This CREP map shows the extensive wetland restoration and buffer establishment (about 150 acres total) that CWH has done at Talisman Farm near Grasonville.
Before: March 22, 2010
Before: March 22, 2010. Poor farming practices allowed this 4-foot-deep gully to develop before CWH took over management of the land.
After: November 1, 2011. The same gully area has been restored to a shallow freshwater wetland that helps remove the nutrients from 15 acres of actively farmed land while providing excellent wildlife habitat.
Talisman restored wetland 2012
A 5-acre freshwater wetland restored at Talisman Farm in what was a very wet farm field area. The wetland catches runoff from actively farmed land and prevents it from entering the adjacent tidal creek.
Excavation equipment stored "high and dry" (or so we thought) until a hurricane hit us with 10 inches of rain while we were building the wetland.
Excavation equipment stored “high and dry” (or so we thought) until a hurricane hit us with 10 inches of rain while we were building the wetland.

To control the timing of flooding (and thus vegetation), we employ a flashboard weird structure, seen below.