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Restorat ion Ecology 2011 RESTORATION ECOLOGY Spring 2011 Group Assignments
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Restoration Ecology. Spring 2011 Group Assignments. Group 1 Assignment. MAPPING OUT THE STRATEGY FOR RESTORING HAMMOND’S FERRY FLOODPLAIN IN NORTH AUGUSTA, SC. AND RECONNECTING THE OLD PIT LAKES TO THE RIVER. . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Restoration Ecology
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RESTORATION ECOLOGY Spring 2011
Group Assignments
Restoration Ecology
2011MAPPING OUT THE STRATEGY FOR RESTORING HAMMOND’S FERRY FLOODPLAIN IN NORTH AUGUSTA, SC. AND RECONNECTING THE OLD PIT LAKES TO THE RIVER.
Group 1 AssignmentBackground: This site was mined for clay in the early 1900s, later became a natatorium, and finally the area was left to fill with water to become a pond/swamp. The ponds became a DOT treatment area in the 1950s, receiving water from the bridge and upper watershed.
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Group 1 Assignment
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Restoration Ecology
2011 MAPPING OUT THE STRATEGY FOR RESTORING FLOODPLAIN FOREST
Group 2 AssignmentBackground: this floodplain forest was converted to agricultural use 175 years ago, originally used for rice production, then cotton and now rotating crops. Savannah River rarely overbanks in this area as there is a 22-river mile pool created by the New Savannah Bluff Lock & Dam
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2011 MAPPING OUT THE STRATEGY FOR RESTORING FLOODPLAIN FOREST
Group 2 Assignment
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2011 MAPPING OUT THE STRATEGY FOR RESTORING ATLANTIC WHITE CEDAR BOG IN SANDHILLS REGION OF AIKEN, SC
Group 3 AssignmentBackground: this pond supported an Atlantic White Cedar Bog. The bog was timbered and the adjacent land mined for kaolin in the 1950s. The “reclamation” was to fill the pond initially with a rubble dam. No action was taken on stockpiled sandy clay and it has remained so since the 50’s. Heavily used for off-road vehicles. Exceptional bog below the pond.
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ROCKY SPRINGS IMPAIRMENTHeadwater stream
Impoundment area
Small lake with spillway into impoundment area
Road
Rubble Dam
Herb bog
Clay spoils
Off road 6-wheeler trail
Restoration Ecology
2011 MAPPING OUT THE STRATEGY FOR RESTORING ATLANTIC WHITE CEDAR BOG IN SANDHILLS REGION OF AIKEN, SC
Group 3 Assignment
Restoration Ecology
2011 MAPPING OUT THE STRATEGY FOR RESTORING FORMER CAROLINA BAY IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, GA
Group 4 AssignmentBackground: this Carolina Bay was ditched and drained in the 70’s and planted in pasture for cattle. The site retains much of its original configuration and there are remnant patches of cypress and bay stands.
Restoration Ecology
2011 MAPPING OUT THE STRATEGY FOR RESTORING FORMER CAROLINA BAY IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, GA
Group 4 Assignment
