Site Rehabilitation

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-025694",
  "term": "Site Rehabilitation",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The action of performing ecological restoration that strives to alter the biota and physical conditions at a site, with an emphasis on the reparation of ecosystem processes, productivity, and services.\n\n2. Manipulation of the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of a site with the goal of repairing natural/historic functions to a degraded aquatic resource. Rehabilitation results in a gain in aquatic resource function, but does not result in a gain in aquatic resource area.[40 CFR 230.92 (CFR 2013)]",
  "references": [
    "Office of the President Council on Environmental Quality Guidance for Federal Agencies on Sustainable Practices for Designed Landscapes at https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ceq/recommendations_on_sustainable_landscaping_practices.pdf",
    "Aquatic Resources Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/site-rehabilitation/"
}