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Wednesday, May 24, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon PRESERVE: Land Trust is seeking volunteers for work parties Continued from page 3 “folks can expect to see weed management, old barbed wire fence removal and other debris clean up, and aspen restoration. In the longer term, we’ll assess stream res- toration opportunities with our restoration partners.” About a dozen Land Trust supporters signed up for the limited number of slots on this first-ever tour of the new preserve. Land Trust volun- teer Carol Wall also treated the attendees to some of the history of the new pre- serve. She told the group that “When the Santiam Wagon Road was being built in the 1860s – in return for con- struction of the road – the company was granted three sections of land for every mile of road construction. This site was part of their holdings, which added up to a total of 861,000 acres!” By the turn of the last century, those holdings had been somewhat reduced. “In 1911,” Wall said, “the Oregon and Western Colonization Company took over the hold- ings of 800,000 acres.” After World War II, the Willow Springs site was owned by a succession of families until R it found its permanent home under the stewardship of the Deschutes Land Trust. Like much of Whychus Creek, the existing stream channel on this site no longer flows naturally, due to artifi- cial straightening designed to reduce flooding and enhance agriculture. Zalewski explained that the straighter channel causes water to flow faster, which – in turn – seri- ously erodes the flood plain soils. In this case, while not as extreme as the damage at the Camp Polk site, the creek at Willow Springs is still five to 10 feet below the flood plain in some places. 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That proj- ect is still in its early stages, so Willow Springs will have to wait its turn for major ren- ovation. In the meantime, the Land Trust will be undertak- ing a series of less dramatic stewardship efforts to clean up the property and remove invasive weeds as it begins to help the land return to its natural state. Toward that end, the Land Trust will be actively seeking volunteers to help advance the organization’s goals. “The property is not open to the public,” said Egertson, “so the best way to see it is on a free Land Trust tour or by joining one of the work parties we’ll be scheduling later this summer. For more information, we encourage folks to check out our web- site at deschuteslandtrust. org.” 21 541-815-7397 102 W. Barclay Dr., Sisters — Locally Owned — ENROLL NOW! Space is fi lling up! Tours available. Call 541-549-4133. 5-Star Rated! Veterans - We Salute You! 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