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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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