SFWC Revegetation Monitoring Project

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SFWC - Revegetation Monitoring Project

• Ryan Navratil - Field Coordinator

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• Revegetation project description
• Field techniques for data collection

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Revegetation Sites

• 7 sites throughout the watershed
• Initiated in response to damage / disturbance
• Management tailored to individual sites

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Emerging Needs (SFWC)

• Variable management history, site character
• No consensus of doneness
• No clearly defined trajectory or progress

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Study Goals 3-Stage Approach

• Short term (where are we?)
• Baseline data
• Standardize monitoring protocol across sites
• Intermediate (where are we going?)
• Measure success
• Develop site-specific goals
• Long term (when can we move on?)
• Review, refine revegetation strategy
• Report, share information learned

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Strategy Short Term

• Where are we?
• Identify key criteria for sustainable health
• E.g. native vs. invasive cover
• cover of planted indivs
• Bare ground
• Compare against un-planted, disturbed sites
• Baseline evaluation of planting effort
• Springboard into intermediate goal setting

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Strategy Intermediate

• How are we doing?
• Monitor changes (succession) within sites
• E.g. ? in cover of planted indivs
• ? in proportion of natives vs. non-natives
• Native recruitment
• Developing native ground cover?
• Set site specific goals Adaptive management
• Context specific / community input opportunity
• Endpoint consensus Revegetation target

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Strategy Long Term

• When can we move on?
• Meet revegetation targets
• Have we met key criterion goals?
• Have we met site-specific goals?
• Apply knowledge to future projects
• Implement better management practices
• Use resources more efficiently
• Foster community expertise

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• Revegetation project description
• Field techniques for data collection

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Sampling Methods

• Paired sites
• 2 disturbed, planted vs. unaltered
• Proximal
• Similar sun exposure
• Similar grade
• 10-pin frame design
• Standardize across sites, researchers, seasons

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Reference Materials

• Planted species and common weeds
• To be used in conjunction with published
  materials
• Transition into plant keys and scientific
  resources
• Volunteers to experts

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Data Generation
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Data Generation
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Forward Planning

• Address immediate concerns
• Discuss site-wide and site-specific goals
• Steering Committee input for adaptive management
  plans

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Special Thanks

• Philippe Cohen
• Alan Launer
• Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve
• The Smart Family Foundation
• San Francisco Foundation Bay Fund

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SFWC Contacts

• Pam Sturner - Pam_at_SanFrancisquito.org
• extension 304
• Katie Pilat - Katie_at_SanFrancisquito.org
• extension 305
• Ryan Navratil - Ryan_at_SanFrancisquito.org
• Extension 310