The Colestin Valley lies just above the Oregon-California border and is part of the Klamath River watershed. Here, amid scattered cattle ranches and horticultural nursery crops, yellowing leaves of Oregon white oak, black oak and brewer’s oak stand in contrast to the dark green conifers and other encroaching vegetation. The area is the focus of numerous U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service partnership projects to restore and preserve Oregon’s oak woodland habitat. Working with the Lomakatsi Restoration Project, a non-profit forest and watershed restoration organization and a lead partner in restoring southern Oregon’s oak habitats, Service biologists and other federal agency conservation coordinators have been reaching out to private landowners. The result of this collaborative effort was a proposal submitted by Lomakatsi to the NRCS Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative (CCPI), and to the Service’s Partners for Fish and Wildlife program. The project netted nearly $3 million in combined funding for oak restoration in the three counties. More than $1 million has been provided by the Service. The projects in Colestin will total nearly 2,000 acres of restored habitat.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 16:00:45 +0000
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