Santa Cruz Cypress Research and Recovery

Consultant to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 2006, 2011, and 2015.  

Jodi McGraw Consulting has implemented a series of projects to research and recover the state and federally-listed Santa Cruz cypress, by:

  • Mapping the distribution and estimating abundance of four of the species’ five populations;
  • Establishing demographic monitoring for three populations, to track survivorship, growth, and fecundity over time; 
  • Conducting post-fire monitoring of the Bonny Doon population following the 2008 Martin Fire, to evaluate seedling establishment; and
  • Collecting seed for long term ex situ seed banking to preserve genetic diversity.

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