Build a 1,667 linear foot living shoreline on base along the Neuse River. Project will improve water quality, create valuable habitat, and prevent erosion and mitigate flooding that would damage Cherry Points’s vital infrastructure.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
National Coastal Resilience Fund
Project Title: Building a Living Shoreline Along the Neuse River (NC)
Organization:
North Carolina Coastal Federation, Inc.
Project ID:
0318.20.070753
Description:
Award Amount:
$1000000.00
Location:
Lat 34.9032 Long -76.8967, on the Neuse River, in the city of Havelock, Craven County, NC. MCAS Cherry Point is the Marine Corps’ largest air station at 13,164 acres. 168 acres are emergent wetlands.