Wetland Mitigation/Creation

Project Profile

Project: Wetland Mitigation/Creation

Project Sponsor: Municipal Government

Location: Chase, Maryland

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Scope: A 3.5 acre wetland mitigation/creation project that involved forested/scrub-shrub wetland, wet meadow and emergent wetland plantings. Prior to planting applications of herbicide was applied, the planting included over 900 trees, 350 shrubs with protective cages and over 130,000 herbaceous plugs.