INTRODUCTION The Pitzer Outback Preserve The Pitzer Outback Preserve is a three acre site of Alluvial Sage Scrub that is being restored by the students and members of the Claremont College Community. The Outback Preserve Restoration Project uses an ecosystematic approach, where multiple scales and systems are considered and integrated in the planning and restoration process. Connections are made at local, watershed, and regional levels to establish patterns and processes, strengthen project relevance, and connect with the community and beyond.
The Outback Preserve Restoration Project Goal: To restore and preserve the Pitzer Outback Preserve as an adaptive and resilient indigenous landscape for the Pitzer and regional communities to experience, explore, and enjoy.
This book is the second part of a series that highlights the Outback Preserve Restoration Project. The first book, completed in Fall 2012, introduces the project background and goal, as well as outlines the scope of the restoration project. The first book provides macro scale context to the restoration project from the watershed level, with the underlying notion that seemingly minor site changes have powerful impacts on the greater whole. Occurrences on the site scale significantly impact the watershed at large. This second book transitions from the previous macro scale into the more intimate micro scale of the Outback Preserve and describes the site specific details of the restoration process. It serves as documentation for restoration activities while shedding light on the unique attributes of this special three acre site. This document contains the following sections: Part One: Restoration Process Part Two: Project Evolution Introduction. Page 1