Services & Projects

Salix Associates provides services at both site and landscape/regional scales, including:
- biodiversity inventory,
- analysis and assessment of ecological conditions and relationships, and
- ecological habitat restoration and management planning.

The following table shows SA services in more detail.

SERVICE	DETAILS	EXAMPLE PROJECTS
Inventory	Rare, threatened and endangered plants Invasive plants Vascular plant lists Plant communities Butterfly communities Breeding birds Difficult to ID plants (sedges, rushes, etc.)	Lowell Butte Inventory and Assessment Grasshopper Mountain to Chucksney Mountain Plant & Butterfly Surveys West Eugene Wetlands Butterfly Surveys Fern Ridge Breeding Bird Surveys TNC Coburg Ridge Native Plant Procurement Project Berggren Water Conservation Area vegetation inventory TNC: biodiversity inventory of 5 acquisition and easement sites Yamhill County roadside Kincaid's Lupine surveys TNC Willamette Confluence Project biodiversity inventory
Assessment	Plant habitat suitability and occurrence Exotic plant impacts Butterfly host plant use Native bee use of native plants Wildlife habitat suitability and use	South Ridgeline Habitat Study Moon Mountain Plant and Butterfly Survey Fall Creek Reservoir Forest Habitat Assessment Coyote Creek outreach and restoration assessment Butterfly Host and Nectar Plant Analysis for the West Eugene Wetlands The Twins Plant and Butterfly Assessment Herbert Open Space Property Natural Resources Assessment Baseline reports for 5 national forest Research Natural Areas and 5 Special Interest Areas
Mapping	GPS field locations Rare and invasive species occurrence Plant communities Plant and wildlife species occurrences	TNC Coburg Ridge Native Plant Procurement Project Green Island Vegetation Inventory South Ridgeline Habitat Study
Planning	Ecological habitat restoration Function and process restoration Habitat management	Weiss Road Oak-Prairie Restoration Plan Herbert Open Space Property Natural Resources Assessment Mt. Pisgah/Buford Park restoration planning Owens Farm Restoration and Management Plan
Research	Native and non-native (exotic) plant biogeography Butterfly biogeography Butterfly host plant use Site ecological history Vegetation monitoring	West Eugene Wetlands Butterfly Surveys Herbert Open Space Property Natural Resources Assessment Field Guide to the Sedges of the Pacific Northwest (co-author)
Related	Photography of plants, butterflies, other pollinators, fungi Native seed collection Native landscaping to benefit plants, birds, butterflies & bees	BLM, USFS, TNC native seed projects Native Plant Society of Oregon activities N.Am. Butterfly Association activities