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A Decade of Dune Restoration at the Lanphere Dunes - Cal-IPC

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A <strong>Decade</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dune</strong> <strong>Restor<strong>at</strong>ion</strong><br />

<strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Lanphere</strong> <strong>Dune</strong>s<br />

Andrea Pickart<br />

Humboldt Bay N<strong>at</strong>ional Wildlife Refuge


Nor<strong>the</strong>rn beachgrass stands 1985


1992 (before)<br />

1994 (Phase 1)


N<strong>at</strong>ive Cover in Restored Area as a<br />

Percent <strong>of</strong> Reference Area<br />

% Cover<br />

120<br />

100<br />

80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

0<br />

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002


1992


2001


1996


2001


1996


2001


1995


2001


1999<br />

2003


European beachgrass<br />

Iceplant<br />

Bush lupine<br />

Annual grasses


THANKS TO:<br />

P<strong>at</strong>ti Clifford, Kyle Wear, Linda Miller,<br />

Friends <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Dune</strong>s, <strong>Cal</strong>ifornia<br />

Conserv<strong>at</strong>ion Corps, <strong>Cal</strong>ifornia Department<br />

<strong>of</strong> Forestry & Fire Protection, The N<strong>at</strong>ure<br />

Conservancy, N<strong>at</strong>ional Fish & Wildlife<br />

Found<strong>at</strong>ion, <strong>Cal</strong>ifornia St<strong>at</strong>e Coastal<br />

Conservancy, and many o<strong>the</strong>rs.

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