Design - Project Planning and Management for Ecological Restoration - page 80

FIGURE 6-1. The design phase uses the project initiation products to develop the approach and look of the
restoration project.
you would roughly outline the area that is to be preserved. Then you would place shapes for new
riparian areas that must fit in and around the existing riparian habitat. Open meadow areas are
depicted with a bubble. Nonnative species that are to be removed are identified with a bubble.
Identify Key Project Features and Requirements
The focus is to place or locate the key project requirements on the diagram. Don't be too con-
cerned with how accurately the shapes represent the actual project features. Buffers can be visual
or physical barriers placed to block the view or to discourage access into an area. Perhaps at the