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Admiralty Inlet NAP (HR) 2006
- Status
- Funded in 2007
The Department of Natural Resources will use this grant to restore a prairie in the Admiralty Inlet Natural Area Preserve for recovering golden paintbrush, a plant threatened with extinction. Restoration work will include expanding the prairie by removing invasive species and trees. Native prairie species, including the paintbrush, will be propagated and replanted. Fencing, caging and snag development will all help reduce damage by deer and rodents. The preserve is one of only 11 sites in the world where golden paintbrush, a federally threatened, state endangered and globally imperiled species, survives. This preserve is one of the two largest remaining habitats for meeting federal and state recovery goals. Most remaining areas are less than 1 acre; this site includes 25 acres of prairie soils that could support the paintbrush. As a result of this project, prairie habitat will increase seven-fold from .5 acre to more than 3.5 acres, and the number of individual paintbrush plants will more than triple, from less than 100 to more than 350.
Location
Take Mukilteo Ferry to Whidbey Island. Take Highway 525 North to Coupeville, about 32 miles. Take a left on South Main Street, follow for several miles, will become Engle Rd. Go past intersection with Hill Road on right and past agricultural field on right. Go around a bend. On left side of road is an old water system (tan cement block building) with pull-off. Across the street on Admiralty Inlet side is the site. If you pass a blue newer Victorian-style house on left side of road, you have gone too far.
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Admiralty Inlet NAP (HR) 2006
- The Department of Natural Resources will use this grant to restore a prairie in the Admiralty Inlet Natural Area Preserve for recovering golden paintbrush, a plant threatened with extinction. Restoration work will include expanding the prairie by removing invasive species and trees. Native prairie species, including the paintbrush, will be propagated and replanted. Fencing, caging and snag development will all help reduce damage by deer and rodents. The preserve is one of only 11 sites in the world where golden paintbrush, a federally threatened, state endangered and globally imperiled species, survives. This preserve is one of the two largest remaining habitats for meeting federal and state recovery goals. Most remaining areas are less than 1 acre; this site includes 25 acres of prairie soils that could support the paintbrush. As a result of this project, prairie habitat will increase seven-fold from .5 acre to more than 3.5 acres, and the number of individual paintbrush plants will more than triple, from less than 100 to more than 350.
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What is the WWRP?
The Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program (WWRP) is a state grant program that creates and conserves local and state parks, wildlife habitat and working farms. The Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office administers WWRP grants, and the legislature funds the program.
