2008 Native Grasslands Projects

Posted 03/09/2010
Mike Gorden collecting Calamagrostis foliosa on Telegraph RidgeSeed Collection
During the summer of 2008, the MRC grasslands crew combed miles and miles of grasslands to identify native grass populations and collect 53 lbs. of native grass seed from sites throughout the King Range National Conservation Area and private lands in the Mattole. This seed was used for re-vegetation projects in the fall of 2008 and 2009.


Prosper Prairie Grassland Reclamation
In the fall of 2008, an MRC thinning crew removed about 3 acres of Douglas fir that was encroaching on Prosper Prairie. Post thinning sites were raked and seeded with Bromus carinatus and Elymus glaucus. 1 year old plugs of Bromus carinatus and Festuca idahoensis were also planted on some sites. Some sites were mulched with native grass straw collected on site. Sites will be monitored and maintained for 5 years.


Paradise Ridge Fire Rehab with Native Grasses
In October, the native grasslands crew re-vegetated nearly 3 acres of dozer lines that were cut during the Paradise Fire in the summer of 2008.  With hopes of re-establishing native grass populations and stabilizing these dozer lines, we distributed over 100 lbs. of Elymus glaucus and Bromus carinatus seed on grassland sites and nearly 50 lbs. of Ceanothus thyseflores and Manzanita sp. on chaparral sites.  These sites will be monitored for 2 years.


Spanish Flat Fire Native Grass Restoration
Spanish Flat burned in the summer of 2007 and was seeded with Elymus glaucus and  Bromus carinatus in November of 2007.  The area was planted with over 10,000 plugs of Calamagrostis foliosa, Koleria macnathera, and Deschampsia cespetosa in November of 2008. These sites will be monitored for two years.
Bob on Spanish, Deschampsia cespetosa, Mike on Spanish Flat

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