Stanford University

The Trust designed, implemented and managed a land management and native habitat restoration program for three sites at Stanford. The Trust program began on an old farm field adjacent to San Francisquito Creek with a native meadow restoration using native grasses, primarily creeping wild rye, to exclude noxious exotics. The project also incorporated community plantings and other educational tools to educate neighbors about restoration and the use of herbicides. The University then expanded the program to include road medians and adjacent grounds in conjunction with local coordination from Magic, a community-based non-profit and Stanford contractor to provide a better aesthetic for these areas. Concurrent with these efforts, we worked with the Native American Cultural Center to restore a native grass dance circle for the Stanford PowWow, an annual gathering to celebrate native American culture. The dance circle is an important part of the PowWow and, working together, we were able to restore a native grassland that had good cover but that was danceable as well.