| Area | Blue Waterhole Creek |
| Topic | Tour: #2 Restoration Tree Planting by FROG 1994 |
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This photo shows a Friends of the Garcia River volunteer deep planting trees on Blue Waterhole Creek on a chilly winter morning in 1994. Photo provided courtesy of Peter Dobbins and Friends of the Garcia River.
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Volunteer uses pole to create hole for planting of streamside trees. The uplands in the photo are characteristic of earthflow terrain in grasslands associated with Central Belt Franciscan Formation geology. Photo courtesy of Peter Dobbins and Friends of the Garcia River.
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John Hooper of FROG and Leslie Dahlhof take a break from planting riparian shade trees and look over the other sites on Blue Waterhole Creek in 1994. Photo provided courtesy of Peter Dobbins and Friends of the Garcia River (FrOG).
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Volunteer assembles browse protectors for newly planted trees on Blue Waterhole Creek in spring 1994. The browse protectors were found to be absolutely essential to prevent tree starts from being eaten by deer. They also protect plants from burning during the height of summer. Photo provided courtesy of Peter Dobbins and Friends of the Garcia River.
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FROG volunteers plant trees in degraded stream bed showing major problems related to past cumulative effects from grazing, logging, roads and landslides. Photo provided courtesy of Peter Dobbins and Friends of the Garcia River (FrOG).
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Volunteers use augers to plant trees on steep slope above Blue Waterhole Creek while others plant trees immediately next to the stream. Spring 1994. Photo provided courtesy of Peter Dobbins and Friends of the Garcia River.
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FROG volunteers plant barren riparian site where bank failure has triggered significant sediment contributions. Photo provided courtesy of Peter Dobbins and Friends of the Garcia River (FrOG).
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Woody debris likely from former restoration project by Alan Mohr. FROG volunteers trying to get trees started adjacent to the log in Spring 1994. See next photo Topic for "after" picture here. Photo provided courtesy of Peter Dobbins and Friends of the Garcia River (FrOG).
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