The 199 acre property is located in Linn County just south of Bowers Rock State Park near Albany and includes a side channel of the Willamette River called the Little Willamette River.  A conservation easement (CE) was placed on the property in 2009 restricting development, subdivisions, and agricultural uses.  Greenbelt Land Trust holds the CE, with 3rd party right of enforcement held by Bonneville Power Administration.  The current landowner granted the easement and resides on the property.  The property contains a mix of wetlands, riparian/floodplain forest, remnant oak woodland, and agricultural fields.  Approximately 1,900 feet of the Little Willamette River side channel crosses through the northwest corner of the property. Another unnamed side channel passes from the south to northeast corner of the property and connects to the Willamette River north of Bowers Rock State Park.  Approximat... ely 96 acres is within the FEMA 100-year floodplain of the Willamette River.  Land uses include agriculture, a single residence, seasonal wetlands, and wildlife habitat.  The CE stipulated that current agricultural areas (160 acres) be converted to native Willamette Valley plant communities to benefit fish and wildlife. Adjacent or nearby properties include 5 Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation greenways, farms, and a 173 ac collection of properties (Horseshoe Lake) that are projected to have conservation easements held by Greenbelt in the spring of 2012. This contract will provide support to initiate site prep and planting activities to restore part of the area to a riparian floodplain forest, prairie, oak savanna  habitats and establish vernal pools on the property. This project is first year of a three year effort to restore native habitats on the property in compliance with conditions described in the draft management plan and existing conservation easement.  Funding will primarily be used to begin site prep work to restore the prairie areas and begin the tree planting phases.   Show More