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Project: Teton Basin Wildlife Habitat
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| Challenge: Sundown River Ranch was a recipient of North American Wetland Conservation Act (NAWCA) dollars to enhance habitat for long-billed curlew (a globally imperiled shorebird) and other waterbirds in Teton Basin Idaho. Impounding irrigation water behind a series of low-level berms created a thirteen-acre wetland. |
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| Solution: Berms were constructed of highly erodible silt soils in an agricultural setting prone to weed invasion. Wetland Sod was used to “bio-armor” berms and inhibit the establishment of noxious weeds. Additionally the product withstood prolonged wave energy and sporadic intensive herbivory from trespass livestock. |
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