[RWG] 100 acres every 15 miles across the country-- preserve the original ecosystems?

[Michelle Vanstrom]

Please pick the Niagara River Gorge Rim in Niagara Falls, NY. We have advocated for 15 years the redundant Robert Moses Parkway should be removed and the gorge rim be ecologically restored to its botanically rare predevelopment landscape. It was Olmsted's goal for the waterfall. More info at www.niagaraheritage.org
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Michelle Vanstrom

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On Oct 14, 2011, at 7:38 PM, "Craig Dremann - Redwood City Seed Company" <Craig at astreet.com> wrote:

> Dear Marc and Phillip and All,
> 
> Maybe we could pick area that already contain rare, sensitive or
> endangered plants that need our protection to begin with, and make sure
> that the 100 acres surrounding them are both preserved and restored to the
> 99% quality.
> 
> That is the problem faced by most of the Endangered and Threatened plants
> and animals here in California--their habitats are begin over run by
> exotics, within a very short amount of time.
> 
> For example, we have a Potentilla hickmanii, that you can read about on
> Wiki at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potentilla_hickmanii, where there are
> less than a dozen places where this plant survives in two counties.
> 
> In only three years, one of the largest populations in San Mateo County
> has been engulfed by weeds, wiping out 80% of that population.  And the
> weeds ate the entire original Monterey population, and only a few dozen
> nursery-grown plants survive there today.
> 
> We need to get those populations of this tiny wildflower that only grows 3
> inches tall, free of the 2-6 foot tall weeds surrounding them, and the 100
> acres surrounding the Hickmaniis also contains some of the best coastal
> grasslands that are left in this part of California, so we would be
> helping to protect those other native species as well?
> 
> I think if we focus on those 100 acre sites every 15 miles that already
> contain good ecosystem examples, that might be a good start?  I am sure
> that everyone on  these lists, can think of at least one 100-acre site
> around you, that would qualify for this future protection, and it would be
> fantastic to see it be 99% weed-free?
> 
> Sincerely,  Craig Dremann (650) 325-7333
> 
> 
> 
> 
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