Projects

 

2006-2008
Stevens Creek Corridor
Lead Agency: City of Cupertino, Publics Works Department
Role: Site-specific seed collection, plant propagation

2007
Pt. Edith Wetland Enhancement Project
Lead Agency: Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District
Role: Vegetation monitoring to assess species composition, relative cover, dominant vegetation. Monitoring of soil temperature, water salinity, pH, temperature, conductivity and table height. GPS mapping of rare plant populations. Data analysis and reporting.

2006-2007
Stevens Creek Trail and Wildlife Corridor
Lead Agency: City of Mountain View, Publics Works Department
Role: Site-specific seed collection, plant propagation

2006-2007
North San Pablo Bay Marsh Transition Zone Habitat Enhancement
Lead Agency: U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Project: Provide US Fish and Wildlife Service with local native wild collected seed for
the San Pablo Bay transition zone restoration project.
Role: Species selection, seed collection, propagation consultation

2006-2007
Graminoid propagation for habitat restoration projects
Lead Agency: Marin Municipal Water District
Role: Graminoid propagation

2005-2007
Monitoring of Management Objectives
Lead Agency: Mt. View Sanitary District
Project: To reduce cattail (Typha ssp.) cover and increase or preserve pickleweed (Salicornia virginica) cover; monitor changes in vegetation diversity and cover within McNabney Marsh at existing fixed stations; determine soil salinity at various locations throughout McNabney Marsh; survey for important (rare or invasive) plant species
Role: Ground-truthing for geospatial analysis to develop vegetation map of key species, fixed station vegetation and soil salinity monitoring, species survey, data analysis and  monitoring report.

2006-2007
Propagation Workshop Series for ESA and AVCC
Lead Agency: Contra Costa Resource Conservation District
Role: Workshops covering: seed collection, plant identification, habitat needs, seed cleaning, storage, and treatment, propagation of native plants local to Sky Ranch and the Alhambra Creek Watershed.

2005-2007
Oak Knoll and Neiman Riparian Mitigation
Lead Agency: H.T. Harvey & Associates/Pinn Brothers Fine Homes
Role: Site-specific seed collection, plant propagation

2004-2007
Alhambra Creek Adult School Restoration Project
Lead Agency: Urban Creeks Council/ Muir Heritage Land Trust
Project: To fulfill the re-vegetation goals outlined the Urban Creeks Counsel for Alhambra Creek near the Alhambra Adult School.
Role: Species selection, site-specific seed collection, plant propagation, planting design consultation, supervision of student plant installation and monitoring

2002-2007
McNabney Marsh Transition Zone Enhancement Project
Lead Agency: Mt. View Sanitary District
Project: Increase species diversity and habitat quality of marsh transition zone.
Role: Species selection, planting design, site-specific seed collection, plant propagation, supervision of plant installation, irrigation consultation, monitoring of plant survival and vigor, monitoring reporting, project maintenance

2006
Martin Luther King, Jr. Shoreline New Marsh Project
Lead Agency: Wetlands and Water Resources
Project: Assessment of progression towards restoration goals within newly created tidal marsh.
Role: Monitoring of seasonal and tidal marsh transects, ground-truthing for aerial imagery, monitoring report

2006
Lower Marsh Creek- Vegetation Enhancement Project:
Lead Agency: Natural Heritage Institute
Project: Re-vegetation with local, native freshwater tidal species along a section of lower Marsh Creek on the Dutch Slough Restoration Project site with the purpose of involving local community members in increasing cover of native species and decreasing non-native vegetation at the project site.
Role: Site evaluation, species selection, planting design with experimental component, monitoring design, supervision of plant installation, monitoring, training and coordination of volunteers, monitoring report, supervision of non-native removal.

2005-2006
Sky Ranch Restoration Project.
Lead Agency: Muir Heritage Land Trust
Project: To establish additional local native vegetation along Seep and the associated upland. This project is in response to the loss of plants from the 2005 planting caused by slumping in the area.
Role: Species selection, site-specific seed collection, plant propagation, development of planting design, supervision of plant installation, coordination of volunteers

2005-2006
O’Neill Slough levee, San Mateo, CA
Lead Agency: City of San Mateo, Department of Public Works
Role: Site-specific propagule collection, plant propagation

2005-2006
Tidal marsh revegetation
Lead Agency: Invasive Spartina Project
Role: Plant propagation

2003-2005
Triangle Marsh Project
Lead Agency: Marin Audubon
Project: To fulfill the revegetation goals outlined in the Draft Restoration Plan prepared for Triangle Marsh in Corte Madera, California by Wetlands and Water Resources. The existing Restoration Plan entails planting of appropriate native species in the following areas of the marsh: 1) ~17,310 ft2 of transitional high marsh, 2) ~18,912 ft2 of new upland, and 3) 10,398 ft2 existing upland, post-construction.
Role: Species selection, site-specific seed collection, plant propagation, development of planting design, supervision of plant installation, coordination of volunteers

2003-2007
El Cerrito Creek Habitat Enhancement Project
Lead Agency : Friends of Five Creeks
Role: Provided plant material

2004-2007
Mare Island Project
Lead Agency: Weston Solutions
Role: Site specific propagule collection, plant propagation

2004-2005
Upper Collier Creek Riparian Mitigation
Lead Agency: H.T. Harvey and Associates
Role: Site-specific seed/ propagule collection, plant propagation

2001-2006
Marsh transition zone habitat enhancement projects
Lead Agency: Save the Bay
Role: Plant propagation

2005
Benicia Waterfront
Lead Agency: Focus Reality Services
Role: Site-specific seed/ propagule collection, plant propagation

2005
Mission Creek Habitat Enhancement
Lead Agency: Mission Creek Conservatory
Role: Species selection, site-specific seed collection, plant propagation

2005
Elmherst Creek Planting
Lead Agency: Golden Gate Audubon
Role: Plant propagation

2005
Los Vaqueros Watershed Revegetation
Lead Agency: Contra Costa Water District
Role: Plant propagation

2005
Marsh transition zone enhancement adjacent to Bay Bridge
Lead Agency: Forster & Kroeger/Caltrans
Role: Provide native plant material

2003-2004
Alhambra High School Track Project
Lead Agency:
Friends of Alhambra Creek
Role: Site survey, species selection, planting design, plant propagation, planting supervision, irrigation consultation

2003
Native Plant Propagation Workshop
Lead Agency:
Dana Richards/Alhambra Alternative Highschool
Role:
Introduce students to the concepts of biodiversity and natural communities/ecosystems, purpose and goals of restoring natural habitats with native plants for wildlife habitat, identification of the major plants that will be propagated for restoration project, lessons on how to collect, clean, and treat seeds, and to collect and prepare cuttings, and how to propagate the plants

2002-2003
Enhancement of Damon Slough Wetland Mitigation Site
Lead Agency: URS Corporation
Role: Site-specific seed collection, plant propagation