Annapolis, Maryland This project was funded in FY2020 through National Fish Habitat Action Plan funding. The Cape St Claire Community Improvement Association is working with partners to stabilize 500 linear feet of shoreline through sand addition and establishment of a native tidal wetland and dune community. They wil… Read More
Florida Keys, Florida In recent decades, recurring algal blooms have been sucking the oxygen out of the shallow waters of the Florida Keys. Sponges can’t survive without oxygen, and these once healthy expanses of habitat for juvenile fishes and shellfish have become “sponge barrens.” In response to this loss, habitat… Read More
Virginia Beach, Virginia This project was funded in FY2020 through the NOAA Office of Habitat Conservation and the NOAA Recreational Fisheries Initiative. Lynnhaven River Now has partnered with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to construct a one-acre oyster reef in the Eastern Branch of the Lynnhaven River. The reef will… Read More
Warren, Rhode Island Endorsed by ACFHP in 2019. The Upper Kickemuit River Dam was built in 1960 after Hurricane Carol in order to protect the water supply in the upper river from tidal inundation. However, the impoundment is no longer being used as a water supply due to the vulnerability to sea level rise and poor wat… Read More
Pamlico Sound, North Carolina Endorsed by ACFHP in 2019. The Swan Island Oyster Sanctuary is a 60-acre marine protected area comprised of limestone marl and granite that supports nearly 50 million oysters. It is part of a long-term management and restoration strategy for wild Eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) in… Read More
Atlantic City, New Jersey Endorsed by ACFHP in 2019. This recycling program will collect clean recycled oyster shell from local businesses and plant the recycled shell on the Mullica River seed beds, the last self-sustaining oyster beds on the Atlantic coast of New Jersey. This shell will result in enhancement of thes… Read More
Wall, New Jersey Funded in FY2019 through the National Fish Habitat Action Plan. Impediments to upstream spawning habitat are believe to be a significant contributor to the decline of Atlantic coast river herring populations. Stream assessments conducted in 2015 and 2017 within the Wreck Pond Brook Watershed in New Je… Read More
East Vassalboro and North Vassalboro, Maine Funded in FY2019 through the National Fish Habitat Action Plan. Maine Rivers will work with partners to construct Denil fishways at the Outlet Dam and Box Mill Dam on Outlet Stream in Maine. This work is part of the Alewife Restoration Initiative, which is providing access f… Read More
Anne Arundel County, Maryland Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV or seagrass) beds in the Chesapeake Bay filter polluted runoff; provide food for waterfowl; and provide habitat for blue crabs, juvenile striped bass, and other aquatic species. SAV can improve water quality by absorbing nitrogen and phosphorus, reducing erosi… Read More
Mystic, Connecticut Funded in FY2019 through the National Fish Habitat Action Plan. The Whitford Pond Dam is an 8-ft-high, 300-ft-long earthen dam with a 32-ft stone masonry spillway. The original lumber mill on the site went out of business at least a century ago, but the dam continues to block access to natural spaw… Read More