Project team outlines 'scalpel' wetlands approach and off‑site mitigation commitments

Westport Golf Links told the commission it has refined mitigation plans to avoid wholesale excavation of mapped wetlands and instead will use a targeted, or 'scalpel,' approach in upland pockets within wetland mosaics. Mark Merkelbach, project manager, described mapping of upland components inside mosaic wetlands and said the team would “surgically cut and lower the elevation of those uplands” while protecting existing wetland components and eradicating Scotch broom.