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bingbano t1_j80h3f2 wrote

Reply to comment by Frankishism in "Beach Logs Kill!" Second Beach, La Push, WA, USA. [OC] [3000x4000] by evilleppy87

That's what drove me to live out here actually. My family has been involved in the restoration for the past 6 years or so. My prego wife still is working in restoration, so we joke even our kid is involved.

I even grow native plants to guerilla plant out. 84 tree saplings, hundred lupin seedlings, trailing blackberry starts, ex..

Next time you go up to the upper dam. Hike out to Boulder creek on the west side of the river. There is a terrace that is extremely bare, mostly just pebbles and sand. It's the control plot for the restoration project and wasn't planted. Pretty cool to see the science of restoration biology at work. Without the native plantings, nature can take a while to recolonize. Native plantings really do help in this massive restoration projects.

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bingbano t1_j7zkutw wrote

Reply to comment by footphungi in "Beach Logs Kill!" Second Beach, La Push, WA, USA. [OC] [3000x4000] by evilleppy87

My wife and I were crossing a stream near ruby Beach, when one hit. Nearly took my wife and dog in. She went from ankle deep to stomach deep in a split second. The image of the wave hitting her, and her chucking our dog to relative safety is burned into my brain. She was able to stop herself from being pulled out luckily, and our dog went under for a second but all was fine in the end

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