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Sears Island Offsite Wetlands Mitigation Dyer River site in Newcastle, Lincoln County, Maine to fulfil a MDOT Consent Decree with CLF and Sierra Club
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PROPOSED TREATMENTS:

1. FENCE SOUTHERN BOUNDARIES AND REPAIR EXISTING FENCES AS NECESSARY

2. REMOVE SECTION OF ELECTRIC FENCE BISECTING SITE.

3. SHAPE AND SMOOTH ERODED SECTIONS OF STREAMBANKS ALONG TRIBUTARIES A & B; STABILIZE WITH EROSION CONTROL MATERIAL AS APPROPRIATE AND APPLY CONSERVATION SEED MIX.

4. INSTALL CUTTINGS OF WETLAND AND STREAMBANK SHRUBS (e.g., WILLOWS, DOGWOODS. ELDERBERRY, BUTfONBUSH) T0 ENCOURAGE SHADE DEVELOPMENT AND PROVIDE WILDLIFE COVER ALONG TRIBUTARIES.

S. DISK, ROTOTILL, OR BLADE SELECTED PORTIONS OF WET PASTURE, AS APPROPRIATE, TO ALLEVIATE SOIL COMPACTION DUE TO GRAZING AND PROVIDE A SEEDBED FOR NATURAL RECOLONIZATION BY NATIVE WETLAND PLANTS.

6. PLANTING NATIVE SHRUBS AND TREES IN CORRIDOR 50-60 FEET WIDE SURROUNDING THE UPPER REACHES OF TRIBUTARIES A AND B, DOWN TO THE APPROXIMATE LIMIT OF TIDAL INFLUENCE.