S. Puget Sound Prairies & Oak Woodland
Description:
This is a joint project between WDFW & WDNR. Several other agencies/organizations are committed to restoration and conservation of south Puget Sound Prairie communities including the US Fish and Wildlife Service, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Fort Lewis, and Thurston County Parks. TNC, with the assistance of several partners, drafted the "South Puget Sound Prairies Site Conservation Plan" to serve as the basis for future conservation and restoration efforts. This regional plan highlights the proposed project as of the highest priority. This project includes 4 additions to existing prairie and oak woodland reserves: Tenalquot: Though there has been little reconnaissance of this privately owned land, native prairie plant communities are probably in poor condition. Appropriate prairie soils are extensive, so the likelihood of successful restoration is high. Scatter Creek has high quality native prairie (Idaho fescue-white-topped aster grassland) and a riparian strip of mature oak. West Rocky: includes approximately 300 acres of mounded prairie, 400 acres of wetlands, and 40 acres of oak woodland. Mima Mounds contains high quality Idaho fescue-Puget Balsamroot prairie and land with high potential for prairie restoration. Many species of plants and animals dependent on the prairie and oak woodland communities are found on these sites. This list of rare species includes 2 federally threatened, 3 federal candidate, and 5 species of concern.
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S. Puget Sound Prairies & Oak Woodland
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This is a joint project between WDFW & WDNR. Several other agencies/organizations are committed to restoration and conservation of south Puget Sound Prairie communities including the US Fish and Wildlife Service, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Fort Lewis, and Thurston County Parks. TNC, with the assistance of several partners, drafted the "South Puget Sound Prairies Site Conservation Plan" to serve as the basis for future conservation and restoration efforts. This regional plan highlights the proposed project as of the highest priority. This project includes 4 additions to existing prairie and oak woodland reserves: Tenalquot: Though there has been little reconnaissance of this privately owned land, native prairie plant communities are probably in poor condition. Appropriate prairie soils are extensive, so the likelihood of successful restoration is high. Scatter Creek has high quality native prairie (Idaho fescue-white-topped aster grassland) and a riparian strip of mature oak. West Rocky: includes approximately 300 acres of mounded prairie, 400 acres of wetlands, and 40 acres of oak woodland. Mima Mounds contains high quality Idaho fescue-Puget Balsamroot prairie and land with high potential for prairie restoration. Many species of plants and animals dependent on the prairie and oak woodland communities are found on these sites. This list of rare species includes 2 federally threatened, 3 federal candidate, and 5 species of concern.
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Tenalquot Prairie-Old Hwy 99 south from Miller Brewing Company in Tumwater to left on Waldrick Rd. to vicinity of the intersection of Waldrick Road and Military Rd. Scatter Creek: I-5 south to exit 95 (Littlerock Maytown), onto Maytown Road westbound, to left on Case Rd. to first gate on right just prior to crossing Scatter Creek. West Rocky: Old Hwy 99 south from Miller Brewing Company in Tumwater to right on Angus Drive south of Offut Lake Rd. Go under railroad tracks on Angus Drive to view mounded prairie. Mima Mounds: I-5 south to exit 95 (Littlerock Maytown), onto Maytown Road westbound through Littlerock to left on Mima Gate Road to Bordeaux Road.
