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Restoration underway in 2004 at a site on the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.

Restoration underway in 2004 at a site on the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.
Existing structures were demolished and the land restored to a natural state.

 

The New Jersey Field Office Helps To Purchase Land
for
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

The New Jersey Field Office partnered in 2004 with other federal agencies, environmental and charitable foundations, and Harding Township, Morris County, to purchase 65 acres for Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge with Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) funds. At the same time, the partners were able to reimburse the Department of the Interior's Central HazMat Fund $500,000 for restoration of sites in other National Wildlife Refuges. The land transaction has been hailed as a win-win situation for all concerned. In addition, NRDAR funds leveraged the purchase of another 15 acres, valued at $2,500,000, that will be used for Great Swamp's new visitor center. NRDAR funds also made possible the completion of a half-mile boardwalk through the swamp, the continued treatment of some 70 acres infested with invasive plant species, the removal of more than 13 acres of impervious cover and subsequent vegetative restoration, and the location and mapping of some 100 vernal pools, of which 15 are slated for restoration with NRDAR funds - all within the Great Swamp Refuge. More than 40 acres have been restored and protected for every acre initially damaged.
 
Restoration of a purple loosestrife infested wetland on the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.

Restoration of a purple loosestrife infested wetland on the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.
NRDAR funds made possible the continued treatment of some 70 acres infested with invasive plants species.

People may enjoy viewing a “sea of purple” from a spreading loosestrife monoculture,
but the fact remains that the plant’s aggressive growth inevitably reduces biodiversity.
 
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