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title: 2028 Conservation Plan
description: This conservation plan outlines goals for habitat establishment, maintenance strategies, community engagement, and funding opportunities to enhance local ecosystems by 2028.
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# 2028 Conservation Plan

# Year 3, 2028 FOCUS – Riparian Forest & Habitat Establishment

### Action Goal 02: Conservation, Maintenance & Stewardship Strategy

###### Strategy

- Invasive checks: 2× per year 
    - Invasive removal
- Manage aggressive natives (Sumac and Black Locust) by thinning and perimeter mowing
- Meadow mowing (if applicable): 1× annually (late winter)
- Tree care: Mulching, watering first 2–3 years
- Maintain stream access points only—no general bank trampling
- Register Monarch Waystation - [https://shop.monarchwatch.org/product/Waystation-Certification-Application/190004](https://shop.monarchwatch.org/product/Waystation-Certification-Application/190004)

### Action Goal 03: Build & Educate Volunteer Base

###### Strategy

- Community engagement:
- 4 Educational Events / Site walks 
    - The Greenspace in Winter
    - The Greenspace in Spring
    - The Greenspace in Summer
    - The Greenspace in Fall
- Nurture contact list – newsletter, social events
- Signage
- Volunteer stewardship days to build long‑term succes

### Action Goal 04: Secure Funding

###### Strategy

- Always reapply for Lexington Stormwater Quality Grant
- Document list of potential grant sources and deadlines 
    - NRCS (eligible only for EQIP)
    - CAIP (eligible due to farm #)
    - FCCD educational grant
    - Apply October 1 - Monarch Milkweed Grant - [https://monarchwatch.org/bring-back-the-monarchs/milkweed/free-milkweeds-schools-nonprofits/](https://monarchwatch.org/bring-back-the-monarchs/milkweed/free-milkweeds-schools-nonprofits/)
    - Youth Project - [https://wildones.org/seeds-for-education/sfe-application/](https://wildones.org/seeds-for-education/sfe-application/) - Opens July 15 – Nov 15

### Action Goal 08: Soil Regeneration Implementation

##### Apply Regenerative Practices (Year 2)

###### Strategy – increase biomass & introduce natives

- Mow in late spring
- Keep Spring Cover Crops → Protect soil, improve structure & microbial activity ; Oats or annual rye (root mass +erosion control), Buckwheat (fast biomass + pollinator support), Daikon radish (compaction breaker); Red clover (fix nitrogen) & Fall Cover Crops → Protect soil, improve structure & microbial activity ; Cereal rye (root mass +erosion control), Crimson clover (fix nitrogen)
- Add: 
    - 20 % Grasses → build soil carbon + structure; Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
    - 40% Forbs (wildflowers) → support biodiversity + microbes; Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta), Lanceleaf coreopsis
    - 40 % Legumes → fix nitrogen; Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata), Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
- Track: % plant cover, number of species, soil feel (crumbly vs compacted), earthworms / insects

### Action Goal 13: Evaluate Work

###### Strategy

Document:

- Repeat Stream Habitat Assessment
- Native plant survival
- Bank quality
- Water Quality
- Bat count (citizen science encouraged) – and perhaps other counts
- Pollinator garden / bee count
- Monarch Milkweed / caterpillar count / Monarch count
- Meander-core wetlands
- Monitor spread of aggressive natives – ex Sumac and Black Locust

### ✅ Administrative Deliverables:

Updating and maintaining conservation plan and maps

Functioning riparian framework

[2029 Conservation Plan](https://bobolink-greenspace.com/2029-conservation-plan?hsLang=en)

### Exploring Our Stream

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