WETLAND RESTORATION

 

I. RESTORATION PRINCIPLES

A. CHOOSE FORMER WETLAND THAT IS DEGRADED

B. SITE, IN CURRENT CONDITION, SHOULD BE OF LIMITED VALUE

C. PRESERVATION IS A BETTER OPTION FOR SOME WETLANDS

D. USE REFERENCE WETLANDS

 

II. SITE ASSESSMENT

A. DISTURBANCES

B. HYDROLOGY

C. WATER QUALITY

D. TOPOGRAPHY AND SOILS

E. ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES

F. WETLAND FUNCTIONS

 

III. PRELIMINARY RESTORATION DESIGN

A. HYDROLOGY

1. VOLUMES AND FLOW

2. IMPOUNDMENT

3. CONVEYANCE

B. TOPOGRAPHY

C. SOILS

D. REVEGETATION

1. STRUCTURE

2. SOURCES

3. SPECIAL HABITAT FEATURES

4. HUMAN USE

 

IV. FINAL DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION

A. CONSTRUCTION CONSIDERATIONS

1. EROSION CONTROL

2. STOCKPILED SOIL AND VEGETATION

3. AMENDMENTS

4. YARDS, ROADS AND EQUIPMENT

B. PLANTING CONSIDERATIONS

1. SEEDING

2. SPRIGS, PLUGS, RHIZOMES, TUBERS

3. CUTTINGS

4. CONTAINER, BALLED AND BURLAP, BARE ROOT

5. GENERAL

 

V. MONITORING