INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ECOLOGY

CONSERVATION RESEARCH: OUR EFFORTS TO RESEARCH, MONITOR AND REINTRODUCE ENDANGERED SPECIES INTO RESTORED HABITATS IN WESTERN OREGON HAS MANY SUCCESSES. WE HAVE ESTABLISHED NEW POPULATIONS OF GOLDEN PAINTBRUSH, KINCAID'S LUPINE, NELSON'S CHECKERMALLOW, BRADSHAW'S LOMATIUM, COOK'S DESERT PARSLEY, COLUMBIA YELLOWCRESS AND WILLAMETTE DAISY. ALL OF THESE SPECIES WERE ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION, BUT DUE TO OUR EFFORTS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, ARE NOW BECOMING MORE COMMON ON THE LANDSCAPE. THEY ALSO NOW GROW IN PLACES WHERE LOCAL PEOPLE IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES CAN SEE AND INTERACT WITH THEM REGULARLY, A SEA CHANGE FOR CONSERVATION! (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENT NUMBERS: FOR THE NINTH YEAR, COORDINATED RANGE-WIDE MONITORING FOR FENDER'S BLUE BUTTERFLY, WITH SURVEYS AT 71 SITES, TRACKING IMPORTANT TRENDS IN THIS ENDANGERED SPECIES POPULATION. THIRTY-FOUR RESEARCH PROJECTS AT OVER 123 SITES WITH 18 FEDERALLY AND STATE LISTED ENDANGERED/THREATENED/SPECIES OF CONCERN SPECIES IN THE NW. IN THE SW 12 RARE PLANT SPECIES WERE MONITORED IN 115 PLOTS AND POLLINATOR COMMUNTIES WERE MONITORED ACROSS 5 SITES PRE- AND POST-RESTORATION. SEEDS WERE COLLECTED FROM 4 RARE PLANT SPECIES IN NEW MEXICO FOR LONG-TERM SEED BANKING AND 246 CUTTINGS WERE COLLECTED FROM A RARE WILLOW SPECIES IN THE SW. CONTINUED ESTUARY MAPPING WORK AND PROVIDED TECHNICAL INPUTS ON BLUE CARBON PROJECTS, WITH ESTUARY RESEARCH PROJECTS UNDERWAY.

HABITAT RESTORATION: FOR OVER 20 YEARS, IAE'S MISSION HAS INCLUDED RESTORING RESILIENT ECOSYSTEMS. WE'VE LEARNED THAT TO INCREASE HABITAT RESTORATION IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY, NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA, AN INCREASE IN THE AVAILABILITY OF NATIVE SEEDS AND PLANTS IS NEEDED. WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED MUCH BY SUPPORTING FOUR REGIONAL SEED PARTNERSHIPS AND DEVELOPING A NATIVE PLANT FARM. THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY NATIVE PLANT PARTNERSHIP (WVNPP), STAFFED BY IAE AND FUNDED IN PART BY THE OREGON WATERSHED ENHANCEMENT BOARD, HAS OVER 30 PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AS MEMBERS, INCLUDING WATERSHED COUNCILS, SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATIONS DISTRICTS, LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, PRIVATE LAND TRUSTS, COMMERCIAL GROWERS, AND STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENT NUMBERS:73 SITES IN RESTORATION IN OREGON, 1481 ACRES IN RESTORED OR IN ACTIVE RESTORATION2.7 ACRES IN SEED PRODUCTION AT IAE FARM, WITH 46 SPECIES IN PRODUCTION AT THE IAE FARM; 33 FIELDS WITH 23 SPECIES YIELDING 4,259 POUNDS OF SEED IN THE SW365 POUNDS OF SEED PRODUCED AT IAE FARMWILD SEED COLLECTED FROM 53 SPECIES IN OREGON, 104 SPECIES AND 276 SEED COLLECTIONS IN ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO1913 POUNDS OF NATIVE SEED SOWN85000 NATIVE PLANT PLUGS AND BULBS OUT-PLANTED8 TYPES OF OREGON HABITATS WHERE RESTORATION ACTIONS OCCURRED: COASTAL PRAIRIE, DOUGLAS-FIR/WESTERN HEMLOCK/SITKA SPRUCE FOREST, COASTAL DUNES, OAK SAVANNAH/WOODLAND, RIPARIAN, UPLAND PRAIRIE, WET PRAIRIE, WETLAND. IN NM & AZ 3 HABITATS WITH RESTORATION, MONTANE WETLAND, SUBALPINE AND PONDEROSA PINE.9,471 VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY HOURS LOGGEDHOSTED VIRTUAL NATIONAL NATIVE SEED CONFERENCE ATTENDED BY OVER 900 NATIVE PLANT ENTHUSIASTS