implementing restoration

Question 1

What are the two stages of ER implementation?

Answer 1

1. Remedial Restoration

2. Long term restoration

Question 2

What is remedial restoration?

Answer 2

Initial phase that entails reducing stressors through major restoration treatments
-ex. prescribed burns, major invasive removal, major effort to plant native species

Question 3

What are the benefits of Long term restoration?

Answer 3

Later phase that entails relatively minor restoration treatments

• ex. spot herbicides, smaller planting efforts
• aimed at MAINTAINING conditions acheived in remedial phase

Question 4

Which is more expensive, remedial or long term?

Answer 4

remedial- more concentrated effort

Question 5

What are examples of goals/ objectives of remedial restoration?

Answer 5

Goal: Reduce abundance of exotic species on site
Objective: Reduce ground cover of english ivy by 90%

Question 6

What are examples of goals/objectives of long term?

Answer 6

Goal: Maintain the reduced abundance of english ivy
objective: maintain abundance of english ivy at less than 5%

Question 7

What are two important parts about monitoring efforts?

Answer 7

1. BASELINE DATA- should be collected before any restoration treatments
2. REGULAR INTERVALS- monitoring efforts should be relatively frequent at set intervals…
   - can let you know when to shift from Remediation to long term..
   - identifies the effectiveness of your treatments and if they are addressing objectives and goals
   - need for additional or revised treatments?