Achievements

'06 - '07 Annual Report

'05 - '06 Annual Report

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Science

The restoration projects implemented by the Landowner Stewardship Program on local farms and ranches offer numerous opportunities for ecological research. The LSP science program’s goals are to conduct research projects that evaluate and improve the effectiveness of restoration methods, evaluate the interaction between native habitats and agriculture, and create land management opportunities that benefit ranchers and farmers.

The following is a brief description of various research projects conducted on ranches in the region that complement the program’s ongoing photo and habitat monitoring program. We also collaborated on additional projects studying carbon sequestration (Agricultural Research Service), water quality (Yolo County RCD) and weed control (U.C. Davis and U.C. Cooperative Extension).

Avian Abundance, Diversity and Breeding Effort in Northern California Tomato Crops
Funded with generous support from the Unilever Corporation, the Landowner Stewardship Program is examining avian abundance, diversity, and breeding effort in tomato crops in Yolo County and San Joaquin counties to develop best management agronomic practices and better understand relationship between beneficial bird populations and agriculture.

CALFED Rangeland Stewardship Project
Through generous support from the CALFED Ecosystem Restoration Program, we provided support for the following studies. The grant also included intensive monitoring and research related

Monitoring the environmental determinants of restoration success
Drs. Truman Young and Megan Lulow, of University of California Davis Graduate Group of Ecology

Avian monitoring and assessment of perennial grassland and riparian restoration efforts in the Willow Slough Watershed
Drs. Dan Anderson and Jan Goerrissen, University of California Davis Fisheries and Wildlife Biology

Using remote sensing to monitor vegetation response to land management activities
Drs. Carolyn Malmstrom, and Scott Butterfield, Michigan State University, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology

Field-based research on plant and soil response to restored native perennial grasslands versus non-native annual grasslands
Dr. Steve Griffith, Dr. Jeffrey Steiner and Machelle Nelson, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Corvallis, OR

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