Proposed Conditions. The planned mitigation and restoration efforts involve restoring the site to the pre-pine plantation/historical communities. Specifically, efforts entails the restoration3 of approximately 4,170 acres of wetlands and 860 acres of uplands within the BPMB to the historical natural vegetation communities discussed below. Table A-3 presents the pre and post vegetation communities and acreages; To the extent possible, the rehabilitated BPMB will contain the indigenous vascular plant and wildlife species that are characteristic of these communities as they occur throughout the coastal counties of the region on similar soils and at similar elevations above sea level. To attain success, the rehabilitated communities will resemble reference communities with respect to life form distribution, vertical stratification, overall plant size, species abundance, and patterns of dominance, and will substantively conform to the descriptions below. The rehabilitation will concentrate on three levels of diversity: (1) landscape mosaic, (2) plant community structure, and (3) plant species composition. This section provides a synopsis of the communities that are proposed for rehabilitation within the BPMB. a.) Re-establishment: The manipulation of the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of a site with the goal of returning natural or historic functions to a former wetland. Re-establishment results in rebuilding a former wetland and results in a gain in wetland acres; and b.)
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Sources: Mitigation Bank Instrument, Mitigation Bank Instrument