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Road decommissioning will be a valuable
science in the future of ecological restoration
because of the excess number of roads in this
country. May things like habitat fragmentation,
erosion, spread of invasive species, and access to
fragile environments can be linked to roads. For
this study I selected a road in the Metolius
Preserve in Central Oregon to perform ten
different techniques that will help in the
understanding of how a road can recover to a
natural state. The techniques used will compose
of tilling the soil, seeding Idaho Fescue,
transplanting Idaho Fescue, applying ground
cover for shade, and watering the area to
different degrees. If successful the goal of the
project is to make the road look like it never
existed. |
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