Ecological restoration fundraiser

 

Lost Valley is seeking your support to raise $20,000 to support our ongoing community-supported stewardship, and to provide matching funds that can be used to leverage grant funding for large-scale restoration projects across our 87-acres of diverse forest ecosystems.

Many state and federal grant programs require applying organizations to supply matching funds—a percentage of the grant award—in order to be considered for funding. So we are seeking your support to raise money for matching funds that will make us eligible for large ecological restoration grants with state and federal partners.

Your contributions will already be put to use in early 2025, by providing matching funds for a habitat restoration grant we've been awarded through Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board. Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council applied for this grant on our behalf to enhance oak savanna habitat on a parcel of land at Lost Valley, and we are excited to begin this project in spring of next year!

Lost Valley is actively conducting ecological restoration through a model of community supported land stewardship. Led by Brian Byers, Lost Valley’s Executive Director and Land Steward, community volunteers, interns, and students perform coppicing, pollarding, felling, understory management, removal of non-native vegetation, biochar production, and seeding native plant species. This work is guided by our Land Stewardship Plan, a 10-year strategy to restore native ecosystems, enhance wildlife habitat, and increase biodiversity across Lost Valley's 87-acres.

To further these efforts, we are pursuing partnerships with organizations like the Northwest Youth Corps, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and our local watershed council. This work supports us in achieving the goals in our Land Stewardship Plan, while also helping us build relationships with other conservation organizations to partner on larger-scale restoration projects in the future.

Thank you for being part of our journey to restore critical ecosystems and increase the resilience of our forests!

As a 501(c)(3), all donations to Lost valley are tax deductible.