Royal Gazette: Steps to protect Paget Marsh from Invasive Species approved
A conservation management plan aimed at safeguarding the Paget Marsh Nature Reserve has been approved by the Department of Planning.
The CMP, produced by CK Landscape Architecture and Consultancy for the Bermuda National Trust and the Bermuda Audubon Society, proposes measures to remove invasive species and bolster native and endemic plants in the reserve.
“This plan will be reviewed and updated every five years as necessary to reflect changing conditions and challenges,” the CMP states.
“It should be noted that Paget Marsh Nature Reserve represents an area of immense environmental importance to Bermuda.
“It is an intrinsic window into the natural heritage of the island and how the island’s vegetation would have evolved prior to the arrival of mankind.”
The plan stated that the site consisted of four major habitats — a tidal pond, mangroves, sawgrass and a palmetto-cedar forest — along with areas of agricultural land, guava and dry secondary forest.