{"id":574,"date":"2017-02-10T10:28:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T17:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/?page_id=574"},"modified":"2017-02-10T10:28:48","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T17:28:48","slug":"weippe-prairie-restoration-nez-perce-national-historical-site-idaho","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/weippe-prairie-restoration-nez-perce-national-historical-site-idaho\/","title":{"rendered":"Weippe Prairie Restoration, Nez Perce National Historical Site, Idaho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/02\/droppedImage-18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-575\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/02\/droppedImage-18-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/02\/droppedImage-18-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/02\/droppedImage-18.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/02\/droppedImage_1-13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-576\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/02\/droppedImage_1-13-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/02\/droppedImage_1-13-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/02\/droppedImage_1-13.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\">Lewis and Clark travelled from present day Montana, over the Bitterroot Mountains, and descended toward the Snake River, starving and destitute.\u00a0 At Weipe Prairie in the late summer of 1806 they met the Nez Perce collecting native bulbs for food, and the Lewis and Clark members were fed on this plants and regained their health.\u00a0 This plant, camas (<span class=\"style_1\">Camassia quamash<\/span>), forms masses in mountain meadows throughout this region of Idaho, and was a primary food source for native peoples.\u00a0 The Weipe prairie was late homesteaded by white settles who drained the meadows, planted Eurasian pasture grasses, such as timothy (<span class=\"style_1\">Phleum pratensis<\/span>), which was mowed to produce hay for livestock.\u00a0 The character of this historic and culturally important vegetation has nearly disappeared under the management of hay pasture.\u00a0 The Weippe prairie is now part of the NPS managed Nez Perce National Historical Site, and NPS desires to restore these areas to their historical hydrologic regime and vegetation.\u00a0 We have initiated a study to characterize the prairie, its hydrologic regime, the effects of multi-scale ditches and drains that occur in the area, and to develop concepts and pilot projects for restoration.\u00a0 We are measuring water levels in the gully, ground water levels, soil redox potential, and vegetation composition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\">A draft report is attach<span class=\"style_2\">ed;\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/02\/Weippe-2012-progress-report.pdf\">Weippe 2012 progress report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lewis and Clark travelled from present day Montana, over the Bitterroot Mountains, and descended toward the Snake River, starving and destitute.\u00a0 At Weipe Prairie in the late summer of 1806 they met the Nez Perce collecting native bulbs for food, and the Lewis and Clark members were fed on this plants and regained their health.\u00a0 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