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During
the 1950s, portions of the Hammonasset wetlands were
used as disposal areas for sediment that was dredged
from nearby Clinton Harbor. Low earthen dikes were
constructed around certain wetland areas and the sand
was hydraulically pumped to the Park. At this particular
location, certain areas of the wetland had been
converted to upland supporting grasses, and red cedar,
while other portions sill remain or became degraded salt
marsh. As part of the restoration of the five-acre site,
one to three feed of sandy dredged sediment was removed.
Four ponds were constructed and a network of meandering
creeks was installed to provide adequate tidal flushing.
After restoration, salt marsh plants such as spartina
alterniflora colonized the bare peat.
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