Little Lake Valley Restoration Blog

A Few Mushroom Decomposers

May 3, 2023 This cool and moist week has me thinking about mushrooms and fungi, important members of every ecological community. Luckily, there are still plenty of them out there to photograph and enjoy before the summer heat. There are different definitions for decomposers but this one from the Biologyonline.com website is clear and concise:…

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Monitoring the Beautiful North Coast Semaphore Grass

March 27, 2023 To better understand the effectiveness of our habitat management that includes grazing and invasive species management in support of protecting threatened North coast semaphore grass populations, the MCRCD added an additional early-spring round of semaphore grass monitoring in some select areas on the project. North coast semaphore grass, Pleuropogon hooverianus, is a…

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Tule Elk Springtime Activity

March 15th, 2023 As spring approaches, the Tule Elk in Little Lake Valley seem to be more present and spread out in the north and south parts of the Mitigation Lands. They are just as likely to be resting on higher and dryer ground as they are running through the inundated pastures. The bull elk…

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Butter Butts Everywhere

March 13, 2023 Out on the north end of the Mitigation Lands there is a beautiful wetland. This time of the year it functions as a small lake where ducks and geese congregate. The Tules and cattails change color with the seasons and grow lush and thick in some areas. Walking out into this area…

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