabside pearlymussel, shiny pigtoe, finerayed pigtoe, and fluted kidneyshell, and the FS sensitive mussel Tennessee heelsplitter.

BEFORE: April 2010                                                                                                                            AFTER: Construction in June 2015, Picture taken November 2015

Dawn Kirk

Forest Fisheries Biologist

Forest Service

George Washington & Jefferson National Forest

p: 540-291-5211

f: 540-291-1759 
dawn.kirk at usda.gov

27 Ranger Lane
Natural Bridge Station, VA 24579
www.fs.fed.us

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