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| Van Atta Associates. Photo by Saxon Holt |
“The sooner we can lose the mythology that “nature” will come back one day, the sooner we can get to the real work of creating entirely artificial, native landscapes that perform essential ecological services.” Thomas Rainer 2010
This photo shows a vernal pool that was reintroduced to it's original state from a parking lot. The issue of urbanization is a problem but this is an example of how it can be solved. We can reconstruct this ecosystems by introducing native plants and through extensive care. This is a great solution that can be used to restore vernal pools like California that have lost 90% of the original pools, but it is not a reasonable one because of the cost and maintenance required.
Massachusetts has created this associations the educates the community on vernal pools and provides options to protect it. They've established this process where anyone can go out and if they identify a vernal pool all they have to do is map out it's location and sign a release form to share their discoveries. Once this has happened the vernal pool are then certified and considered as "existing". This classified existence means that it cannot be disturbed in any way.
Works Cited: http://www.vernalpool.org/macert_1.htm
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