Site Preparation and Planting

Leilani Peterson notes that wave breaks can play an important role in establishing a buffer zone.

Wave Breaks
Approximately 125 feet of green snow fence (three layers), staked with steel fence posts, provided wave breaks to help slow down the wave action and to protect the new aquatic plantings.

Erosion Control Fabric
The coconut fiber erosion control blanket installed between the area where riprap was and the upland area protected exposed soil from erosion until new plants could take root and establish.