About River Town Team Live Stake Planting

We will working to develop a riparian buffer on a section of Bull Run downtown. This involves taking advantage of the versatility of certain water-loving plants and taking prepped but fairly innocuous looking sticks and pounding them in between the rocks lining the creek to see if we can establish a less barren bank. Planting native plants in this way can create habitat, improve water quality, and slow stormwater run-off.

Dress for the weather and consider wearing your wading boots, because at least some of us will want to be pounding the live stakes in from a position low enough on the bank to constitute being in the bed of the creek. We will provide the live stakes and some rebar for piloting holes. If you have a spare 5# sledge hammer, feel free to bring it along. We'd love to know if you plan to attend: call 570-523-0114, email [email protected], or text 781-366-0726