Using these records, as well as lists developed by credentialed botanists for ODFW and Oregon State Parks lands, SIHAB is assembling a list of plants that historically and currently occur/red on the island. Sauvie Island has been a “stomping ground” for botanists since the 1800s, and is well represented in Oregon herbariums. Partners: WMSCD and Sauvie Island Drainage Improvement Co. In summer 2013, SIHAB constructed and placed 11 turtle basking rafts around the island. ODFW lands were not included in this project since they had been previously surveyed. SIHAB conducted turtle surveys on non-ODFW lands on the island in 2102 with a grant from WMSWCD and the help of numerous volunteers. Western painted turtles live in the canals, ponds and lakes on the island.
West Multnomah Conservation District supplied funds to build 11 turtle basking for Sauvie ponds and canals.
Partners: PGE, Audubon Society of Portland and ODFW. Monitoring will continue in subsequent years. We then helped secure landowner permission so that PGE could erect five new nesting platforms in appropriate locations. In summer 2012, SIHAB GPS’ed and monitored osprey nests on parts of the island that have power poles to see at what intervals ospreys were nesting. As they run out of ideal nesting sites, some built have attemped to build nests on power poles. This isn’t good for them, since they can get electrocuted, or for PGE and Sauvie Residents, since it can cause power outages. Ospreys have made a great comeback on Sauvie. Partners: Oregon State Parks, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Scappoose Bay Watershed Council and Sauvie Island School. Students from Sauvie Island School assisted with planting and will be monitoring to see how plants hold up to cattle and goose grazing and management practices. At this point, we are experimenting with small plots to see which plants thrive with minimal care. Some planting was done in Spring 2012 and a larger planting was done in Fall 2013. Meadow wildflowers are being propagated by SIHAB for grassland restoration on three sites on Oregon State Parks and ODFW land on the island.
Students from Sauvie Island School planted wildflowers on Oak Island
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