Land
Foraging Island
A habitat structure at a re-engineered city dump designed to attract invertebrates as a foraging source for the endangered borrowing owl.
Location: Baylands Nature Preserve, Palo Alto, California
Sponsor: City of Palo Alto Public Art
Photographer: Mary O’Brien
Intersections
One of several flood plain sculptures designed to mitigate storm water run-off from urban development and regenerate native habitats along the largest flowing creek in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Sponsors: McColl Center for Art and Innovation, Blumenthal Foundation, Knight Foundation, RCB Bluewater Grant
Location: Little Sugar Creek in Freedom Park, Charlotte, North Carolina
Photographers: Ben Premeaux, Mary O’Brien
Watershed as a Found Object
A decade-long community-based watershed restoration project on one of the last Northern California costal creeks sustaining Salmonid breeding. Modeling this project, the National Park Service created a case study and guidelines for restoration activities.
Location: Olema Creek, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Point Reyes, California
Sponsors: Gallery Route One, Artists in the Schools, GGNRA, Marin County Resource Conservation District, University of California, Extension- Fish and Wildlife Fund, Bolinas Museum, The David Brower Center, Headlands Center for the Arts
Photographer: Pamela Cobb, Mary O’Brien
Vandalism as a Design Determinant
To promote natural systems and respond to existing patterns of human use at a future State Park on the Los Angeles River, paperboard columns are filled with soil amendments, pH adjusters, biochar and native seeds appropriate to the site. The project addresses vandalism which is common in the area.
Location: Glendale Narrows, Los Angeles River
Sponsors: California State Parks, Clockshop Art Center
Model and drawing: Daniel McCormick