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<br />ATTACHM~~IT A
<br />_ Cover Page; SPA legion ~0 wetland ~ro~ram l~eve~opent grant
<br />a. ~roject'~itie: ~estaring D~ver~s~, Iavasia~-~es~sta~~, e~~and~rairxes
<br />Ntior~ai Priority Area: ~eg~lation ~nhanein wetland Protection}, i, ~rnproving the
<br />l~ffeetiveness o~ Compensatory Ntiti~ation
<br />c, Applicant: Lane Council of governments, in partnership with tl~e
<br />City af>~r~gene c the t~stitute for Applied Ecology
<br />d. Bey Personnet: ~e~f I~r~eger, >~roeet ~I~nager,
<br />f,ane Council of Co~ernments, X541 ~ G82w412Z;
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<br />~'revor Tayto~, City l~ugene, ~~41 ~ ~8~4888, { txevor,h,ta~l~ra,ci,euene~or,us
<br />~l~omas Faye, Ynstitute for Applied ~cotogy~ X541} ~'~3~3099,
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<br />Arn~.n~a , Stanley, Institute for Applied Ecology, ~541~ 753rt~a99
<br />~1~3, a~n~andafappliedecoYo~g
<br />~ e, geographic Location; Upper illarnette ~IUC #17~9~003
<br />f; 'dotal Project Cosh 1,428 ~'otai ,mount Rcques#ed~ 1 ~ t,071
<br />g, Abstract: I-es than ~ °lo afi the Illlillar~ette Valley's historic we#land prairies are intact.
<br />Bffective restoration--promoting diverse, invasion-resistant, wetland prairie~~-is a critical, environmen#al ,
<br />necessity, fur goal is to improve the longRtern~ viability and success of wetland prairie restoration efforts
<br />through innovations in design and impler~entatian. Dur objectives are to ~a~ address key knowledge gaps
<br />. limiting successful restoration efforts; {b}analyze and summarize data into a farm that. can be translated into
<br />practical n~anagenlent tools; and ~c~ improve the quality of wetland restara#ian prajec#s~undertaken by the IlVest
<br />~u ene Illfetland Partnership ar~d illlitigatian Bank. Following completion of these objectives, we will ultimately g dissemina#e newl a'rned inforrr~atian through a variety of outreach
<br />and education efforts~warkshops, web
<br />yg sites, technical reparts, peer~reviewed papers, and direct training within the vllillamette Valley and elsewhere in
<br />the 1,~.
<br />An ur ent roblen~ with wetland prairie restoration is an apparent tradeWoff between rnaxir~izing native caner ~ ~
<br />Hof a few dominant grasses} and maximizing native diversity 111fhile maximal native cover of dominant
<br />. grasses inhibits weed invasion, a diverse native plant community is essential for providing key ecosystem
<br />services ~pvllina#ors, nutrient cycling} and wildlife habitat. ~'he first phase of the proposed work is to design
<br />and carry out a robust experiment to determine ~houv to ~i} increase native diversity; iii}limit geed invasion; and viii}optimize disturbance frarn ranagernen# treatments mowing, burning}
<br />far maximum native diversity
<br />and geed u ressian. ecvndly, a will incorporate the results of this and previous studies into useful pp
<br />management tools, ~nclud~ng restc~ratian prescr~ptians and dec~s~on treer
<br />Project description
<br />Z~ro'ec~ deed aid ~~~_a~io~a~ .~riari~A~eas: Recent studies at~the effectiveness of wetland mitigation under
<br />section 4~4 of the Clean water Act ~~ohnsor~ P., et al, Zo02} showed that lass of wetland area and functions continr~es
<br />despite "no net loss" requirements. diverse native plant eomrnunity is essential for providing key ecosystem
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