Plant native sedges and willows along a host-managed Little Lake Valley wetland edge.

The wet meadows of Little Lake Valley around Willits are some of the largest remaining wetland complexes in the county, home to migrating birds and summer-long water storage. Their restored edges need native sedge and willow plantings to knit together, and the restoration stewards welcome trained hands at their organized planting days.

Where

Host-managed restoration areas, Little Lake Valley edges, Willits, CA 95490 · Open the map

Pay

$320 proposed

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Proof

Before/after section photos with planting counts

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Level

intermediate

Open until

2026-10-19

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How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Steps

1. Join a host-organized planting day and take your assigned edge section and plant lots.
2. Photograph the section before planting.
3. Plant sedge plugs and willow stakes at the spacing the steward marks, firming each in well.
4. Water in plantings where the host provides water.
5. Photograph the planted section and log species counts.

What counts as done

• Before photo of the section with GPS and date
• After photos of planted plugs and stakes
• Species and count log

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.

The standard this serves

Wetland Condition. Wetlands are the landscape's kidneys and nurseries at once: they filter the water, absorb the flood, and raise the young of half the creatures around them. The EPA's rapid assessment gives a trained visitor a way to grade one honestly: the plants present, the water's path, the soil, the wear at the edges. Mastery looks like walking a marsh and knowing, defensibly, how it is doing and what threatens it. This packet is one such visit, one wetland's condition recorded to the method. What is watched can be defended; unwatched wetlands quietly disappear.