West Rocky Prairie

Photo: Rocky Prairie, camas West Rocky Prairie Phase II

Major Public Land Ownership WA Dept of Fish and Wildlife Project Area US Forest Service Project Area US Fish and Wildlife Service US Bureau of Land Management Tribal Other Federal WA Dept of Natural Resources State Parks Municipal 0 1 2 3 4 5 10 15 20 Property of Interest Miles Project Area Benefits to Fish and Wildlife: Habitat Benefits to Fish and Wildlife: Habitat West Rocky Prairie Benefits to Fish and Wildlife: Plants

Camissia quamash (small camas) on Port Maytown site Carex inops (Sedge)

Frageria virginiana ssp platypatala (Virginia White-top aster strawberry) (Aster curtus) (western buttercup) Water Howellia (Howellia aquatilis) Remove Scot’s broom Remove encroaching firs and thin oaks Native seed nursery Seed & transplant native grasses and forbs Benefits to Fish and Wildlife: Butterflies

Mardon skipper Puget Blue Taylors (Whulge) Checkespot

Juba Skipper Valley Silverspot

Coastal Woodland Skipper

Sonora Skipper

Dunn Skipper Propertius’ Duskywing Oregon Branded Skipper Reintroduction Potential

Taylor Checkerspot = SE Streaked Horned Lark = SE

Western Gray = SE Mazama Pocket Gopher = ST Mazama Pocket Gopher Reintroduction Project 2009 Aquatic Species Benefit

Coho

Olympic mudminnow

Cutthroat Bull Trout

Research and Monitoring •mounded prairie origin • encroachment and relationship to prairie vegetation •efficacy of mowing and fire to control Scots Broom •understory composition of woodlands •establishment of a Mazama pocket gopher population •habitat selection by reptiles McIntosh Family Tree Farm

Project Site

Wolf Haven

West Rocky Prairie Wildlife Area US 101 TACOMA

FORT CAPITOL OLYMPIA LEWIS FOREST

SR 507

Weir/Tenalquot Prairie

Rocky Prairie/Beaver Cr Glacial Heritage Preserve CENTRALIA Scatter Creek VicinitySOUTH Map PUGET PRAIRIE

I 5 ACQUISITIONS

Partnerships

• Department of Fish and Wildlife •Capitol Land Trust •The Nature Conservancy •USFWS •USDOD Fort Lewis •Black Hills Audubon •Washington Dept Natural Resources •Chehalis Tribe •Friends of Rocky Prairie Th t C t C i i Questions?