Edgewood Habitat Restoration planning meeting, 1/29/08

- Attendees:
	Drew Shell
	Ken Himes
	Paul Heiple
	Alf Fengler
	Bill Korbholz
	Christal Niederer
	John Trewin


- Harding Grass
	- County can work on Harding Grass in Day Camp
	- Bill & Christal to work on mapping of unmapped small/outlier populations
	- Population under freeway - need to get Caltrans buy-in to work here?
		- Talk to Ray Kwan?
		- Maybe Jake Sigg has a good Caltrans contact to work with?
		- May be able to get $$$ through Caltrans to help with this site?

- Medusa Head
	- Christal to plan/coordinate weed whacking sessions
		- Timing depends on plant development this season
		- Will try to give 2wk heads up notice
		- Weed warriors will support as best we can
	- Bill & Christal to work on mapping of unmapped small/outlier populations

- Yellow Starthistle
	- Want followup mowing of new sites from last year
		- Grassland mgmt to handle this with County
	- Thornmint site
		- Weed Warriors to scout in late June or July
			- Do this AFTER Thornmint is done to reduce impact
			- Assess scale of problem and how to address
		- If needed, have Friday group work on this

- Fragrant Fritillary
	- Proposal is to put up deer fencing around sensitive sites to protect fritillaries
		- Need to determine if actually needed?  Talk to Toni?
	- This is not aligned with grassland mgmt, so should be handled independently by CNPS
		- Need to talk with CNPS about backing this?  Funding it?
	- County is supportive in principle but needs an actual plan before proceeding
	- Need to design experiment for this
		- Apply fencing in some areas but not all
		- Gather data to determine efficacy
		- Again, talk to Toni about this?

- ZeNon (zero non-native) sites, aka Native Expansion Areas, or ANCORs (all-native conservation/restoration)
	- Yes, we want to proceed with starting up this effort
		- Possibly have CNPS be official sponsor?
	- Grassland mgmt folks to select/define the sites/protocol, with feedback/reviews from us as plans develop
		- Once plans firm up, remeet (City Pub?) to review plans, pick official name etc
	- Target location is Mow Site 1
		- Large area (5 acres or so?) for general, low level grass treatment
		- 1 (or more) ZeNon sites at center, ~1 sq meter each, managed by Weed Warriors
		- Intermediate treatment levels and experiments in area(s) surrounding ZeNon site(s)

- Bird program
	- Paul to coordinate with Lee Franks and County
		- Ensure efforts don't conflict with our own
		- Help ensure efforts are as effective as possible in meeting Lee's goals
	- County to keep us informed of any mowing plans for bird program that we might not be aware of
		- Paul to be invited along on Lee's mowing planning walks with County

- Coordination with County
	- Signage for special sessions at trail heads?
		- John is ok with this
		- County has new sign maker and could help with printing up the signage
		- Aim for doing this for June/July sessions, sooner if possible
	- National Public Lands Day event
		- This will again be a County event rather than a Weed Warrior event
		- We will support/publicize/cooperate as appropriate
		- Try to arrange a special subgroup on this day to attack Harding Grass?
	- Earth Day session on 4/19
		- Nick can go ahead and advertise this as one of the County's Earth Day events
		- Just make sure it's publicized/arranged as our regular event, per our plans 

- Formalization of Weed Warrior scouting efforts
	- How to officially work scouting into our program?
	- Run scouting trips on ad hoc basis this year
		- Need to reschedule Clarkia Trail scouting trip
		- Will scout Thornmint site in June/July
	- Next year, try to plan 1/2 dozen or so official scouting outings?



- Action items
	- Bill & Christal to work on mapping
		- Harding Grass small/outlier populations
		- Medusa Head small/outlier populations
		- Are all adopt-a-sites mapped?
	- Contact/coord with Caltrans re Harding Grass under freeway
	- Contact Toni & CNPS about Fragrant Fritillary issues/efforts
	- Work with grassland mgmt team to set up ZeNon sites/protocols
	- Work with County on trailhead signage for special sessions
	- Plan scouting trips
		- Resched Clarkia Trail
		- Thornmint in June/July