Shelly resides in the Deschutes watershed. She has been working with the District since 2002. Shelly had bought a former small scale cattle operation and is now using/developing the property for organic
farming, wildlife habitat and community services.
Shelly’s
commitments to providing for wildlife and habitat restoration are
exemplary. She is an informed and dedicated steward of her land and she
regularly open’s her property to other groups for projects, events, tours
and community needs.
Together with TCD, Shelly completed a large riparian restoration project along two separate stretches
of Spurgeon creek in spring of this year. This restoration enhanced and
widened the existing riparian zone and will provide added shade, bank
protection and wildlife habitat for Spurgeon creek’s salmonids and the
many other species of wildlife that rely on riparian ecosystems.
She is
working or has worked with TCD, SPSSEG, The Wild Fish Conservancy, the
G.R.U.B. and Gleaners programs as well as several others.
