This week our habitat restoration crews began hydroseeding newly
opened areas above the southern half of the Sawyer Camp Trail.
The young native serpentine grasses will begin sprouting
within a couple of weeks, and be well established by next spring-- assuming
some rainfall and other favorable conditions. We’ll keep watch for regrowth of
the invasive acacias for the next year or two, and then plant acorns for future
native forests.
The approximately 20-acre replanting in the Sawyer Camp Trial vicinity
is part of a larger restoration project to bring back about 180 acres of native
oak woodland and grassland at several different Peninsula Watershed locations. The
historic habitats provide essential food and shelter for a variety of native
plant, butterfly, bird and other wildlife species (some found nowhere else in
California).
The fresh young plantings will be steadily maintained by our staff
to promote healthy establishment, and we'll monitor their performance for several years after that.
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