Stu and city staff from Pacific Grove successfully completed another year of adaptive management at Monarch Grove Sanctuary. The monarchs returned (11,500 Thanksgiving count) and are taking advantage of the wind shelter provided by blue gum trees planted in 1999, and sipping from the nectar gardens. Stu continues to network with other monarch scientists around the world.
On December 4, 2015, Creekside staff and Edgewood volunteers seeded three additional colonies of federal- and state-endangered San Mateo thornmint at Edgewood Natural Preserve. These additional colonies are key to preventing extinction of this annual forb which exists in the wild only at one additional colony at Edgewood. Funding for this project has been generously provided by the Friends of Edgewood.
By January 8, 2016, all 80 square meter plots had some germinated thornmint in them.
