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Restoration Volunteers
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Photo Descriptions
1) Volunteer from Johnson Controls removing unwanted woody vegetation from Lupine Meadows, 2)Volunteer weed whacking non-native grasses at Lupine Meadows, 3)Volunteers clearing woody vegetation along fence line at Lupine Meadows, 4) Students from Waldorf School planting Nelson’s checkermallow at Owens Farm, 5) Waldorf students planting native plants at Owens Farm, 6) Crescent Valley High School student removing
weedy species at Owens Farm.
current projects
Stewardship & Restoration
Greenbelt Land Trust monitors all protected properties annually, typically in late summer and early fall. Over the past several years we have created a detailed electronic database of all properties to support our land stewardship.
We work with landowners on where we hold conservation easements to secure funding for restoration and enhancement of important habitats.
We also work to restore habitats and species on properties we own. Major restoration work is focused on two properties:
Owens Farm, where Greenbelt Land Trust is restoring habitats by stabilizing wetland prairies and reestablishing their native vegetation by planting camas bulbs and native forb (flowering broad-leafed plants) seed. (Children from the Waldorf School planted 1,200 camas bulbs in Fall 2007 in exchange for hot chocolate and snacks!) We are also reducing unwanted vegetation within the oak woodlands to encourage a healthy native understory community. Click here for more information on Owens Farm.
Lupine Meadows, where Greenbelt Land Trust is removing unwanted trees from the wetland prairie and enhancing the upland prairie and it's rare species. We have just completed a management plan for this site and will be implementing additional restoration and educational activities at this site. Click here for more information on Lupine Meadows.