NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):
National Coastal Resilience Fund
Project Title: Site Assessment and Design for Walsh Road Dam Removal (NY)
Organization:
Riverkeeper, Inc.
Project ID:
0318.22.074514
Description:

Conduct a site assessment and produce an engineering design to remove the obsolete Walsh Road Dam in New Windsor, NY. Project will improve community resilience by reducing flooding risks and restore critical habitat for American eel, river herring, blue crab, brown trout, and both species of black bass.

Award Amount:
$329942.68
Location:
Quassaick Creek in the town of New Windsor, Orange County, New York