The Habitat Restoration Program works throughout the Pacific Northwest on a number of projects.

Current Projects
Bonneville Power Administration Right of Way Butterfly Enhancement
Providing technical expertise, endangered species compliance, and management for critical habitat for two rare butterfly species.
Funder:  Bonneville Power Administration
Partners:  Bonneville Power Administration, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, local landowners

McGowan Meadow Restoration
Restoring a mid-elevation meadow to improve conditions for sensitive plant species and prairie dependent wildlife.
Funders: Bureau of Land Management, Eugene District

Nelsons Checkermallow Recovery Project
We are moving this species toward delisting through large scale production of genetically diverse plant material, strategically restoring protected habitats, and reintroducing over 30,000 plants.   
Funder:  Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board and US Fish and Wildlife Service
Partners:  US Fish and Wildlife Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Benton and Yamhill Counties, Yamhill Basin and Marys River Watershed Councils, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, City of Corvallis, and private land owners
Contact us with questions or to report a Nelson's checkermallow sighting

Oregon Silverspot Habitat Restoration
Restoring coastal prairie to create habitat for the federally threatened Oregon silverspot butterfly.
Partners:  The United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Sensitive Species Habitat Restoration
Restoring upland prairie habitat and enhancing populations of shaggy horkelia and Hitchcock’s blue-eyed grass.
Funders: Bureau of Land Management, Eugene District

Wetland Reserve Enhancement Program II: Habitat and Stewardship for Willamette Valley Endangered Species
Restoring floodplain-aquatic connections and establishing populations of endangered plant species with the help of local school groups.
Funders: Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
Partners: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and private landowners.

Western Meadowlark Habitat Restoration Project
Restoring 200 acres of prairie habitat to improve conditions for Oregon’s state bird, the Western Meadowlark.
Funders: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
Partners: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and private landowners.

Willamette Valley Seed Cooperative
Pooling resources to enable larger seed production fields and reduced production cost for high quality, genetically diverse certified native seed to meet the demands of expanding prairie restoration programs.  Funder:  The United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Partners:  The United States Fish and Wildlife Service, The Nature Conservancy, Oregon Department of Transportation, Willamette Valley seed producers, and other public and private entities.

Willamette Valley Threatened and Endangered Seed Production
A cooperative agreement with the USFWS provides funding for the collection, production, harvest, and seed cleaning of threatened and endangered plants as well as nectar species for Fender’s blue butterfly.
Funder:  The United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Past Projects
Cardwell Hills Prairie Restoration Plan
Developed ten restoration plans for private landowners within critical habitat for Fender’s blue butterfly.  Collaborated on a “Landowner’s Guide to Habitat Restoration”.
Funders: Marys River Watershed Council and Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
Partners:  Private landowners

Common Garden Studies
Conducted eight common garden studies for Willamette Valley natives grasses and forbs.  The results of these studies have informed seed transfer zones for these species.  
Manuscript:  Can an ecoregion serve as a seed transfer zone?  Evidence from a common garden study with five native species. In Press Restoration Ecology.
Funder:  Bureau of Land Management, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Partners:  Natural Resources Conservation Service Corvallis Plant Materials Center

Luckiamute State Natural Area
Developed Prairie Habitat Restoration and Management Prescriptions with a focus on grassland birds.
Funders: Luckiamute Watershed Council.  

Wetland Reserve Enhancement Program
Developed eleven Wildlife Habitat Management and Conservation Plans
Collected and increased the seed of 33 native plant species
Implemented large-scale wetland restoration on 600 acres
Funders: Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Partners: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, private landowners

Willamette Valley Seed Increase Program
As of 2009, we have collected seed from 50 unique locations of four threatened and endangered Willamette Valley species.  Additionally in 2009, we collected seed for 11 species that are utilized as nectar plants by the federally endangered Fender’s blue butterfly.
Funder: United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Partners: United States Fish and Wildlife Service, The Nature Conservancy, The Bureau of Land Management, The United States Forest Service, The City of Corvallis (OR), The City of Eugene (OR), West Eugene Wetlands, Benton County (OR).