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Lone Star Ranch
The Lone Star Ranch conservation easement acquisition on a spectacular 199-acre property just west of Philomath has been completed.
The property contains a beautiful mix of oak woodlands, grasslands and uplands prairies, all rare habitats in the Willamette Valley. The Noble family, who has owned the site since the early 1960’s has managed the property to maintain a healthy upland prairie habitat and many of the nectar species associated with this habitat type.
To read the full article on this significant land protection project please click here (1.5MB PDF).
current projects
Land Acquisition
In 2009 Greenbelt Land Trust protected over 500 acres of critical Willamette Valley habitat, including conservation easements on the Little Willamette and Willamette Bluffs properties, and our largest acquisition to date at Evergreen Creek.
With your help, we conserved more acres this past year, than in any other throughout our 20 year history, including over 1.5 miles of vitally important streams, Rivers, and watershed systems.
Individual donations were leveraged to bring in over $1.07 million dollars from the Bonneville Power Administration, $305,000 from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board and $410,000 from USFWS’s North American Wetlands Conservation Act for
these three properties.
Protected 220 acres of vital habitat within Muddy Creek Watershed, including 1.5 miles of stream-side habitat along Evergreen Creek.
Increased the conservation area at the confluence of the Willamette, Luckiamute, and Santiam Rivers by 120 acres, adjacent to the Luckiamute State Natural Area.
Protected 199 acres near the Willamette River, identified by the Oregon Conservation Strategy as high-priority for wildlife and native habitat restoration.
Lands protected this year also included native oak savannah, upland prairie, and wetlands habitat.