Big Pine Key, Florida Endorsed by ACFHP in FY2020. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, along with numerous local and NGO partners, will be restoring 108 acres of freshwater slough, 28 acres of mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) forest, and 16 acres of saltmarsh to … Read More
Plymouth, Massachusetts This project was funded in FY2020 through National Fish Habitat Action Plan and NOAA GARFO funding. The Town of Plymouth will be using these funds for the design and permitting of the Jenney Grist Mill nature-like fishway bypass on Town Brook. By installing a 400-foot nature-like fishway bypass… Read More
Edgewater and New Smyrna Beach, Florida This project was funded in FY2020 through National Fish Habitat Action Plan funding. Oyster reefs provide essential ecosystem functions and services, and are one of the primary forms of Essential Fish Habitat in Mosquito Lagoon. Researchers at the University of Central Florida, … Read More
Warren and Sussex Counties, New Jersey This project was funded in FY2020 through National Fish Habitat Action Plan funding. The Nature Conservancy and partners are working with a private landowner to remove the County Line Dam in order to restore and reconnect habitat for migratory species including American shad, Ame… Read More
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