We are working on a wetland mitigation/re-creation project at the bottom of old Norway Lift. Working with the Forest Service and a contracted ecologist, we developed a plan to create new wetlands and rehabilitate uplands. The project involved excavation and regrading. We imported some very rich compost material. We planted about a thousand wetland and upland plants. Later this week, much of the area with be hydroseeded. To access the old lift, there was a short road that crossed the creek in two culverts. Those culverts were removed and the stream banks will be rehabilitated. About half of the road was decommissioned and re-veged.
It will be cool to watch this area grow over the next few years.
