Complete final designs and permitting for Great Marsh restoration in Massachusetts. Project will, once implemented, restore 3,278 acres of salt marsh through nature-based techniques, removal of two tidal restrictions, reversing salt marsh subsidence, and maintaining high marsh to improve coastal resilience.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
National Coastal Resilience Fund
Project Title: Protecting Salt Marsh Sparrows and Great Marsh Communities through Salt Marsh Restoration (MA)
Organization:
Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife
Project ID:
0318.23.076235
Description:
Award Amount:
$795000.90
Location:
Towns of Newbury, Ipswich, and Rowley, Great Marsh, Essex County, Massachusetts.