Ecological Restoration Services
Circuit Rider’s Ecological Restoration Crew is a strong team of youth and young adults working to restore the environment, overcome employment barriers, and develop meaningful, well-paying careers. Comprised of youth ages 16-25, often from underserved backgrounds, our Ecological Restoration Crew members receive employment training, nature-connection opportunities, and social services in paid positions with Circuit Rider.
Fire Fuels Management
Proactive fire fuels management can reduce the risk for catastrophic wildfire while increasing ecosystem health. Fuels management can also encourage growth of native plants, increase wildlife habitat, make forestlands more accessible, and keep grasslands open for grazing.
Limbing & Thinning Trees
Removing Dense Brush
Creating Fuel Breaks
Maintaining Defensible Space
Circuit Rider’s Ecological Restoration Crew is a strong team of youth and young adults working to restore the environment, overcome employment barriers, and develop meaningful, well-paying careers. Comprised of youth ages 16-25, often from underserved backgrounds, our Ecological Restoration Crew members receive employment training, nature-connection opportunities, and social services in paid positions with Circuit Rider.
Watershed Restoration
Restoring waterways creates vegetated buffers that can reduce pollution, provide valuable wildlife habitat, raise the water table, and protect from costly erosion.
Planning & Permitting
Biotechnical Erosion Control
Planting & Irrigation Installation
Maintenance
Monitoring & Reporting
Eco-Friendly Landscaping
Ecological landscaping can attract pollinators and birds, grow food, and capitalize on alternative water resources. Plus it greatly increases the curb appeal of your home or business!
Garden Consultation & Design
Water-Wise & Fire-Wise
Habitat-Friendly & Native
Edible & Medicinal
Sheet Mulching
Plant & Drip Irrigation Installation
Maintenance
Invasive Plant Species Management
Management of invasive plants such as broom, Himalayan blackberry, and ivy can improve land’s productivity, profitability, habitat value, biodiversity, and ecosystem services functioning.
Hand-Pulling
Mechanical Treatment
Solarization
Native Reseeding & Planting
Monitoring & Maintenance