Union Bay Natural Area
UW Botanic GardenCollege of the Environment
1937
~ 1946
1952
2011
1958
1995
1997
1998
1998
Why did we decide to mow the blackberry?
(Started in 1998)
Dime lot 1975
Dime lot 1986
Dime lot 1992
Dime lot 1996
2001
2001
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2007
Needs and responses
• Blackberry• Purple loosestrife• Reed canarygrass• Native spp. diversity• Open landscape• Social trails
• Mow, flood, shade• Gallerucella beetle• Shade w/ willows• Structural diversity• Cap canopy (30%)• Improve loop trail
• Shorebird habitat• Parking lot• Prairie gets weeds• Native grass mortality• Restoration mortality• Beaver damage
• Open shoreline• Create prairie• Shrub buffer• Mounds• Mulch, water trailer• Fence
• Enhance public contact
• Management buy-in
• Lasting constituency
• Projects next to trails, signs, encourage talk
• Guidelines, public comment, faculty vote
• Student restoration• Nature walks• Maintenance
participation• Capstone projects