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The Watershed Nursery Project Participation:

2008-2010
Riparian Restoration Project: Fernandez Ranch
Lead Organization: Muir Heritage Land Trust
TWN Role: Contribute to development of restoration species palette, site specific seed collection and plant propagation.
http://www.muirheritagelandtrust.org/propertiespreserved.htm

2008-2010
Souza II Wetland Restoration
Lead Organization: ICF Jones and Stokes/Contra Costa County Community Development
TWN Role: Contribute to development of restoration species palette, site specific seed collection and plant propagation.
http://www.co.contra-costa.ca.us/depart/cd/water/HCP/

2009
Salt Pond Restoration
Lead Organization: San Francisco Public Utility Commission/U.R.S Corp.
TWN Role: Site-specific seed collection and plant propagation.
http://www.southbayrestoration.org/pdf_files/Baylands%20Fact%20Sheet%205-jan.pdf

2009
Aramburu Island Enhancement Project
Lead Organization: Richardson Bay Audubon/Wetland and Water Resources
TWN Role: Identification of source populations and collection of seed for species list developed for future habitat enhancement project.
http://www.tiburonaudubon.org/conserve_aramburu.php

2009
Development of on-site nursery beds
Lead Organization:
Marin Audubon Society
TWN Role: Developed on-site nursery beds to be used in propagation
of project-site native rhizomatous species. Salvaged and transplanted native material from site, established beds, prepared planting ramets, worked with volunteers to plant grown material.

2009
Grassland Restoration Experiment
Lead Organization: Livermore Area Recreational Park District
TWN Role: Site-specific plant propagation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQSacKiq3TE

2009
Quarry site Native Grassland Restoration Project
Lead Organization: Office of Mine Reclamation/Syar Industries
TWN Role: Site-specific seed collection and plant propagation.

2008-2009
Riparian Enhancement Project- Dublin, Ca.
Lead Organization: H.T. Harvey & Associates
TWN Role: Site-specific seed/propagule collection and plant propagation

2007-2009
Residential Riparian Restoration Projects
Lead Organization: Various private home owners
TWN Role: Species selection, project design including planting and bioengineering techniques, installation supervision and follow-up monitoring.

2006-2009
Riparian Restoration Project: Stevens Creek Corridor
Lead Organization: City of Cupertino, Public Works Dept.
TWN Role: Site-specific seed collection and plant propagation, willow wattle preparation, plant installation, post-installation site maintenance.
http://www.cupertino.org/index.aspx?page=314

2006-2009
Vegetation Monitoring
Lead Organization:
Wetland and Water Resources

  • Wetland Delineation: Arambaru Island-Tiburon, Chelsea Marsh-Pinole, Hamilton Airbase-Novato
  • Vegetation mapping: Martin Luther King, Jr. Shoreline-Oakland, Petaluma Marsh Extension Project-Sonoma County, Bahia Marsh-Novato

2008
Baxter Creek Habitat Enhancement
Lead Organization: Urban Creek Council
TWN Role: Propagate native plants for installation in creek habitat enhancement project.
http://www.urbancreeks.org/Current_Projects.html

2008
Rheem Creek Habitat Enhancement
Lead Organization: Urban Creek Council
TWN Role: Propagate native plants for installation in creek habitat enhancement project.
http://www.urbancreeks.org/Current_Projects.html

2008
El Sobrante Library San Pablo Creek Riparian Restoration
Lead Organization: Spawners
TWN Role: Provide watershed appropriate native plants.
http://www.spawners.org/

2007-2008
Oak Grassland Enhancement: Sycamore Grove
Lead Agency: Alameda County Resource Conservation District
TWN Role: Development of species palette, site-specific seed collection, plant propagation.

2008
Oak Grassland Enhancement: Sycamore Grove
Lead Agency: Alameda County Resource Conservation District
TWN Role: Site-specific acorn collection, acorn planting with herbivore protection and weed control, post installation monitoring.

2007
Riparian Restoration Project
Lead Organization: Urban Creek Council
TWN Role: Provide local native plants for revegetation and habitat enhancement.

2007
Habitat Enhancement Project: Temescal Creek
Lead Agency: Alameda County Clean Water Program
TWN Role: Provide local native plants for habitat enhancement project within Temescal watershed utilizing community involvement for installation.

2007
Demonstration Native Garden
Lead Organization: Hayward Highschool
TWN Role: Provide local native plants for school garden.

2007
Dow Wetland Habitat Enhancement
Lead Agency: Contra Costa Resource Conservation District
TWN Role: Species palette selection and propagation of natives appropriate to project site.

2006-2007
Lower Stevens Creek Riparian Enhancement
Lead Agency: City of Mountain View, Public Works Dept.
TWN Role: Site-specific seed collection and propagation

2002-2007
McNabney Marsh Transition Zone Enhancement Project
Lead Organization: Mt. View Sanitary District
TWN Role: Species selection, planting design, site-specific seed collection, plant propagation, supervision of plant installation, irrigation consultation, monitoring of plant survival and vigor, monitoring reporting, project maintenance

2006-2007
North San Pablo Bay Marsh Transition Zone Habitat Enhancement
Lead Agency: U.S. Fish & Wildlife
TWN Role: Species selection, site-specific seed collection, propagation consultation.

2006-2007
Graminoid propagation
Lead Agency: Marin Municipal Water District
TWN Role: Graminoid propagation

2005-2007
Monitoring of Management Objectives
Lead Agency: Mt. View Sanitary District
TWN Role: Ground-truthing for geospatial analysis to develop vegetation map of key species, fixed station vegetation and soil salinity monitoring, species survey, monitoring report

2006
Lower Marsh Creek- Vegetation Enhancement Project:
Lead Organization: Natural Heritage Institute
N.H.I. Objective: Re-vegetation with local, native freshwater tidal species along a section of lower Marsh Creek on the Dutch Slough Restoration Project site with the purpose of involving local community members in increasing cover of native species and decreasing non-native vegetation at the project site. 
TWN Role: Site evaluation, species selection, planting design with experimental component, monitoring design, supervision of plant installation, monitoring, training and coordination of volunteers, monitoring report, supervision of non-native removal.

2006
Martin Luther King, Jr. Shoreline New Marsh Project
Lead Agency: Wetlands and Water Resources
TWN Role: Monitoring of seasonal and tidal marsh transects, ground-truthing for aerial imagery, monitoring report

2006
Propagation Workshop Series for ESA and AVCC
Lead Agency: Contra Costa Resource Conservation District
TWN Role: Workshops covering: seed collection, plant identification, habitat needs, seed cleaning, storage, and treatment, propagation of native plants local to Sky Ranch and Alhambra Creek Watershed.

2005-2006
Sky Ranch Fencing and Restoration Project.
Lead Organization: Muir Heritage Land Trust
TWN Role: Species selection, site-specific seed collection, plant propagation, development of planting design, supervision of plant installation, coordination of volunteers

2005-2007
Oak Knoll and Neiman Riparian Mitigation
Lead Organization: H.T. Harvey & Associates/Pinn Brothers Fine Homes
TWN Role: Site-specific seed collection, plant propagation

2005-2006
O’Neill Slough levee, San Mateo, CA
Lead Agency: City of San Mateo, Department of Public Works  
TWN Role: Site-specific propagule collection, plant propagation

2005-2006
Tidal marsh revegetation
Lead Organization: Spartina Project
TWN Role: Plant propagation

2004-2007
Mare Island Project
Lead Organization: Weston Solutions
TWN Role: Site specific propagule collection, plant propagation

2004-2005
Upper Collier Creek Riparian Mitigation
Lead Organization: H.T. Harvey and Associates
TWN Role: Site-specific seed/ propagule collection, plant propagation

2003-2006
El Cerrito Creek Habitat Enhancement Project
Lead Organization: Friends of Five Creeks
TWN Role: Provided plant material

2001-2006
Marsh transition zone habitat enhancement project
Lead Organization: Save the Bay
TWN Role: Plant propagation

2004-2006
Alhambra Creek Adult School Restoration Project
Lead Organization: Urban Creeks Council/ Muir Heritage Land Trust
TWN Role: Species selection, site-specific seed collection, plant propagation, planting design consultation, supervision of student plant installation and monitoring

2003-2005
Triangle Marsh Project
Lead Organization: Marin Audubon Society
TWN Role: Species selection, site-specific seed collection, plant propagation, development of planting design, supervision of plant installation, coordination of volunteers

2005
Transition zone habitat enhancement-Benicia Waterfront
Lead Organization: Focus Reality Services
TWN Role: Site-specific seed/ propagule collection, plant propagation

2005
Mission Creek
Lead Organization: Mission Creek Conservatory
TWN Role: Species selection, site-specific seed collection, plant propagation

2005
Elmherst Creek Planting
Lead Organization: Golden Gate Audubon
TWN Role: Plant propagation

2005
Los Vaqueros Watershed
Lead Agency: Contra Costa Water District
TWN Role: Plant propagation

2005
Transition zone enhancement adjacent to Bay Bridge  
Lead Organization: Forster & Kroeger/Caltrans
TWN Role: Provide native plant material

2003-2004
Alhambra High Track Project
Lead Organization:
Friends of Alhambra Creek
TWN Role: Site survey, species selection, planting design, plant propagation, planting supervision, irrigation consultation

2003
Native Plant Propagation Workshop
Lead Organization: Dana Richards/ Environmental Studies Academy
TWN Role:
Educate students on concept of biodiversity and natural communities/ecosystems, purpose and goals of restoring natural habitats with native plants for wildlife habitat, identification of the major plants that will be propagated for restoration project, lessons on how to collect, clean, and treat seeds, and to collect and prepare cuttings, and how to propagate the plants

2002-2003
Enhancement of Damon Slough Wetland Mitigation Site
Lead Organization: URS Corporation
TWN Role: Site-specific seed collection, plant propagation

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