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4 <br />Pond Habitats: <br />The restoration process will start with the fabrication of the three ponds which will act <br />not only as the mechanism for the water to seep back down into the conduit pipe but also as <br />vernal pools which are essential to many native wetland and prairie plant and animal species. <br />The ponds will be created over access points that already exist to the pipes so new drains will not <br />have to be installed. The ponds will be lined with six inch round basalt as well as round stone <br />and sand, this will allow water to maneuver through the pours and find its way back into the pipe <br />system. <br />Stream Bed: <br />Once the ponds have been completed the stream restoration can begin. Working <br />backward from the catchment pools to the entrance to the conduit pipe six inch open basalt will <br />be combined with boulder basalt to create the substrate of the stream and prevent erosion. <br />Native Species: <br />Native plant restoration can occur once the stream banks are in place. Certain species <br />will need to be planted before the stream is released and others will need to be planted after <br />depending on their preference to water and sunlight. Several habitats will be created due to this <br />restoration project each will foster an array of different plant species. <br />Here is a list of habitats and several native species which would thrive in each: <br />Wetland Prairie: A low lying area which receives direct sunlight and is saturated <br />throughout much of the year containing, can contain both vernal pools and intermittent streams. <br />The Wetland prairie would provide habitat to native plant species such as: Wooly Sunflower, <br />Common Camas, Coyote Thistle, Fragrant Popcornflower, Large -leaf Lupine, Willow Dock, <br />Spike Bentgrass, Tufted Hairgrass, and California Oatgrass. <br />