Lopez Lake

Project Title: Lopez Lake Tree Planting

Project Description: In collaboration with the Grizzly Academy, an organization that furthers the advancement of at risk high school-aged youth, OCE set about planting a variety of oaks near the Lopez Lake Ranger station in the Fall of 2007, replacing a number of dying pine trees in the area and further beautifying the entrance to the park.  Lopez Lake has many fine specimens of Valley and Live Oak, and OCE collects some of its acorn stock from this area every year–some of the acorns we find here are almost two inches long!  The area is a wonderful place to observe wildlife in action, and while collecting we have seen woodpeckers collecting acorns and storing them in the pockets they make on the trunks of surrounding trees.  Squirrels, deer, and numerous insects also make use of this bountiful food soruce.  This planting will help to ensure that these acorns remain plentiful for future collecting–by both animals and humans.

OCE Work History:

Fall 2007 – Original planting with Grizzly Academy.

Project Status: established

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