Restoration Projects

You can click on some project names to see available photos.

2008-09 Adobe Creek Reach 5 Riparian Restoration

Lead Agency:
Santa Clara Valley Water District

Role:
Erosion control, irrigation installation, plant installation and maintenance of riparian habitat.

2008-09 Steven’s Creek Riparian Restoration

Lead Agency:
City of Cupertino/Santa Clara Valley Water District

Role:
Erosion control, irrigation installation, plant installation and maintenance of riparian habitat.

2008-09 Coyote Valley Research Park

2008-09 CSUMB – 5th Avenue Entrance

2006-09
Autumn Terrace Development Mitigation

Lead Agency:
Santa Clara Valley Water District

Role:
Detailed biological monitoring and report writing for a mitigation site in San Jose

2006-09
Creekside Village Development Mitigation

Lead Agency:
SCVWD/Town of Los Gatos

Role:
Plant propagation, plant installation, design-build of irrigation system, maintenance, detailed biological monitoring and report writing for a mitigation site along Los Gatos Creek.

2005-07
Gilbertson Landfill Closure

Lead Agency:
City of watsonville

Role:
Propagation and installation of 1800 native plants. Design-build of irrigation system. Maintenance, monitoring survey, and reporting responsibilities.

2004-08
CEMEX Quarry Revegetation

Lead Agency:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, CA Department of Fish and Game

Role:
Seed collection, plant propagation, plant installation, design-build of irrigation system, maintenance, and monitoring survey responsibilities for a 10 acre mixed woodland restoration site and 4.5 acre maritime chaparral site.

2005-09
Steven’s Canyon Road Mitigation

Lead Agency:
County of Santa Clara

Role:
Plant propagation, plant installation, design-build of irrigation system, and maintenacne, for a mitigation site near San Jose.

2005-09
Alum Rock Park Quail Hollow Bridge Riparian restoration

Lead Agency:
City of San Jose

Role:
Plant propagation, plant and irrigation system installation and maintenance of riparian habitat

2004-09
Story Road Wetland Habitat Mitigation Site #1 & #2

Lead Agency:
City of San Jose

Role:
Invasive plant removal (Tree of Heaven). Plant propagation, plant installation, irrigation installation and maintenacne of 4 acres of wetland habitat and riparian habitat.

2003-04
Llagas Creek Riparian Restoration

Lead Agency:
Santa Clara Valley Water District

Role:
Plant propagation, irrigation installation, plant installation and maintenance of riparian & wetland habitat.

2002-04
Lipton (Unilever) Riparian Channel Revegetation

Lead Agency:
City of Santa Cruz/Wetlands Research Associates

Role:
Plant propagation, irrigation installation, plant installation and maintenance of riparian & wetland habitat.

2002-04
Wilder Ranch Bike Path

Lead Agency:
Santa Cruz County Public Works

Role:
Invasive plant removal, site-specific seed collection, plant installation and maintenance of coastal scrub & oak woodland habitat.

2002-04
CAFF Agriculture Conservation Practices Pilot Project

Lead Agency:
State Water Resources Control Board

Role:
Plant propagation, installation and maintenance of native plant hedgerows, grass waterways and wetland buffers.

2002-03
Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor Habitat Mitigation

Lead Agency:
Santa Cruz Harbor District

Role:
Invasive plant removal, site-specific seed collection, irrigation & plant installation and maintenance of oak woodland and riparian habitat.

2002-03
Tuers-Capitol (Los Lagos) Golf Course Riparian Mitigation

Lead Agency:
City of San Jose

Role:
Plant propagation, irrigation installation, plant installation and maintenance of 3 miles of Coyote Creek riparian habitat.

2002-04
Mar Serano Coastal Terrace Prairie Enhancement Plan 

Lead Agency:
County of Santa Cruz

Role:
Writing and implementation of enhancement plan, which consisted of offsite mitigation for development impacts to coastal terrace prairie habitat; site-specific seed collection; mowing management; native plant installation; monitoring.

2001-04
Leona Quarry Habitat Restoration Pilot Study

Lead Agency:
City of Oakland/H.T. Harvey & Associates

Role:
Installation and maintenance of native maritime chaparral plant community.

2000-04
Endangered Tarplant Restoration and Wetland Enhancement

Lead Agency:
Santa Cruz County Redevelopment Agency

Role:
Work performed at Anna Jean Cummings County Park. Invasive plant removal, site-specific seed collection, and habitat restoration.

1999-2004
Mount Herman Cellular One Antenna Project Biological Mitigation

Lead Agency:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, County of Santa Cruz

Role:
Invasive plant removal, site specific seed collection, native plant restoration, development of work plan, and ecological monitoring.

1998-2004
Scott’s Valley High School Restoration Plan Implementation& Management

Lead Agency:
Ca. Dept. of Fish and Game, Scott’s Valley School District

Role:
Invasive plant removal, site-specific seed collection, and native plant restoration.

1998-2004
Sea Crest Biotic Mitigation Implementation

Lead Agency:
County of Santa Cruz

Role:
Invasive plant removal, endangered plant salvage, site specific seed collection, and native plant restoration.

1998-2003
Seascape Habitat Conservation Plan Implementation

Lead Agency:
U.S. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife/Ca. Dept. of Fish and Game

Role:
Invasive plant removal, native plant salvage, site-specific seed collection/ and native plant restoration

1998-2002
Wilder Sand Quarry Habitat Conservation Plan Implementation

Lead Agency:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Role:
Invasive plant removal, riparian plant restoration, site specific seed collection.

1999
San Luis Preserve Riparian Restoration Plan Implementation

Lead Agency:
Ca. Dept. of Fish and Game

Role:
Riparian plant restoration, and monitoring.

1998-99
Bishop Ranch Vegetation Plan Implementation

Lead Agency:
County of Monterey

Role:
Site specific seed collection, native plant restoration, and riparian restoration.

1997-98
U.S. Highway 1/Big Sur, California

Lead Agency:
California Department of Transportation

Role:
Site-specific seed collection and native plant propagation.

1997-98
Farmscape Vegetation for Erosion Control/Pest Reduction

Lead Agency:
Environmental Protection Agency/U.C.S.C. Agroecology

Role:
Botanical consulting, project design, and farmer outreach.

1997
Highway 84 Revegetation

Lead Agency:
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District

Role:
Project management including site-specific seed collection, propagation and oversight of installation.

1997
Elkhorn Slough Uplands Native Grass Pasture Restoration

Lead Agency:
Natural Resource Conservation Service

Role:
Project design and management including site-specific propagation and oversight of installation.

1996-98
San Andreas Live Oak Woodland/ Maritime Chaparral Restoration

Lead Agency:
Santa Cruz County

Role:
Invasive plant removal, rare plant propagation, maintenance and monitoring.

1992-97
U.C. Santa Cruz Coastal Prairie Enhancement and Management Plan Implementation

Lead Agency:
University of California Santa Cruz

Role:
Implementation of enhancement plan, including native plant salvage, site mapping, management and monitoring.

1996
Oiled Wildlife Veterinary and Research Center

Lead Agency:
Ca. Dept. of Fish and Game

Role:
Site-specific seed collection and propagation of native plants.

1993 -9
Neary Lagoon Riparian and Wet Meadow Restoration

Lead Agency:
City of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation Department

Role:
Development, implementation and monitoring of coastal prairie restoration objectives.

1995
Pescadero Road Management Program

Lead Agency:
San Mateo County Public Works/Pescadero Creek CRMP

Role:
Consult and Implement Native Plant Revegetation Plan.

1995
RDC Native Windbreak Demonstration Project

Lead Agency:
Rural Development Center, Salinas

Role:
Consult on design and plant propagation.

1995
Bethany Woods Botanical Survey

Lead Agency:
Green Valley Corporation

Role:
Vegetation and wetland mapping, species survey and Natural Diversity Data base review.

1994
Laurel Creek Revegetation

Lead Agency:
City of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation Department

Role:
Site assessment, plant propagation, and implementation of riparian restoration plan.

1994
Antonelli Pond Restoration

Lead Agencies:
Green valley Corporation/Santa Cruz County Land Trust

Role:
Botanical assessment and preliminary restoration planning.

1993-94
Wilder Ranch State Park Coastal Bluff Enhancement

Lead Agency:
California Department of Parks and Recreation

Role:
Seed collection, propagation and installation of coastal scrub species.

1992
U.C. Santa Cruz Inclusion Area D Restoration

Lead Agency:
University of California Santa Cruz

Role:
Restoration Planning and implementation.

1992
Lighthouse Field State Park Riparian Corridor Enhancement

Lead Agency:
City of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation/Friends of Lighthouse Field

Role:
Volunteer plant propagation and installation.

1990-91
Moore Creek Wetlands Restoration

Lead Agencies:
U.C. Santa Cruz Campus Facilities

Role:
Formulation of policies, goals and objectives for riparian restoration.

1989
California Oak Ecology and Watershed Management

Lead Agencies:
Annadel State Park, Sonoma County California

Role:
Field surveys to evelop database on oak distribution and abundance.