This study aimed to restore the tundra thermal region in the Arctic regions to assist recovery from mineral extraction activities. Plugs of entire root zone and live tundra plants were transplanted to a disturbed site in Alaska oil fields. The study examined plant responses in the plugs to thermal regime manipulations by means of greenhouse and of single- or double-plug treatments.

The Wild Mile restored a mile-long stretch of the Chicago River on the urbanized North Branch Canal in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The Wild Mile is floating ecopark - an innovative solution to enhance ecology along concrete-channelized river in a heavily industrialized area.

Non-native Boer and Lehmann lovegrasses threatened the native grasslands at the Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch (AWRR). AWRR staff began experimenting with treatments of lovegrass in the late-1990s to discover effective methods to protect and rehabilitate native grasslands. Chemical treatment (glyphosate + colorant + surfactant) was the only method that was effective.

Researchers from the University of Arizona tested the ability of branch mulch and compost from mesquite removal projects to reestablish vegetation and improve soil health in the Altar Valley of Southern Arizona over the course of two years. Recycling whole mesquite branch mulch eliminates the need for tillage and reduces costs.

In 1998, scientists from The Nature Conservancy implemented a tree-thinning experiment at Bingham Cienega Natural Preserve (the Preserve) to restore a bosque structure to a velvet mesquite community. The goal was to determine whether thinning could accelerate the development of a mature mesquite bosque.

The West Page Swamp wetland restoration project lies within the Bunker Hill, Idaho superfund site. This individual restoration project was set up as a research site to evaluate the use of a cap of biosolids (including compost, wood ash, and wood waste) over soils contaminated by heavy metals as a result of mining.