Camp Polk Meadow Preserve
Camp Polk Meadow Preserve is a 151-acre Preserve near Sisters, Oregon. The Preserve contains 1.4 miles of Whychus Creek with wetlands, meadows, aspen groves, and ponderosa pine stands. Camp Polk Meadow Preserve is a great example of the adaptation and mitigation work that the Deschutes Land Trust has embarked on to help lessen the impact of climate change in Central Oregon. Learn about this work below!
These efforts include:
- Protecting Camp Polk Meadow Preserve for its significant natural habitat
- Planting native vegetation
- Creating limited trails to minimize human impacts
- Soil solarization to remove invasive weeds and weed seeds
- Stream restoration work to help improve fish and wildlife habitat and improve groundwater
- Fish releases to improve survival rates for returning steelhead and Chinook
- Tours for the public to understand their impacts and actions
- Connecting wildlife and fish habitats along Whychus Creek
- Performing annual bird counts to help us gauge climate change's impacts on our region
- Tree thinning to create healthier forests
Learn more:
- How is climate change affecting Central Oregon?
- What is the Land Trust's approach to climate change?
- How can I help reduce the impacts of climate change?