Climate Adaptation Projects - May 2022 course by Kristen Schmitt https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj Please add a photo and a brief description of your project en-us 2022-02-09 21:53:39 UTC 2025-10-11 04:03:02 UTC hello@padlet.com Fairmount, Duluth, MN 55807, USA kmschmit1 https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2038970428 2022-02-09 21:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2038970428 Lytle Creek, San Bernardino, CA, USA https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2180071492 This project focuses on preserving the health of the Lytle Creek riparian vegetation, while accommodating increased recreational use.]]> 2022-05-11 20:19:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2180071492 Clover Flat Rd, Oregon, USA https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2183173892 Clover Flat Property Prior to 2021 Cougar Peak Fire]]> 2022-05-13 16:49:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2183173892 Clover Flat Rd, Oregon, USA https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2183175213 Clover Flat after the 2021 Cougar Peak Fire]]> 2022-05-13 16:50:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2183175213 (47.04553855556854, -122.98730968588848) https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2186464775 This property is located at the southernmost reach of Puget Sound, on Mud Bay in Eld Inlet. The property contains high-quality tidelands that are home to numerous migratory and resident bird species, and serves as a buffer for City of Olympia's Allison Springs drinking water aquifer. The public is allowed and encouraged to access this site, and the site is used for active public education about the value of the tidelands for birds and other wildlife.]]> 2022-05-16 21:51:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2186464775 North Coast Land Conservancy's Surf Pines Prairie https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2188411834 This roughly 15 acre Surf Pines Prairie property hosts patches of remnant coastal prairie on historical dune complexes associated with the mouth of the Columbia River.  This series of dunes contains a mosaic of interdunal lakes and wetland swales, spruce forest fringes, shorepine forests, grazed and fallow pastures, residential neighborhoods.  The coastal prairie is an early successional plant community that historically persisted from frequent disturbance regimes of blowing sand from younger dunes. The prairie no longer receives its historic disturbance regime due to stabilization associated with extensive development and invasive species.  This property is part of a network of nearby lands that comprise a larger wildlife corridor and most notably serves as potential habitat for the now-rare Oregon silverspot butterfly.  Ongoing experimental restoration efforts on this degraded prairie habitat involve disturbance, invasive species removal, and planting with native prairie species such as early blue violets known to be associated with Oregon silverspot butterfly.  ]]> 2022-05-17 22:52:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2188411834 Whetstone Savanna Preserve, Newland Road, Central Point, OR, USA https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2192138685 Beautiful vernal pool/mounded prairie habitat with a band of legacy oaks. ]]> 2022-05-20 00:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2192138685 Santa Rita Ranch, Templeton CA https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2193399579 The Santa Rita Ranch was recently purchased by The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County. There are several blue line streams that feed a large reservoir on the property. The wetland resources and serpentine soils have been impacted by intensive cattle grazing. Our management goals are to maintain and enhance wetland resources for the benefit of fish and wildlife, create refugia for rare and sensitives species, and maintain an active cattle ranch as an example of transition to perennial grassland/oak woodland savannah. ]]> 2022-05-20 18:41:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2193399579 Mattapoisett, MA, USA https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2193455546 The property of focus in the Alves property, a 4 acre riverfront parcel that we're acquiring. We hope to acquire 3 additional parcels in the next 1-2 years to then hold roughly 50 acres in conservation. This is habitat that will sea rising waters from the tidal river, increased storm pressures, increased precipitation, possibly increased erosion, and likely be transitional riparian habitat in the future due to climate change. Project objectives include safe public recreational access with ability to post storm-related alerts, reducing the invasive vegetation to help soil composition and reduce erosion risk, and overall keeping development off of the riverfront.]]> 2022-05-20 19:45:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2193455546 (47.40763683240782, -122.09249345298481) https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2196302369 This property is located in southern King County, WA in the transition zone between the Puget lowlands and the western foothills of the Cascades. The 22 acre parcel houses unique plant communities including the Tsuga/Sphagnum treed bog and the Tsuga/Ledum/Sphagnum treed bog with many species found only in the nutrient poor and saturated soils. The bog formed from the gradual filling in of a glacial lake, which was in turn formed by a detached piece of the retreating Puget Lobe of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet. The bog is estimated to be 8-10,000 years old based upon recent peat core depths of  ~65 feet. The wetlands are primarily rainfed, and help to slow and filter stormwater moving into adjacent Shadow Lake and further into Jenkins Creek, a tributary of Green River and Duwamish Waterway. The surrounding landscape is a mix of residential and agricultural lands, both of which present potential negative impacts to the bog (eg. trespassing on the sensetive ground and agricultural runoff shifting nutrient regimes). A boardwalk was constructed in the 2000s to allow for low impact public access, and interpretative materials and seating areas have been erected as scout projects.

]]> 2022-05-23 17:56:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2196302369 Santa Lucia Conservancy, Carmel, CA, USA https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2196541718 The Santa Lucia Conservancy manages the conserved lands within the Santa Lucia Preserve. Within the Preserve there are several different ecosystems: coast redwood, coastal prairie, oak woodland/savanna, maritime chaparral. Our management goals are to allow these different ecosystems to persist or when needed allow transition. If ecosystems are to transition, our goal is for native species to take hold before non-native species. ]]> 2022-05-23 21:46:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2196541718 Fiscalini Ranch Preserve, Cambria, CA, USA https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2196561633 Cambria has one of five natural stands of Monterey pine forest in the world. About 125 acres of forest are on the 430-acre preserve. Our management objective is to restore and expand the forest through plantings trees and understory vegetation with an eye toward planning for a drier climate.]]> 2022-05-23 22:16:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2196561633 Atlas Peak Road, Napa, CA, USA https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2197897479 The Sutro Ranch is a 1,380-acre property located in central Napa County. The property burned in the 2017 Atlas Fire and 2020 Lightning Complex. Our goal is to re-establish native plant communities by removing invasive plants in previously invaded areas; specifically the meadows. We will use a combination of chemical, manual, and grazing strategies. We expect to see an increase in native grasses from 10 to 20% in 5 years. ]]> 2022-05-24 15:26:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2197897479 Sundance Ranch https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2198278025 The Sundance Ranch conservation easement sits on approximately 160 acres along Deer Creek in Nevada County, CA. The property is situated within the lower elevations of the mixed conifer belt and the upper elevations of the blue oak belt. Consequently, it includes vegetation and habitat types characteristic of both, important in this transition zone between the valley and the high Sierra Nevada range. Sundance Ranch is adjacent to large agricultural (primarily rangeland) parcels on the east and to smaller rural-residential parcels on the remaining three sides. Management goals include maintaining and enhancing wildlife habitat, improving forest and riparian health, and reducing fire risk. ]]> 2022-05-24 20:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2198278025 Knapp Land - El Paso, TX, USA https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2198280033 Knapp Land is located in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas in the northern portion of the Chihuahuan Desert. The 353 acres are part of the Franklin Mountains, a tilted fault-block mountain range composed of mainly sedimentary rock with some igneous intrusions. The flora and fauna on Knapp Land are representative of species found in similar elevations and substates throughout the Franklin Mountains.

We are currently trying to design a management plan addressing water flow and erosion control at our property. We are starting to experience higher and longer precipitation events occurring more often in the El Paso region, then followed by extended drought conditions. Summer 2021 was a clear example since we were able to see how the property was significantly affected by heavy precipitation events that lasted longer than we usually predict. The land was impacted by these events positively and negatively. Our arroyos had expanded or (doubled) in size (length, width, and height), affecting our trails for multi-users, roads, and wildlife game trails. Our management /adaptation plan will be to monitor our arroyos before and after precipitation events happen, as they start to occur more often in the desert. We will also collect data by identifying critical points in the arroyos and installing water gauges, taking measurements of the arroyos (length, width, and height), and aerial imaging to see the expansion and erosion damage, if any.


]]> 2022-05-24 20:31:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2198280033 Phipps Meadow, Oregon, USA https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2198361550 Phipps Meadow is 278 acres of meadow (108 acres) and pine forest (170 acres) surrounded by the Masher National Forest in Grant Co. Oregon. It contains critical habitat for chinook salmon & steelhead, as well as numerous species of wildlife.]]> 2022-05-24 22:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2198361550 Kountze, TX, USA https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2198628813 55 acre remnant longleaf pine forest surrounded on 3 sides by Big Thicket National Preserve.]]> 2022-05-25 02:30:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2198628813 Post, Prineville, OR, USA https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2198728155 Aspen Valley Ranch is an an 18,000-acre working cattle ranch in the Post-Paulina Valley between the Maury Mountains to the south and the Ochoco Mountains to the north. The project will place a conservation easement over the entire ranch in four phases. Undeveloped and unfragmented tracts of land in this valley protect diverse topography, intact native grasslands, an important travel corridor for pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana) and Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni), critical winter range for mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and Rocky Mountain elk, and sage steppe uplands that provide important greater sage grouse habitat.

]]> 2022-05-25 03:49:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2198728155 Hough Community Green Space https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2199569241 Adjacent to a community recreation center, the Hough Community Green Space will be a location for residents of all ages, particularly young children and the elderly, to enjoy. As an urban green space, the site has the potential to address the urban heat island affect and combined sewer overflow to strengthen climate resilience.]]> 2022-05-25 15:34:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2199569241 The Fountain Creek Ranch, Hanover Road, Fountain, CO, USA https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2199663701 The Fountain Creek Ranch, which site on the Front Ranch of the Rocky Mountains, contains a mixed landscape of irrigated hay fields, shortgrass prairie, and riparian habitat.]]> 2022-05-25 16:45:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2199663701 Lower Nehalem Community Trust - McCoy Wetlands Project ben1045 https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2199817515 This is a 9-acre parcel that once was a part of a large tidal wetland along the eastern bank of the Nehalem River, in Wheeler, Oregon. It was diked off from the river and surrounding wetlands sometime before 1939. 

We want to reestablish a sitka wetland and tidal wetland habitat on the property by breaching the dike between this property and the neighboring wetland.  

The goal is to reestablish daily tidal influence, allow driftwood to enter in order to establish bordering sitka swamp habitat, allow/encourage channels to form, and maintain a healthy tidal wetland plant community to support the property as sanctuary for young salmonids. 

This will provide sanctuary from global warming impacts by establishing shaded channels for young salmonids to shelter during high water events and other adverse conditions.]]> 2022-05-25 18:59:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kmschmit1/cbws709lskshn8qj/wish/2199817515