Hey have you heard about this? A 388-acre grassland just east of I-5 south of Salem, is the site of one of the largest private oak savanna restoration projects in Oregon.
Mark and Jolly Krautmann of Heritage Seedlings (I've met Mark once a few years back. The nursery is amazing and sprawling. It is a beautiful property), along with many helpers are working to restore their property through controlled burns, planting natives, they even get the kids involved by holding workshops through the local watershed councils.
"Krautmann, owners ofHeritage Seedlings, are using 185 acres oftheir land to provide an ambitious model ofstewardship for private landowners across the state."
"Nativeplant biologist Lynda Boyer has turned the Krautmanns' acreage into one of the largest private oak savanna restoration projects in Oregon... Lynda's goal is to get a total of 31,000 threatened and endangered plants in the ground within the next five years. She estimates they've planted only 10,000 so far, but she's optimistic."
Did you know that...
Less than 1% of the Willamette Valley's pre-European habitat is intact?
Or that over 95% of the WV is privately owned?
There is a long way to go but it is comforting to know that people are starting now.
Check out the entire article orginally published in Portland Spaces at www.portlandspaces.net
or at http://demeterdesign.net/Oak_Restoration.pdf
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