Quoted: Still, Joy Zedler, a University of Wisconsin wetlands restoration biologist, is optimistic. ?If I had to restore a wetlands with a gun pointed to my head, I?d pick the Mesopotamian wetlands,? she said in a phone interview last month. That?s because the dominant tall reed there, Phragmites australis, is an aggressive invader in restoration efforts elsewhere. ?That?s the kind of native plant you want in a restoration site,? said Ms. Zedler, who was a co-author of the Mesopotamian marsh restoration plan.
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