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*Develop a landscape code to limit the amount of turf required in site development and encourage the use of native plants and vegetation rather than those which require a lot of water:
*Llimit use of water-intensive plants to 30 percent of the landscape per plot of land.
*Implement a rate structure for water use that encourages conservation.

As to the wetland and the steps needed to save it, Wray suggests the first and simplest action would be to post a sign in Greek, English and German explaining its significance to the ecology.

Other steps might include:
1.) Installing a temporary fence around the beachhead and the western edge to prohibit individuals from entering it.

2.) Removing the garbage.

3.) Setting up channels of communication with the neighboring municipality of Gouves so that the bordering city can work in cooperation to save the wetland.

4.) Installing a mesh fence on the south side of a bridge over the river to catch solid waste as it flows down into the wetland. The fence would need to be cleaned regularly.

5.)Removing the non-wetlands plants that have begun to invade.

6.)Better policing of the wetland to inhibit illegal dumping and other activities harmful to it.

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Contact: Marianne Kunnen-Jones
marianne.kunnen-jones@uc.edu
513-556-1826
University of Cincinnati
24-Jul-2000