Northern San Juan • Entered by Judith Lopez on October 27, 2024
Crane Landing Support
September 16, 2024 – October 24, 2024
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | |
| Post Admin hours | |
| Activity Hours | 5 |
| Participants | 1 |
| Total Hours | 5 |
Key Issue: Public Lands Health & Protection
Activity Type: Stewardship (monitoring, sampling, planting, etc.)
Key Partners: Western Slope Conservation Center, Colorado West Land Trust, Delta County
Short Description of Activity
Delta County is working with WSCC and the Colorado West Land Trust in a parcel of land by the Gunnison River by the bridge on G50. The county has taken responsibility to put in a boat ramp area so people traveling the river will have a safe place to stop. They have put in a dirt road and a parking area where people can park and watch cranes in the winter in the neighboring field. The conservation groups are focusing on the land, planting native species and removing invasives. I am working with them on this effort, planting, bringing in water to keep new plants alive. There is no source of water at the site readily available. I have been going weekly or more or less (depending on weather conditions/rain) to bring in water for some of the things planted. The goal is to make this area more beneficial to wildlife with addition of native flora. I went to the site to water bushes we planted on five occasions between 9/16 and 10/24/24. It takes an hour for me to go to the site and do the watering.
Reflection/Evaluation
The goal is to make this area a healthier natural landscape for the benefit of plants and wildlife along with supporting appropriate recreational use. It is a work in progress that will take time. Several of the bushes are still alive and many of the trees are doing well. The Sandhill Cranes for which this area was named have begun to show up in the nearby fields by the time I am entering this data.