Open AccessRevegetation manual for the environmental restoration contractor
Author(s) -
Terry McLendon,
E. F. Redente
Publication year - 1997
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/481533
Subject(s) - revegetation , environmental science , hanford site , vegetation (pathology) , environmental remediation , geoengineering , site selection , environmental protection , radioactive waste , ecology , engineering , waste management , land reclamation , climate change , medicine , pathology , contamination , political science , law , biology
The purpose of this manual is to provide guidance and general guidelines for the revegetation of remediation waste sites and other disturbed areas on the Hanford Site. Specific revegetation plans will be developed using guidance from this manual. Locations, resources, and funding will dictate the specific revegetation design at each disturbed area. Disturbances have occurred to some of the ecological communities of the Hanford Site. Many of these disturbances are the result of operations of the Hanford Site, including Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 waste sites on small portions of the Hanford Site. There were, however, extensive disturbances to the native vegetation prior to operations of the facility. These resulted from cultivation, grazing, fire, and the introduction of exotics. Revegetation planning must take into account these early disturbances, as well as the later ones