Boise River Rewild Project

Join this Saturday's super soakers at the beautiful Alta Harris area to water and w**d.

Join our partners Ted Trueblood Chapter of Trout Unlimited in planting trees on the south fork of the Boise River on Wednesday! Trees give shade to keep water temps cooler for fish survival. A win for fish, birds, insects and more!

Volunteers Needed- SOUTH FORK BOISE RIVER: Wed, May 22, 2024 Volunteers Needed- SOUTH FORK of the BOISE RIVER TREE PLANTING EVENT - Wed, May 22, 2024 - Mountain Home , ID - Get sign ups online

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Idaho Fish & Wildlife Office came out to volunteer today for Boise River Rewild Project at the Idaho State Parks and Recreation headquarters in Boise. Thirty volunteers planted 190 seedlings, pulled a ton of w**ds and watered new and recent plantings. Thank you for improving habitat near the Boise River!

Shovels and rakes and augers- oh my! Looking for a few helpers to inventory our tool supply.
Sign up to help on Monday, April 29th HERE:
https://golden-eagle-audubon-society.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/?id=86504

Celebrate Arbor Day by planting cottonwood trees at the Alta Harris area adjacent to our ReWild project. Sign up with TU at the link below.

Saturday, April 20, 2024
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Alta Harris Creek at Eckert Road and Boise River

Volunteers needed to help out the Ted Trueblood TU Chapter- we will be planting 100 or so cottonwood trees grown in one-gallon pots, additional shrubs and brush, and small containers of grasses and other native plants in areas where we recently removed Russian olive trees. We will be providing tools and training needed for the day. You can bring your own tools if you choose to. Dress for forecasted weather and please wear sturdy shoes. Bring your own water and snacks you would like to have for the day. Park at Barber Park on the south side of the river and west of Eckert Road. See the map attached.

Additionally, we need a couple of team captains to visit the area on April 17th with Andy Brunelle (event coordinator) to help identify and flag areas to be planted. Park in Barber Park parking and planting will be on NE area/ corner of Boise River bank

Sign up by end of day April 14 at tedtruebloodtu.org Comment below to ask any questions or sign up as a team captain.

Help extend wildlife habitat into your yard with some free sagebrush seedlings! Check out the details from Boise Parks and Recreation

📢 Add native sagebrush to your yard or garden for FREE! Every year, Boise Parks and Recreation’s Open Space Division collects sagebrush seed from specific open space reserves. The seed is taken to Lucky Peak Federal Nursery, cleaned, and grown out into seedlings that are planted for restoration. Lucky Peak Nursery always grows more seedlings than are requested to ensure they can fulfill orders and this year - we have a surplus! This Friday, April 12 stop by the Jim Hall Foothills Learning Center (3188 Sunset Peak Road) between 3 and 5 p.m. to pick up a bundle of 10 sagebrush seedlings to take and plant at home. Please note, these seedlings will need to be planted into areas with irrigation or where they can receive supplemental water as spring temperatures rise.

There were special visitors at the Boise River Rewild project on Saturday. Golden Eagle Audubon Society Board members Louisa Evers, Jo Anne Lafferty, Martha Brabec, Karen Fullen, Sierra Laverty, Abby Urbanek, and Lisa Reed were given a tour by Executive Director Cynthia Wallesz, ReWild Coordinator Danae Fails and Project Manager Sean Finn. We were honored to have Boise City Councilman Jordan Morales for Boise and his family attend the tour as well. The three Morales children pitched in with the planting.

Thank you Jordan Morales for Boise for spending your Saturday with us! It was a BIG day of planting over 600 seedlings. We had a wonderful crowd of volunteers and it was a pleasure to have your help!

Some volunteers are like birds - they don't stay still long enough to get a good photo. This is Tom Rosenthal in action at our Boise River Rewild Project. Tom has only begun to volunteer with GEAS, but he's no stranger to volunteering, and he was quick to hit the ground...literally. He pounded, dug, and pried at rocks with a crew from Micron Technology to build a new split-rail fence at Boise Parks and Recreation's Marianne Williams Park in very rocky conditions. Tom saw the project through from planning and measuring to leveling and cleaning up. Tom is reliable, skilled, professional, and friendly to everyone on the job. We're so grateful for your time and help, Tom!

The Boise River Rewild Project BIG Day is November 18 and registration is now open. Don't miss this opportunity to be part of the largest habitat restoration project on the Boise River. Learn more and register at https://www.goldeneagleaudubon.org/events/the-big-day-at-rewild

Way to go, Ted Trueblood Chapter of Trout Unlimited! More habitat improvements at Marianne Williams Park as part of the Boise River Rewild Project

Mountain View Elementary kids are change makers! Thank you for your hard work with .

Mountain View Elementary students clear out invasive plant species from the Boise River Mountain View elementary students participated in the Boise ReWild project, helping clear out invasive plant species in the Boise River's environment

Great work. Thanks.

What's not to love about restoring healthy habitat? Thanks Golden Eagle Audubon Society team.

Big planting day at IBO last weekend. Thank you to all our partners and volunteers!

Big planting day at IBO! Sign up to have the best Saturday by the river.

Join us! Saturday, October 14th, 2023 from 10am to 2pm we'll hold our 6th annual planting party at the Diane Moore Nature Center!

We're partnering with Golden Eagle Audubon Society's Boise River Rewild Project to continue restoring the beautiful habitat along the banks of the Boise River.
Submit a google form RSVP to receive full details: https://forms.gle/TaCR91L22zzPnSbt7

Photo shows volunteer's hands holding a flax seedling, ready to put it in the ground!

Fall Planting is underway and it's so exciting! Troop 7 and Pack 193 are getting things done in the Barber Pool Conservation area.
Would you like to join a group for planting? Sign up here: https://golden-eagle-audubon-society.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/?id=79266

https://www.idahobo.org/events/2023/9/23/public-lands-volunteer-day
Do you have a business in Idaho? Join our partner, Idaho Business for the Outdoors at their Boise River Rewild workday to see how employee volunteerism makes a difference - for businesses, and our public lands along the Boise River.

Public Lands Volunteer Day — Idaho Business For The Outdoors Register here !

Thanks Helen!

Helen Fisher retired as a middle school teacher last year and went straight to "work" for Golden Eagle Audubon as a Presenter and Boise River Rewild Project leader! She is a brilliant volunteer with many interests; a real renaissance woman! Helen co-leads the Access Management team, helps on the Education and Outreach team, and has adopted a plot for her neighborhood. Helen is teaching our ReWild class on Sept. 11 and our Introduction to Birding class on Sept. 13 (check our calendar to sign up). Helen's enthusiasm for conservation is contagious and her passion for the environment and birds guides her everyday life! Thank you Helen.

The Boise River ReWild Project is all about restoring natural ecological function to acres of habitat along the Boise River. Find out exactly what that means and gain a better understanding of the long range vision of the project by attending this class taught by Coordinator Danae Fails and Plot Leads Jon Mathews and Helen Fisher. The class is Sept. 11 at 6:30 at Timberline High School. Registration is required through Boise Schools Community Education Program - https://www.boiseschools.org/our.../community_education

https://entomologytoday.org/2023/08/24/urban-greening-small-plots-native-plants-boost-insect-species/

This study found a 7x the number of insect species in just three years, confirming the ecological benefits of urban greening projects similar to our Boise River Rewild Project!

We plant for the birds, for the bugs, for all of nature! Want to join us in time for fall planting? Sign up here: https://golden-eagle-audubon-society.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/?id=77040

Every Little Bit Counts: Small Plots of Native Plants Boost Insects in Urban Settings City insects need native plants, too. A new study shows even small urban patches of native plants can significantly increase local insect species diversity.

We are so grateful to have Nell leading our native plant production for Boise River Rewild Project. She's keeping our nursery with 15,000 seedlings in ship shape!

"Nell Lindquist has been a godsend to the Boise River Rewild Project, the most intensive community-led conservation project in the Treasure Valley. Nell volunteered to manage both the ReWild Plant Production team and the Native Plant Network nursery in Boise Parks and Recreation's Comba Park. Drawing on her decades of experience in horticulture and nursery management, Nell guided more than 100 volunteers to germinate native seed, nurture seedlings and pot them up. Her work has resulted in production of more than 15,000 restoration-ready seedlings of 25 native species. We can't thank Nell enough!" Sean Finn, Boise River ReWild Project Director

People volunteer for Golden Eagle Audubon for many reasons, some appearing out of the blue like Carlos Critchlow. Carlos signed up to volunteer in April, and he has logged nearly 50 hours so far not including his commute time from Mountain Home. Carlos is monitoring swallows at bridges near Blacks Creek, he's transplanted hundreds of native plants at Comba Park, and he and his dog Jill are keeping native plants alive at our Boise River Rewild Project plots. Plot lead Jon Mathews said, "Carlos has become a pack mule of sorts. He has hauled so much water out of the Boise, they may have to ration it!" I won't give away Carlos' age, but he's one of the many seniors that volunteer with us. Thanks Carlos!

Great work out there, McMillen!

centers around creating positive impacts in our projects, communities, and surrounding environment. That’s why we are excited to take on a new kind of project by adopting a ½-acre plot along the Boise River! In collaboration with the Boise River Rewild Project by Golden Eagle Audubon Society, we are helping rebuild the native ecosystems that enable the Boise River to thrive.

Last week, our dedicated volunteers got their hands dirty restoring our plot. We rolled up our sleeves to remove debris and invasive species and make room for native plants to flourish. This was our first gathering of many, so check back often to see our plot’s progress and growth!

More than 1,500 native seedlings have been planted at the two half-acre Boise River Rewild Project plots adopted by Golden Eagle Audubon Society The plants are part of a multi-part strategy to re-establish bird and wildlife habitat impacted by land use and water regulation on public land near the Boise River. In her new blog, Guest Blogger Bhavana Padiyath explains that the plant species are carefully selected to provide critical benefits. She visits the site and sees that watering the plants until their roots reach groundwater is a critical part of the project. Read her "Making Idaho Look Like Idaho" blog at https://www.goldeneagleaudubon.org/newsandstories
[Image Description: A person in shorts and a t-shirt carries two heavy buckets. Sagebrush is in the foreground and small cottonwood trees behind him.]

Great work from the ReWild Access Team and hard working volunteers!

https://golden-eagle-audubon-society.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/?id=76611

The ReWild project will be protecting the eroding shoreline at Riffle Beach, in Barber Park. It was eroded by the high flows this spring and needs time without dog and pedestrian traffic to recover.

Can you help on Thursday morning? We'll be installing some temporary fencing as well as planting native plants to maintain the soil and support the wildlife. 🌱🪺⚒️

If you didn't make it to a ReWild seedling potting party🥳 yet this year, you have one more chance! The seedlings have been growing since winter, and now they need to be transplanted. Can you help us transfer them to cone-tainers?
Please sign up at link below to help Saturday, July 1 at Comba Park.
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https://golden-eagle-audubon-society.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/?id=72047

Join the Boise River ReWild Watering Brigade and help our seedlings beat the heat! This is an opportunity to join others or water on your own schedule.
https://golden-eagle-audubon-society.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/?id=75932