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Revegetation with Native Plants
Video Presentation
Offered by U.S. EPA
Office of Superfund Remediation & Technology Innovation
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The clean-up may be complete, but the soils at clean-up sites are now devoid of vegetation. In the past, hydroseeding large areas was the accepted revegetation method. Today, incorporating regional expertise and scientific research, revegetation is done using native plant species, giving better erosion control, longer plant life spans, and greater drought tolerance. Jump-starting an open area with native vegetation keeps invasives out while attracting larger and more diverse populations of wildlife. In turn, the area becomes a richer, self sust
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Contact information for this course: Jeff Heimerman
by telephone at 703-603-7191
(Fax: 703-603-9135)
or
via e-mail at heimerman.jeff@epa.gov
More information on this course is available,
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