ARE YOU FIGHTING ERODING LAKESHORES OR STREAM BANKS? Join us for an installation demonstration of willow live stakes and fascines. Live staking is a low-cost and easy way to stabilize shorelines & river banks. Workshop is a component of the Orleans County Conservation District’s Plant Sale Pick Up Day & Conservation Fair at Orleans County Fairgrounds. CO-HOSTED BY ORLEANS CTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT & JP SICARD

RSVP requested. Please register here.

Questions? Contact Ted Sedell, OCNRCD Riparian Lands Program Manager edwin.sedell@vt.nacdnet.net

Willow stakes and fascines can be planted on eroding slopes and used for stream banks stabilization projects. Live Stakes are woody cuttings from hybrid shrub willows with branches trimmed off and no current roots. Fascines are dormant branch cuttings from hybrid shrub willows with branches trimmed off and no current roots, bound together into long cylindrical 6-10' bundles. These bundles are placed in shallow trenches for fast-growing root and vegetative growth which slow erosion and shallow sliding.

Willow stakes and fascines are a low-cost option of plant materials for stabilizing lakeshores and river banks. They are well-suited for areas with low to moderate slopes. Healthy vegetation in shoreland areas helps prevent soil erosion while providing shade, pollution filtering, and food for aquatic organisms. And once fully established, this vegetation provides the roughness to slow high water flows, resulting in a native wildlife habitat and a thriving environment that needs little maintenance.

To learn more about willow stakes and fascines, please review our installation factsheet.