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Now in our second decade of land restoration planning and stewardship. To date, over 1500 hours of restoration field labor
from Landscapes of Place -- not counting the tremendous stewardship efforts of others, for years!
Current floristic quality assessment: n = 287,
FQI = 93 (updated November 2012). Still counting, and still pressing specimens
for our herbarium.
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| January 2012, Door Stewardship Alliance work days |
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"Several groups have recognized the Bayshore Blufflands (Carlsville Bluff) as a significant natural habitat in the last
20 years. In 1976, the Door County Natural Heritage Program ranked the area as an important scenic wetland and forest resource
area. In this study the forest was ranked 5th among 15 Door County areas... In 1977, the Wisconsin Coastal Atlas rated the
area as high quality wildlife habitat. In 1981, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife conducted inventory of the Great Lakes coastal wetlands
identified and classified the forested wetlands of this site. In 1988, Dr. Jim Zimmerman in his natural features inventory
of Door County concluded the Carlsville forest, escarpment, and terraced wetlands were deserving of WDNR Natural Area status."
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A Guide to Significant Wildlife Habitat and Natural Areas of Door County, WI, March 2003; produced through the collective
efforts of federal, state and local government agencies, local conservation organizations and citizen advocates
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Bayshore Blufflands Restoration Photo Documentation
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Visually documenting progress in the natural areas under restoration and management in Bayshore
Blufflands. Albums are arranged in reverse chronological order (most recent first).
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Bayshore Blufflands State Natural Area #377
Current Trail Map (pdf)
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| Same-day before-and-after, Phalaris manual mgmt in effective conditions, ash swamp/ephemeral wetland |
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| Range of techniques over the season in effective Phalaris control protocol developed at this site |
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"...To me, [Bayshore Blufflands] represents hope at a time when critical wildlife habitat and scenic open space is being
lost at an unprecedented rate... Land preservation success stories are more important now than ever before and the Blufflands
will forever serve as a model for how passionate people can make a lasting difference."
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Dan Burke, "A Place of Hope", The Nature of Door, Edited by Norbert Blei and Karen Yancey, Cross+Roads Press, Copyright
Door County Land Trust 2006
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