Paradise Cove
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Focus
Restoration of 51 acres as mitigation for impacts to 149 acres of vegetation clearing authorized under a U.S. Bureau of Land Management-issued Rights-of-Way grant.
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Location
Yuma, AZ
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Habitat Type
Willow-enhanced wetland, cottonwood–willow, and honey mesquite
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Implementation
Landscape architecture and planning, grading/excavation/concrete work, plant installation, and irrigation.
RECON will maintain the Paradise Cove site to meet the success criteria for habitat variables, which characterize suitable habitat and vegetative characteristics for southwest willow flycatcher in the Lower Colorado River. Maintenance to the site includes pump station (fuel), gate repairs, irrigation systems maintenance, invasive species treatments as needed, road maintenance, hand-watering, and remedial planting/seeding, as needed.
Before - Implementation Period
Before - Implementation Period
Before - Implementation Period
September 2019
September 2019
September 2019