BHA volunteers, friends, family and more will be helping to plant thousands of bitterbrush plugs on the weekend of October 28th & 29th and we need your help!
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Saturday evening after the planting party, we hope you will join us for our Beer, Bands & Bitterbrush Stands event located 30 minutes from the project site in the Lost Sierra Valley. We will have on-site camping, live music, food, raffles and a campfire story from a special guest.
PROJECT BACKGROUND:
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is leading the Hallelujah Junction Wildlife Area Post-Fire Rehabilitation and Connectivity Project in collaboration with the Department of Fish & Wildlife, the Washoe Tribe, the Sagebrush in Prisons Project, Wildlands Network, including support from Sitka Gear and CalTrans. This large-scale rehabilitation project will restore critical winter range habitat for mule deer, pronghorn antelope, and elk. We are also working closely with the Washoe Tribe to include culturally significant plants in our restoration.
In addition, our project leverages the work of Wildlands Network along 395 to study wildlife movement through existing culverts and at-grade crossings in order to help inform Caltrans of priority areas for wildlife crossing infrastructure and investments. Our collective efforts augment a million-dollar project that Caltrans has planned for hwy 395 along our work area.
Check out the storymap (below) for an in depth look at the project.
Volunteers will be meeting at the Bordertown Casino & RV Resort parking lot (north end) on Friday, Saturday & Sunday mornings, October 27-29th (see details below)
Here are the GPS coordinates for the volunteer meet up location 39.671570, -120.000663
After the planting on Friday and Saturday, volunteers will head to the Two Hearts Ranch in the Sierra Valley for the Beer, Bands & Bitterbrush Stands event.
Event address is: 2634 Beckwourth Calpine Rd, Beckwourth, CA 96129 (39.789935, -120.390137)
Event Logistics:
Wednesday & Thursday Friday 10/25 - 10/26
- Site Prep (If you are available to help any of these days, please let us know!)
Friday 10/27/23
- 8:00am volunteers meet at the North end of the Bordertown Casino & RV Resort parking lot (39.671570, -120.000663) and caravan or shuttle to "basecamp" within the Wildlife Area (Coffee provided, BYO breakfast)
- 8:45am volunteers are organized into project teams and receive safety instruction/planting training
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9:30am volunteers head out to various site locations and begin work
- Groups will have a Team Lead and will divide up into specialties to maximize efficiency. Each group will have hole diggers, planters and hydrogel/waterers
- 12:30pm Break for lunch (BYO lunch)
- 1:15pm Travel back to planting areas and bring extra supplies
- 4:00pm Stop work for the day and head to the Two Hearts Ranch for the Beer, Bands & Bitterbrush Stands event.
- 5:00-7:00pm Set up camp and prep dinner
- 7:00pm Welcome
- 7:15pm Wild game potluck (bring anything you like even if it's tag soup)
- 8:15pm First music set (Vince Rogers)
- 9:00pm Interlude
- 9:15pm Second music set (Evan Barber)
- 10:00pm Evening remarks/project announcements
Saturday 10/28/23
- 8:00am volunteers meet at the North end of the Bordertown Casino & RV Resort parking lot (39.671570, -120.000663) and caravan or shuttle to "basecamp" within the Wildlife Area (Coffee and breakfast sandwiches provided)
- 8:45am volunteers are organized into project teams and receive safety instruction/planting training
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9:30am volunteers head out to various site locations and begin work
- Groups will have a Team Lead and will divide up into specialties to maximize efficiency. Each group will have hole diggers, planters and hydrogel/waterers
- 12:30pm Break for lunch (lunch provided)
- 1:15pm Travel back to planting areas and bring extra supplies
- 4:00pm Stop work for the day and head to the Two Hearts Ranch for the Beer, Bands & Bitterbrush Stands event.
- 5:00-7:00pm Set up camp and prep dinner
- 7:00pm Welcome
- 7:15pm Dinner (Burgers and sides)
- 8:15pm First music set (Danny Horton & Friends)
- 9:00pm Raffle Round 1
- 9:15pm Second music set (Danny Horton & Friends))
- 10:00pm Raffle Grand Prizes
- 10:30pm Campfire Stories
Sunday 10/29/23
- 9:00am volunteers meet at the North end of the Bordertown Casino & RV Resort parking lot (39.671570, -120.000663) and caravan or shuttle to "basecamp" within the Wildlife Area(coffee & breakfast sandwiches provided)
- 9:45am volunteers are organized into project teams and receive safety instruction/planting training
-
10:30am volunteers head out to various site locations and begin work
- Groups will have a Team Lead and will divide up into specialties to maximize efficiency. Each group will have hole diggers, planters and hydrogel/waterers
- 1:00pm Break for lunch (BYO lunch/leftovers)
- 1:45pm Travel back to planting areas and bring extra supplies
- 3:00pm Stop work for the day and clean up project areas
- 4:00pm head home or to break camp at Diamond S Ranch
Monday - Tuesday 10/30 - 10/31
- Finish planting and materials cleanup (If you are available to help any of these days, please let us know!)
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WHEN
October 28, 2023 at 8:00am - October 30, 2023
WHERE
CONTACT
Devin O'Dea
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