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Create mounds or hollows before planting trees/shrubs: freshwater wetlands

Add upland topsoil before/after planting non-woody plants: freshwater wetlands

Add lime or similar chemicals before/after planting non-woody plants: brackish/saline wetlands

Remove vegetation that could compete with planted non-woody plants: freshwater wetlands

Physically damage seeds of non-woody plants before sowing: freshwater wetlands

Provide general protection for marshes or swamps

Change season/timing of livestock grazing: brackish/salt marshes

Plug/dam canals or trenches: brackish/salt marshes

Lower water level to restore degraded freshwater marshes

Raise water level to restore degraded brackish/salt marshes

Actively manage water level: freshwater swamps

Use prescribed fire to maintain or restore disturbance: freshwater swamps

Physically damage problematic plants: freshwater swamps

Use cutting/mowing to control problematic herbaceous plants: freshwater swamps

Use cutting to control problematic large trees/shrubs: freshwater marshes

Control populations of wild vertebrates: freshwater marshes

Remove debris from brackish/salt marshes

Cut or burn oil-contaminated vegetation: brackish/salt marshes

Raise water level to restore/create brackish/salt marshes from other land uses

Lower water level to restore/create freshwater marshes from other land uses

Raise water level to restore/create freshwater swamps from other land uses

Facilitate tidal exchange to restore/create brackish/saline swamps from other land uses

Reprofile/relandscape: freshwater swamps

Disturb soil/sediment surface: freshwater marshes

Deposit soil/sediment to form physical structure of freshwater marshes