Steel Visitor Center Rehabilitation Revegetation Project: 2022 Annual Report
Wyler CS, Heisler SE, Hooke JS. 2023. Steel Visitor Center Rehabilitation Revegetation Project: 2022 Annual Report. National Park Service. Crater Lake National Park
Crater Lake National Park’s Steel Visitor Center is undergoing a major rehabilitation project that began in fall 2021. The Steel Visitor Center serves as the only year-round visitor information center for the park, houses the post office, the park library, and also provides office space supporting park operations. The Botany program has responsibility for revegetating disturbed natural areas after construction is completed. Revegetation efforts during the 2022 field season included site documentation and planning, collecting seed from 30 different native plant species, caring for 3,331 containerized plants, and seeding just under 400 pots for propagation. The project area was surveyed for invasive vegetation and 2,965 plants were found and treated. Revegetation work is planned to continue into the 2023 season by collecting seed, caring for propagated and salvaged plants, conducting active revegetation of the landscape post-construction (e.g., fencing, planting, and seeding), and continuing to survey for and control invasive plant species.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Wyler, Carolyn; Heisler, Scott; Hooke, Jennifer
- Date of Issue
- 2023-04
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CRLA
- Keywords
- disturbance, native plant communities, outplanting, restoration, revegetation, road construction, seed collection, site preparation, vegetation
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Vegetation Complex , Ecological Framework: Human Use | Point-Source Human Effects | Point-Source Human Effects