Author: Gore & Storrie Limited
Publisher: Trust Pub.
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 192
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This manual was prepared to provide assistance to agencies, groups, companies, and individuals engaged in ecological restoration in the Greater Toronto bioregion. The manual outlines landscape restoration techniques according to the principles of respecting regional identity, recognition of the unique ecological character of each site, protection of significant natural features, focusing restoration work on where it will do the most good, creation of low-maintenance and ecologically self-sustaining solutions, use of native species, and accommodation of human use. It includes a procedure for developing a restoration strategy, including site evaluation, planning, implementation, and monitoring. Separate sections are devoted to restoration techniques for specific types of areas: wetlands, meadows and grasslands, woodlands, riparian zones, abandoned pits and quarries, and stormwater ponds. The appendix contains lists of common plant species in the bioregion, as well as a glossary.