[APWG] Native grasslands, $500K per year for last 30 years, results?
Craig Dremann - Redwood City Seed Company
Craig at astreet.com
Wed Apr 18 12:14:15 CDT 2012
Dear All,
Now I am finding out why people call us the Gold Coast. For the one
billion dollars worth of native grasslands we have on the San Francisco
peninsula, there has been $500K in taxpayers money spent on studies of
those grasslands every year, for the last 30 years.
What I am doing this year, is doing a census of the state of our grassland
resources, in terms of percentage cover of the native grasses, the
wildflower cover and the weed cover, that you can see at
http://www.ecoseeds.com/WMA.html, with photos.
This week is the peak of wildflowers in California and the West, so if you
have local public native grass/wildflower areas, especialkly if you are
doing any restoration or weeding projects, this is the time to go out and
do your own census. I am using the toe-point method, and only 30 paces
gives you a good snapshot of what is going on, and only takes about 15
minutes to do.
Sincerely, Craig Dremann (650) 325-7333
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