Blue Diamond Broadband • Entered by Laura Glismann on May 1, 2022
Pollinator/Monarch Way Station Gardens
April 30, 2022
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | |
| Post Admin hours | |
| Activity Hours | 6 |
| Participants | 2 |
| Total Hours | 12 |
Key Issue: Landscape Planning (Forest Plans, RMPs, TMPs, etc.)
Activity Type: Stewardship (monitoring, sampling, planting, etc.)
Key Partners: Co-Leader Patricia Ciccomoscolo
Landscape/area: Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area (195819 acres)
Measurable Outcomes
Outcome 1: Plants planted (50 plants)
Outcome 2: Plants planted (5 samples)
Short Description of Activity
This activity was an entire day of raking, digging, planting, and cleaning up degraded areas in the Blue Diamond riparian area called the Lower Cottonwood Spring.
Fifty Milkweed seeds were planted. Last year’s plot was cleaned up and watered.
Five Bulrush plants were established along the stream bed.
A very large area was raked and readied for the next planting event.
Reflection/Evaluation
We worked hard from 9-5 with a break for lunch. The changes are incremental for the amount of work done. The degraded areas need so much attention. Lots more to do!
Preparation work included making plant identification signs.
Milkweed seeds had to be separated and placed in a very small piece of wet paper towel before planting. Fingers crossed on their germination!