Restoring 9,272 Plants

Posted 12/30/09, by Skagit PUD | 0 Comment(s)

Phase I of the $4.2 million Judy Reservoir to Mount Vernon Transmission Pipeline project is now complete.

Phase I, which is located within the city of Mount Vernon and follows the Kulshan Avenue right-of-way and connects to existing transmission lines at North LaVenture Street, cuts 1½ miles through sensitive wetland and buffer areas.

As part of Skagit PUD’s wetland restoration and mitigation plan, 9,272 varying individual plants were put in the ground this fall.

Over time, the establishment of native woody and emergent vegetation will increase plant species richness and structural diversity within the wetlands from pre-construction conditions. The plantings will improve buffer functions such as screening wetlands from human disturbances