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Outside the Box in Habitat

Restoration for Hazardous

Remediation

J. Shisler, G. Markiewicz, D. Partridge,

L. deMarffy and C. Brachfeld

Imagine the result

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• Introduction

•Permit Requirements

•Examples

•Conclusions

Agenda

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• Replacement to original

grades

• 80% survival of planted

species

• Planting spacing

• Cook Book

• 5 yr of monitoring

Permit Conditions

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• Increase $$$$$

•Can we save $$$$$$

• What are the big dollar items

• T & E impacts

Issues

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• Examples of methods

• Create problems when

implemented

• Do not work in all cases

• Are not specific to on site

conditions

Cook Books

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Vernal Pool Habitats

• Depressions in uplands

• Periodic dry down

• No fish

• Important habitat that is being lost

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Vernal Pool Habitat

Issues: •Removal of contaminated soils in

wetland

•Regrade to original grades

•80% survival of planted plants

•5 years of monitoring

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Vernal Pool Habitat

2005

Remedial Work Completed

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Vernal Pool Habitat

August 2010

State & Federally Approved

Diversity of Habitats

vernal pool

wet meadow

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Habitat Diversity

June 2006

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Habitat Diversity

May 2010

Floodplain

Intermittent Stream Corridor

Vernal Pools

Pond

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Habitat Diversity

August 2010

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Habitat Diversity

October 2012

State and Federal Approval

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September 2009

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May 2011

RipRap Cap

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August 2011

Sand Covered RipRap Cap

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June 2013

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Phragmites

1997

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Phragmites

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Phragmites

•No seeding

•Monitoring of vegetation

•Adaptive Management

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Phragmites

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Phragmites

Tidal Salt Marsh

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Total Salt Marsh Habitat

Rodeo® Use

ATV

Hand Application

Success

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Imagine the result

•Thinking outside the box

•Decease Project Costs

•Increase Habitat Diversity

• Adaptive Management