THE OREGON DESERT LAND TRUST OWNS TWO ADJACENT PARCELS OF PROPERTY AT THE BASE OF BEATYS BUTTE IN SOUTHEASTERN OREGON TOTALING 400 ACRES THESE UNFENCED PROPERTIES ARE LOCATED WITHIN CORE SAGE GROUSE HABITAT FIGURE 3 , AND CONTAIN MULTIPLE MESIC SITES CRITICAL FOR WILDLIFE AFTER EXTENSIVE SURVEYS WERE CONDUCTED BY ONDA STAFF OF THE NORTH SPRINGS MESIC SITES AND DOZENS OF OTHER SIMILARLY SITUATED SPRINGS IN THE SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT SUBSTANTIAL AND IMPORTANT RESTORATION OPPORTUNITIES EXISTED FOR IMPROVING VEGETATION AND HYDROLOGICAL CONDITIONS ON THE NORTH SPRINGS PROPERTIES IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES, ONDA STAFF WOULD WORK IN COOPERATION WITH ODLT TO EXCLUDE GRAZING FROM AS MUCH OF THE PROPERTY AS POSSIBLE, ALLOWING FOR PASSIVE RESTORATION OF DRIER UPLAND AREAS AND ACTIVE RESTORATION OF VEGETATION AND STREAM MORPHOLOGY IN THE RIPARIAN AND OTHER MESIC AREAS WHILE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESTORE MESIC HABITAT AT THESE PARTICULAR SITES IS IN ITSELF VALUABLE, THE OVERALL GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON LESSONS LEARNED AT THESE SITES TO INFORM AND INSPIRE THE RESTORATION OF OTHER SPRINGS, AND MESIC SITES ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LANDS IN THE SURROUNDING REGION TO SUPPORT PHASE 1 OF THIS LONG TERM, MULTI PHASE PROJECT, ONDA IS REQUESTING 25,000 FROM THE USFWS TO FUND THE COST OF CONSTRUCTING 3 1 MILES OF WILDLIFE FRIENDLY FENCING PROTECTING 296 ACRES