Wednesday, April 5, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Mush Without Slush...
LAND TRUST:
Property offers
rare habitat
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important habitat, the goal
is to restore and enhance the
ecological function of the
creek and floodplain, DLT
reports.
The Land Trust intends to
maximize high-quality habi-
tat for salmon and steelhead
to spawn and rear, for song-
birds to nest and forage, and
for otter and beaver to even-
tually flourish.
Willow Springs is one of
only a handful of historically
wet-meadow properties on
Whychus Creek.
The property was pur-
chased from Aspen Lakes
Development.
Like the meadows
at Camp Polk Meadow
Preserve, Whychus Canyon
Preserve, and Rimrock
Ranch, the meadows on
Willow Springs Preserve pro-
vide important wildlife habi-
tat in our arid high desert. The
Land Trust is currently devel-
oping management plans for
the Preserve that will guide
the future of the land includ-
ing restoration activities and
community use. While plans
are being developed, access
to the Preserve will be limited
to guided tours.
For information on tours,
visit www.deschuteslandtrust.
org/hikes.
Launched in the fall
of 2014, the Land Trust’s
goal for the Campaign for
Whychus Creek is to fin-
ish protecting the highest
GRAPHIC COURTESY DESCHUTES LAND TRUST
DLT has acquired numerous properties along Whychus Creek.
quality wildlife habitat along
Whychus Creek, ensure the
permanent care of those lands
for generations to come, and
engage the community along
the way. In the three years of
the Campaign, the Land Trust
has protected three new par-
cels of land along Whychus
Creek and continued to care
for the more than 2,300 acres
already entrusted to them.
The Land Trust partnered
with Craft3, a regional non-
profit lender, in order to act
quickly and conserve Willow
Springs Preserve — bridg-
ing the financial gap between
early community donations
and acquisition costs, while
pursuing grant funds and
completion of the Campaign.
Craft3 provided financing
through its Conservation
Bridge Fund, which provides
loans to land trusts, conserva-
tion, and community groups
in Oregon.
“We are excited to sup-
port Deschutes Land Trust’s
conservation work in
Central Oregon. The Land
Trust’s long-term vision
for restoration of Whychus
Creek aligns with Craft3’s
mission to invest in ecologi-
cal assets in the communities
we serve,” said Brad Hunter,
Craft3 business lender.
Craft3 has partnered with
DLT in recent years to help
conserve high-priority prop-
erties in Central Oregon.
PHOTO BY HADLEY MCCANN
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