Chehalem Park and Recreation District

Since 2009 the NHS Greenhouse program and the Chehalem Park and Rec District (CPRD) have collaborated to plant approximately 1000 native Riparian trees and shrubs along stream corridors on CPRD owned lands.

Many of the Riparian plant species are donated to the program from the NW Oregon Restoration Project (NORP). We also propagate our own native Riparian species.  We also purchase native trees, shrubs, and herbaceous natives from Willamette Valley native plant nurseries and Yamhill Soil and Water Conservation District. Much of what we get are bare root which we then transplant into 18" deep pots that allow, when plantied, for the tree and shrub roots to be below the root mass of Reed Canary Grass which is an invasive species covering much of the Riparian areas along our streams.

We grow these plants in planter boxes students constructed from materials donated by NORP. We grow them on for until they are 3-4 years old.

NHS  Biology, Ag/Natural Resources, Horticulture and Ecology classes, about 200 students, then plant the Riparian species along our areas stream corridors. Increasing water quality and eliminating non-native invasive species that dominate many of our areas Riparian areas.

In the 2018-19 school year we planted approximately 150 Oaks on the uplands area of the CPRD's Hwy 219 property. This is to create Oak savannah habitat one of the habitats in the valley that has decreased precipitously since the settlers first came into the valley. We also planted 130 Riparian trees and shrubs along the Gettman Trail at the CPRD Chehalem Glenn Golf course. This was done in conjunction with the Mountain View Middle School (MVMS) 7th grade science classes. The 7th graders also built bird, bat and butterfly wildlife boxes that were hung at both locations.

This page shows a photo montage from start to finish for our Riparian restoration work.