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Revegetation efforts at Utah Lake use seeding, plugs and wetland sod mats to restore shoreline habitat
Summary
The Utah Lake Authority described three revegetation methods — broadcast seeding, planting plugs and rolling out wetland sod mats — and highlighted recent installations at Mill Race, Swede Lane (50,000 plugs, 44 sod mats), and a state-park pollinator planting of about 12,000 plugs.
Savannah, the conservation technician, said revegetation began only a few years ago and is critical to replace removed invasives with native wetland species. She explained the three primary techniques: broadcast seeding (cheapest but lowest survival), planting plugs by hand (higher survival; sometimes sourced from Correctional Industries), and pre-established wetland sod mats (highest survival; biodegradable mats often built with coconut fibers).
The hosts gave project specifics: Mill Race received an extensive broadcast seeding (reported as "over 1,000 pounds of seed"), Swede Lane was planted with roughly 50,000 plugs and 44 wetland sod mats with North Fork's help, and Utah Conservation Corps crews planted about 12,000 pollinator plugs at the state park. Savannah said plug plantings and sod mats create visible and more mature wetlands faster than seed-only efforts, and the Authority plans volunteer planting events in the fall.
