Build capacity among Cape Cod municipalities to implement salt marsh restoration by assessing restoration feasibility, providing training on salt marsh restoration, designing projects, and working with municipalities to implement restoration on demonstration sites. Project will help build capacity for underserved communities that need assistance to progress conservation and community resilience initiatives.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
National Coastal Resilience Fund
Project Title: Building Capacity for Salt Marsh Restoration to Enhance Community Resiliency (MA)
Organization:
Massachusetts Audubon Society, Inc.
Project ID:
0318.23.075581
Description:
Award Amount:
$885817.14
Location:
Barnstable, Dennis, and Eastham, MA: EJ communities due to income rates and minority status. Barnstable Great Marsh in Barnstable, MA (within Area of Critical Environmental Concern) and Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary in Wellfleet, MA are priority salt marsh for the threatened, Saltmarsh Sparrow.