June, I believe the conservation folks enclose the whips in those unsightly blue tubes. Looks rather ugly for a couple years, since they also overplant, so the net result after a fresh planting is a forest of blue tubes with teeny little whips poking out the top. We are rather inundated with canary reed grass, though, which will likely hide the blue tubes until the plants become established. Rick, I have not yet seen their contract and will certainly check out how future owners may be affected. It is kind of my understanding that these type of restoration projects and/or mitigation plantings are for the most part untracked. The conservation people will follow-up for I think he said 4 or 5 years with an annual maintenance, then who knows. I will check these things out before we commit. I also told the guy I wanted to approve their planting plan before they begin. Our project will not happen this spring, but perhaps this fall.
