Beginning in April of 2008, Safe Harbor will be experimenting with an innovative concept in site management we are calling “Conservation of Biomass”. This is a pre-excavation technique that uses heavy equipment already on site. Before beginning site excavation, the indigenous vegetation, intact with subsurface soil, is carefully removed for re-use in habitat restoration following construction. We believe this technique would preserve indigenous microbes, micro invertebrates, pH and nutrient values that could be very different from most purchased plantings. Besides protecting indigenous habitat values from the ground up, we would be re-planting vegetation already tested by the site conditions. We may also establish a clearing house for available indigenous vegetation from planned excavation sites. Check out our progress on our IMAGES page.
