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LaPorte County board reviews DNR-funded stream restoration that will remove trees temporarily
Summary
The Parks and Recreation Board heard details of a DNR wetland mitigation and stream restoration project on a 43-acre parcel. Staff said construction will temporarily remove about 200 trees, with a multi-year replanting and maintenance plan tied to the mitigation funding and timing constraints to protect bats.
LaPorte County Parks and Recreation Board members heard a detailed presentation Oct. 7 on a Department of Natural Resources wetland mitigation and stream-restoration project on a 43-acre parcel owned by the mitigation group and conveyed to the county.
A parks staff member said the project will convert an existing, heavily channelized drainage ditch back into a more natural meandering stream and restore wetland function. “They’re gonna take that heavily channelized stream or ditch and turn that back into a flowing stream with more fall and more flow instead of water that is, you know, during the dry times just sitting there breeding mosquitoes and having a lot of stagnant water,” the staff member said.
The presentation noted the parcel was purchased and conveyed in a dual closing and that outside consultants and engineers are coordinating the…
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