Bradford, Rhode Island This project was funded in FY2016 through the National Fish Habitat Action Plan. The Wood-Pawcatuck River Watershed is one of the most important coastal watersheds in southeastern New England, and one of the most undeveloped intact areas between New York City and Boston. This watershed is of si… Read More
Suffolk County, New York This project was funded in FY2013 through National Fish Habitat Action Plan funding. Marine meadows play an important role in providing ecosystem services while serving as preferred or essential habitat for a wide array of native fish species. In New York waters, it is estimated that over 80… Read More
East Hampton, New York This project was funded in FY2010 through National Fish Habitat Action Plan funding. In Northwest Creek, the Peconic Estuary Program and partners constructed a channel and replaced an overflow pipe with a weir to allow fish passage into Staudinger’s Pond. In Alewife Brook, an undersized culv… Read More
Chesterfield County, Virginia This project was funded in FY2012 through National Fish Habitat Action Plan funding. A lack of clean, hard substrate has been noted as a limiting factor for the restoration of many anadromous species in the James River. The loss of this ideal spawning habitat is due to dredging and excess… Read More
Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina This project was funded in FY2017 through National Fish Habitat Action Plan funding. The North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores is an ideal place to learn about coastal habitats and the plants and animals that live there. However, it is also one of the many places along the coas… Read More
Elizabethtown, North Carolina This project was funded in FY2015 through National Fish Habitat Action Plan funding. The Cape Fear River was one of the most productive rivers for sturgeon and American shad in North Carolina at the beginning of the 20th century, but current commercial landings are 87% lower than histori… Read More
Holly Ridge, North Carolina This project was funded in FY2014 through National Fish Habitat Action Plan and NOAA funding. The shoreline of Stump Sound, North Carolina was experiencing erosion from boat wakes and storms, and degradation due to dredging, shoreline hardening, and high harvest pressure on natural reefs. Â… Read More
Hanahan, South Carolina This project was funded in FY2010 through National Fish Habitat Action Plan funding. For this project, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources installed two eel ladders were built at the Goose Creek Dam, which restored eel passage to the entire Goose Creek watershed including over … Read More
Colleton County, South Carolina This project was funded in FY2011 through National Fish Habitat Action Plan funding. This project, led by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, rehabilitated tidal marsh areas experiencing degradation from boat traffic along the Intracoastal Waterway, within the ACE Basin… Read More
St. Johns County, Florida This project was funded in FY2013 through National Fish Habitat Action Plan funding. This project, led by the University of North Florida, is located at Wright’s Landing, in the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve. The goal was to restore and enhance fish habitat by … Read More