Extend the head of a small tidal creek in order to alleviate chronic waterlogging and halt and reverse marsh erosion in 100 acres of high marsh and enhance tidal exchange and ecosystem function in newly transitioned marsh and halt and reverse the fragmentation and erosion of high marsh, bringing back lost habitat for birds like the American black duck at Farm Creek Marsh, a tributary of Fishing Bay.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants
Project Title: Increasing Resilience of Transitional Tidal Marsh for Enhanced Wintering Waterfowl Bird Habitat (MD)
Organization:
National Audubon Society, Inc.
Project ID:
0603.17.057631
Description:
Award Amount:
$149265.59
Location:
Farm Creek Marsh in Dorchester County, Maryland