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NFWF PROJECT UPDATE

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) project for Habitat Restoration at Edgewood is now in its 6^th month. Dr. Stuart Weiss, well-known conservation biologist with considerable experience studying the Bay checkerspot butterfly, is heading this project.

In the last 3 months, Stuart has completed the analysis of plant data from 340 quadrats, focusing on butterfly host plants, nectar sources, and grasses. Preliminary conclusions are that the best habitat for the butterfly host plants is on shallow soils well away from the freeway.

Stuart has also mapped plant transects with sub-meter accuracy using a high-end GPS, overlaid on new high-resolution aerial photographs.

Experimental treatment plots have been laid out, treatments assigned, and mowing/raking initiated. Planning for two prescribed burns is underway: one for the pre-rainy season and one for the fall. Planning has also begun for grazing treatments.

An application for a USFWS Recovery Permit has been submitted.

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