Evaluation of Freshwater Wetland Replacement Projects in Massachusetts

Abstract

This study evaluated the status of several completed replacement wetlands. The goals were to: (1) evaluate success of replacement wetlands, (2) determine vegetation growing in replacement areas, and (3) make recommendations for conditioning of wetland projects. One hundred projects of wetland replacement were compiled from a database. 76 of 100 projects have been completed with 94 replacement wetlands present at the 76 project sites. The replacement wetlands must: (1) have 75% cover of indigenous wetland species and (2) have a surface area equal to the area of wetland lost. 57% of the 94 completed areas are successful Of the 31 projects granted Certificates of Compliance (COC), 1 out of 10 existing replacement wetlands were found to be unsuccessful. In three additional projects, replacement wetlands were destroyed. Unsuccessful replacement wetland failed due to inadequate site preparation.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA336717

Entities

Organizations

  • New England District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army
  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Databases
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Environmental Protection
  • Flood Control
  • Groundwater
  • Massachusetts
  • Materials
  • New England
  • Planting
  • Plants
  • United States
  • Vegetation
  • West Virginia
  • Wildlife

Readers

  • Groundwater Contamination Remediation.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.
  • Trauma Surgery or Emergency Medicine.