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Land Steward Peer Network |
The Land Steward Peer Network
is a networking group for Land Steward professionals in
Southern California. We meet the third Tuesday of each month
from 2-4PM, at various locations throughout Southern California.
Certain exceptions may occur, depending on site access and
security restrictions.
It looks like we'll be having a very full and diverse meeting
year! If you have any questions, please post to the
Land
Stewards Forum. Information for each field meeting can
be found on the
forum,
with more information to come with each monthly announcement. |
2009 Calendar Now posted below!
Meetings are normally held the third Tuesday of each month from 2-4PM.Certain exceptions may occur, depending on site access and security restrictions.
January 20, 2009: Turtle Rock Nature Center / Bommer Canyon Amy Litton, City
of Irvine Open Space Preserve
February 17, 2009: Mason Regional Park Service Learning Habitat Restoration
site, Irvine. , Back to Natives Restoration
March 17, 2009: Caspers Wilderness Park, Ranger Ryan Cordero
April 21, 2009: Whiting Wilderness Park, Vicky Malton, Senior Park Ranger
May 19, 2009: Santiago Fire Area tour of dozer lines (Back to Natives), Maple Spings Visitor Center, Cleveland National Forest http://tinyurl.com/cv554y
June 16, 2009: Puente Hills Habitat Authority, Whittier
July 21, 2009: Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Robert
Lawson Volunteer Nursery Manager
August 17, 2009: Fish and Wildlife Preserve. Seal Beach, Kirk Gilligan,
Reserve Manager
September 15, 2009: TBD (requests? suggestions?)
October 20, 2009: Business Meeting, Upper Newport Bay
November 17, 2009: Donna O'Neill Land Conservancy (Emily)
December 2009 (winter dormancy)
Information for each field meeting can be found on the Yahoo Groups website,
with more information to come with each monthly announcement.
It looks like we'll be having a very full and diverse meeting year! If you
have any questions, please post to the Land Stewards Group.
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Tuesday, April 21, the Land Steward
Peer Network met at Limestone-Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park. |
Present:
Senior Park Ranger Vicky Malton ; Amy Litton, City of Irvine
Open Space Preserve; Erica Beggan, Back to Natives Restoration;
Reginald Durant, Back to Natives Restoration (all present
please add your notes in response to this post, thank you)
We met at the Viaggio water tank and carpooled up to the
location of the cactus transplants performed by EarthWorks
Restoration inc.
The heat was intense as we scouted the ridge along which
several new patches of Prickly Pear, (Platy) Opuntia littoralis
and Coast Cholla, (Cylindr) Opuntia prolifera had been planted
after being removed from a water district project in Upper
Chiquita/O’Neill Park. The ridge had been identified by
Donna Eto, Senior Biologist from EarthWorks Restoration,
Inc, as highly degraded and in need of the transplanted
cactus. The non natives present were removed and the cactus
installed, with many over 3.5 feet in height and twice that
in spread. Several were large enough that double tree stakes
had to be used to be sure they did not topple prior to their
roots taking secure hold in the new location.
All cacti were showing signs of new buds and some with flowers.
This initial sign of success bodes well for a substantial
increase in potential Cactus Wren habitat in Limestone-Whiting
Ranch Wilderness Park. Photo points have been assigned,
with a commitment of 2 years of monitoring for the location.
A final report had not been completed at the time of the
meeting, so the notes from the report could not be posted
here at this time.
Remember to invite colleagues in the restoration and land
management fields, as communication and sharing of experiences
of restoration, land management and land stewardship is
crucial to continue our continued successes in our respective
missions! |
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