Creating habitat for wildlife is an important part of CLBL’s work, and conservation practices such as installing hedgerows, windbreaks, and other perennial vegetation provide important on-farm habitat for native plants and animals while also improving soil health and sequestering carbon.
Habitat restoration efforts at The Maples Farm include installing 36 nesting boxes for bluebirds and tree swallows, two boxes for barn owls and two houses for bats. We are monitoring bird counts, native pollinators, and wildlife through bird and bee counts and wildlife camera traps. Our ecological monitoring efforts are measuring the benefits of the improvements to the on-farm habitat at The Maples Farm.
Since relocating to The Maples Farm, the Farm & Climate Program has installed more than a mile of hedgerows, bioswales, and windbreaks. We are also planning new habitat restoration efforts, including an additional 1,000 feet of hedgerows, a wildlife pond, and riparian restoration on Cache Creek, which forms the northern boundary of the farm.
