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Wildlife Habitat
 Wetland restoration • In spring, 2001, a wetland near the Apres Vous lift needed to be filled in to make way for a faster lift. Under federal law, a new wetland needed to be created, by terracing a nearby area and putting in pipe to bring in water. JHMR went four steps beyond the legal requirements by: (1) leaving an extra season to prepare the site, helping the soil settle and making sure the proper amount of water ran through the area without pooling; (2) planting plugs of 3800 established seedlings, rather than seed, at eight times the cost; (3) planting a greater percentage of the area than required; and (4) taking extra care in planting, such as keeping the seedlings warm in the early spring before planting and walking on planks when putting the seedlings in the ground. The plants included iris, columbine, hairgrass, geranium, bulrush, reedgrass and two types of sedges. By snowfall, some plants were over 3 ft. tall and moose, deer and ducks visited the area. The wetland area is strategically placed at the bottom of a slope to filter runoff before pristine Fish Creek.
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