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<br />[research sidebars}, Twapeei-reviewed papers have resulted from this ~praject to ~ate,,with four mare in preparation. <br />The project has resulted in one completed thesis and a ~h,1~, dissertation. The lessens fra~n this first project are <br />already being implemented in restoration projects afthe'L~l~,w Partnership and have directly led to the questions <br />identified in this proposal, <br />~i~~ 'i of ~uge~ae i~iati~~ Ba~~C. The pity's rnitiatian bank was the first m.iti~ation dank in the state ~f Oregon, . with 1 ~ years of experience, the ~it~'s mitigation bank serves <br />as a model of wetland restoration, having successfully ~ . <br />restored hundreds af~~acres to a high ecological standard The ~nitigatian banl~'s sped program produces hundreds of <br />pounds of seed annuaiXy representing aver 9~ native species, with access to many additional species through hand <br />collection efforts. pity staff include trained ecologists with a wealth of experience in wetland restoration techniques <br />who have easy access to all necessary equiprrlent, materials, and technical expertise necessary~for this project. <br />Similarly, the C1ty has ma~nta~ned several yews of vegetative rnanitaring data for restoration sites which may prove <br />. useful for analysis purposes through this study. <br />~ii~~ ".eg~o~~~ ~'t~~~~gies},~or .~es~~ri~ .~~va~e~ P~ai~i~s"Institute far Applied l~calogy and The Nature anservaney, <br />$Saa,aa~ {Northwest conservation Fund, TNT}, SODS-201a, ~P~s - T. Faye, and Duniddie, TN; Project <br />Leader - A. Stanley; ~Al~}. IAE has been investigating the effectiveness of various management strategies at restoring <br />degraded prairies throughout the willa~nette 'alley~l'uget Troi~ghleorgia ~asin~~eca-region ~A1~ taffwark closely <br />with large collaborative group corr~p~sed of managers and scientists throughout the re~gian to in~piernent a large- <br />scale study with an adaptive management framewarkF Treatment combinations used in the study were developed in a <br />workshop including all pro jest participants, and this group convenes annually to discuss the progress of the study and . <br />make alterationsrfnecessary, while the project is not yet completed, we have produced one peer~rviewed <br />publication with three more in review or in preparation and presented near-term results at several regional and <br />national conferences, Results afthis study have already changed the restoration methods afparticipating land managers, <br />~co~r~~~~r~~~~.~rs ~ o~~~vs~,~c~~~ ~ss~s~ocro~,~oc <br />Waved, octobe~ z~, ~~09 <br />} <br />