Greenbelt Land Trust Inc

RESTORE OAK HABITATS PROMOTE HEALTHY CONIFER FORESTS AND MANAGE FOR A CLIMATERESILIENT LANDSCAPE. REDUCE FLAMMABLE BRUSH AND LADDER FUELS ON APPROXIMATELY 80 ACRES OF FOREST EDGE AND MEADOW HABITATS AND CONVERT 15.2 MILES OF BRUSH ENCROACHED ROADS INTO FIRESAFE CORRIDORS.

MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING ON GREENBELT LAND TRUST CONSERVATION LANDS. THIS PROJECT INCLUDES HABITAT MANAGEMENT AND OR MONITORING WORK TO BENEFIT A SUITE OF AT-RISK PRAIRIE SPECIES (BUTTERFLIES, PLANTS AND GRASSLAND BIRDS). IMPLEMENT HABITAT MANAGEMENT AND ESSENTIAL MONITORING ON GREENBELT LANDS TO SUPPORT THE RECOVERY OF MULTIPLE AT-RISK SPECIES.

THIS PROJECT BENEFITS MULTIPLE AT RISK SPECIES IN THE PRAIRIES OF WESTERN OREGON INCLUDING TAYLOR S CHECKERSPOT (ENDANGERED), WILLAMETTE DAISY (ENDANGERED) AND BRADSHAW S LOMATIUM (DELISTED 2021). PROPOSED ACTIONS FOR TAYLOR S CHECKERSPOT, INCLUDING HABITAT MANAGEMENT, ENHANCEMENT AND MONITORING ARE THOSE RECOMMENDED IN THE DRAFT USFWS RECOVERY PLAN FOR THE SPECIES, THE ROADMAP CREATED BY USFWS TO GUIDE THE WORK NEEDED TO REMOVE SPECIES FROM THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST. PROPOSED ACTIONS FOR WILLAMETTE DAISY, THREAT REDUCTION AND POPULATION INTRODUCTION AUGMENTATION ARE THOSE RECOMMENDED IN THE RECOVERY PLAN FOR PRAIRIE SPECIES OF WESTERN OREGON AND SW WASHINGTON. ACTIONS FOR BRADSHAW S LOMATIUM ARE INCLUDE THE REQUIRED POST DELISTING MONITORING, TO CONFIRM AND TRACK THE SPECIES STATUS AFTER ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROTECTIONS HAVE BEEN REMOVED, AND TO ALSO PROMOTE SOUND MANAGEMENT OF THE SPECIES OVER TIME. PRIMARY FACTORS THAT PUT ALL THESE SPECIES AT RISK AND IN NEED OF PROTECTION ARE HABITAT LOSS AND REDUCTION IN HABITAT QUALITY CAUSED BY INVASIVE WEEDS AND WOODY SHRUBS THAT SPREAD AGGRESSIVELY INTO THE SPECIES HABITATS. PROPOSED ACTIONS INCLUDE INTRODUCTIONS OF BUTTERFLIES AND WILLAMETTE DAISY, HABITAT MANAGEMENT TO CONTROL SHRUBS AND WEEDS, SEEDING NATIVE SPECIES, ALL ON PERMANENTLY PROTECTED AND MANAGED CONSERVATION SITES.

THIS PROJECT BENEFITS AN AT-RISK SPECIES IN THE PRAIRIES OF WESTERN OREGON BY SUPPORTING THE DE-LISTING(REMOVAL FROM THE FEDERAL ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST) OF NELSON'S CHECKERMALLOW (A THREATENED SPECIES). PROPOSED ACTIONS FOR NELSON'S CHECKERMALLOW ARE THOSE RECOMMENDED IN THE USFWS RECOVERY PLAN FORPRAIRIE SPECIES OF WESTERN OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON, THE ROADMAP CREATED BY USFWS TO GUIDETHE WORK NEEDED TO REMOVE SPECIES FROM THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST. PRIMARY FACTORS THAT PUT NELSON'SCHECKERMALLOW AT RISK AND IN NEED OF PROTECTION ARE HABITAT LOSS AND REDUCTION IN HABITAT QUALITY CAUSEDBY INVASIVE WEEDS AND WOODY SHRUBS THAT SPREAD AGGRESSIVELY INTO THE PLANTS' HABITATS. PROPOSED ACTIONSINCLUDE HABITAT MANAGEMENT TO CONTROL SHRUBS AND WEEDS, FOLLOWED BY SEEDING AND PLANTING MORENELSON'S CHECKERMALLOW, ACROSS FOUR LOCATIONS ON PERMANENTLY PROTECTED AND MANAGED CORVALLIS AREA CONSERVATION SITES. OVERALL, CREATING BETTER HABITAT AND BIGGER POPULATIONS AT FOUR SITES WILL HELP STABILIZE THIS SPECIES.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY NUMBER: F22AS00093CFDA(S): 15.657APPLICANT NAME: GREENBELT LAND TRUST INC.DESCRIPTIVE TITLE OF THE APPLICANT'S PROJECT:PRAIRIE SPECIES MONITORING ON GREENBELT LAND TRUST PROPERTIESPROJECT ABSTRACT:THIS PROJECT BENEFITS TWO AT RISK SPECIES IN THE PRAIRIES OF WESTERN OREGON. IT IMPLEMENTS CRITICAL MEASURES TO SUPPORT THE DE-LISTING (REMOVAL FROM THE FEDERAL ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST) OF BRADSHAW'S LOMATIUM (A RECENTLY DELISTED ENDANGERED SPECIES) AND TO REDUCE THE NEED TO LIST THE OREGON VESPER SPARROW (A CANDIDATE SPECIES FOR LISTING UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT). PROPOSED ACTIONS FOR BRADSHAW'S LOMATIUM INCLUDE THE MONITORING PRESCRIBED BY USFWS UPON DELISTING THE SPECIES. DATA GAINED WILL INFORM THE SERVICE'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE SPECIES' STATUS, WHILE ALSO HELPING LAND MANAGERS UNDERSTAND HABITAT RESTORATION NEEDS AND ENABLING BETTER SITE MANAGEMENT FOR ONE OF THE LARGEST KNOWN AND PROTECTED POPULATIONS OF SPECIES ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. PROPOSED ACTIONS FOR OREGON VESPER SPARROW WILL PROVIDE CRITICAL INFORMATION NEEDED TO MANAGE THE LIMITED REMAINING LOCATIONS OF THIS SPECIES IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON. LIVESTOCK GRAZING HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AN ESSENTIAL TOOL TO ACHIEVE THE HABITAT CONDITIONS REQUIRED BY OREGON VESPER SPARROW BUT REQUIRES ONGOING TRACKING OF SITE CONDITIONS AND VESPER SPARROW POPULATIONS TO MAXIMIZE NEST SUCCESS AND PRODUCTIVITY. WORK WILL BE COMPLETED AT ONE OF THE FEW PROTECTED AND MANAGED SPECIES STRONGHOLDS NEAR CORVALLIS, OREGON.