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Title: Restoration of a Severely Impacted Riparian Wetland System-The Pen Branch Project

Journal Article · · Ecological Engineering

The Pen Banch riparian wetland system was impacted by hot water releases from the reactor operations at the SRS. Several hundred acres of swamp and bottomland forest were destroyed and degraded as a result of thermal effects and sedimentation. The SRS developed a plan to restore the system based upon planting both early and last successional tree species. The goal was to develop a

Research Organization:
USDA Forest Service, Sav (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
(US)
DOE Contract Number:
AI09-76SR00056
OSTI ID:
808654
Journal Information:
Ecological Engineering, Vol. 15; Other Information: PBD: 1 Oct 2000; ISSN 0925-8574
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English