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Looming Issue with Plastic Mesh/Netting <br />in Erosion Control Products <br />Plastic mesh netting is a common material in erosion control products. It is utilized to hold loose fibrous materials in <br />place d EG straw) until vegetation is established. These products have been used extensively arrd are successful for <br />reducing sail erosion, benefrtting both soi I health and water quality. Unfortunately there is a negative side of this <br />component It is increasingly being documented that it poses dangers to reptiles. amphibians, and mowing machinery. <br />Potential Problems: <br />+ Plastic netting lays on the surface long after other have decomposed. <br />+ Plastic mesh rating can result in entanglement and death of a variety a: reptiles (snakes, frogs, toads, and <br />turtles). Ducklings have also been documented entangled in the netting. <br />+ Road maintenance machinery can snag the plastic mesh and pull up long lengths into machinery, thus binding up <br />machinery and causing damage andor toss of time leaning it out. <br />Suggested Alternatives: <br />a Do not use in known Iccations of reptiles- or amphibians that are listed as Threatened or Endangered species. <br />▪ Limit use where reptiles are likely {near wetlands, lakes, watercourses, or rock outcrops. <br />+ Use rapidly degradable material in all components of erosion control blanket. netting or biologs (fiber rolls that <br />are to be left on site as part of final stabilization. <br />▪ Use types with smaller mesh size (smaller that 14-) or use types with noon -welded netting. <br />,tress near wetlands, lakes, watercourses are rock outcrops are likely habitat for reptiles and amphibians and may not be <br />suitable for plastic mesh erosion control materials. <br />Snakes get caught in the plastic mesh <br />fbtto rwvnw,dnn•tare.mn,ustr:atero%stiateerlenitsection 'owuerraiu/am 2004 0001 manual.htaL3) <br />Best Practices for Meeting DNR GP 20E4-0001 (May 201t Edition) Chapter 1, Page 2D <br />