Long Lake Oak Woodland Restoration Project

This project will help further enhance efforts for the restoration of the oak savanna and woodlands located in Long Lake Regional Park. In the past two years there have been a combination of volunteer funding and donated work for the restoration of 20 acres within the Park. Numerous hours and thousands of dollars in donations were used to remove woody invasive species, complete a prescribed burn and plant native seed for the restoration of the oak savanna/woodland. This donated time and funding only scratched the surface of the restoration work to be completed at these locations, so once again volunteers and donators have come forward to provide in kind match to continue restoration efforts for this area with the common goal of turning the site back to native oak woodland and savanna. These donations can only go so far and these restoration efforts may fall short without the assistance of the CPL grant funding. If funded, this project would continue to remove exotic and invasive woody material from these natural areas, remove larger material off site, plant native herbaceous seed to promote a desirable understory and surrounding prairie, and plant additional oak seedlings.