Martin County, Florida Endorsed by ACFHP in 2024 Florida's Martin County Board of County Commissioners aims to restore approximately 600 acres of seagrass habitat in the southern Indian River Lagoon, FL. The Indian River Lagoon (IRL) on Florida’s east coast is North America's most diverse estuary, home to 53 threate… Read More
Worcester County, Maryland Funded in FY2024 through the National Fish Habitat Partnership Program The Maryland Coastal Bays Salt Marsh Team, consisting of resource agencies and NGOs will restore degraded salt marshes in the Maryland Coastal Bays. This project aims to improve fish habitat, water quality, and coastal re… Read More
Carteret County, North Carolina Funded in FY2023 through the National Fish Habitat Partnership Program This project, led by the North Carolina Coastal Federation, creates one acre of salt marsh from farmed land to create a “donor” marsh to provide thousands of scarce native saltmarsh plants to sustainably enable f… Read More
Warren County, New Jersey Funded in FY2023 and 2024 through the National Fish Habitat Partnership Program The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has partnered with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), two private landowners, and the Statewide Dam Removal Partners… Read More
National Parks of Maine through North Carolina Endorsed by ACFHP in 2023 Seagrasses are central to healthy coastlines worldwide. Seagrass meadows are the forests of our submerged nearshore lands. However, they are declining at alarming rates. Eelgrass, the foundational seagrass species of the northeast, is particularl… Read More
Millington, Maryland Endorsed by ACFHP in 2023 American Rivers aims to remove a portion of the obsolete Cypress Branch Dam to re-establish a natural stream channel through Cypress Mill Pond in the town of Millington, MD and reconnect 18 miles of upstream habitat for river herring, American shad, yellow perch, hickory … Read More
Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire Funded in Fy2022 through the FishAmerica Foundation. The eastern oyster is an important keystone species in the Great Bay Estuary. Historically, Great Bay Estuary was filled with acres of healthy oyster reef. However, due to pollution, disease, sedimentation, and historical overharvest… Read More
Bartow, Florida Funded in FY2022 through the FishAmerica Foundation. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) strives to create equal opportunities for fishing and recreation throughout the state. In 2021, FWC's Division of Freshwater Fisheries Management began a new partnership with the City of Bar… Read More
Wilton, Connecticut Funded in FY2022 by the National Fish Habitat Partnership. The derelict Dana Dam (also known as Strong Pond Dam) on the Norwalk River is blocking access to natural spawning and nursery habitat for diadromous fish species such as American shad, alewife, and blueback herring. This is contributing to … Read More
Braintree, Massachusetts Funded in FY2022 through the National Fish Habitat Partnership. The former mill industry along the Monatiquot River impacted historic herring runs and disconnected species from their spawning grounds. The River’s Ames Pond Dam no longer serves its original purpose and is a barrier to fish pass… Read More