Construct a living shoreline along a chronically eroding barrier spit on Long Island Sound in Fenwick, Connecticut. Project will provide protection from storms and rising waters for the nearby community and a 10-acre tidal marsh.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Long Island Sound Futures Fund
Project Title: Hepburn Living Shoreline Project (CT)
Organization:
Connecticut River Watershed Council dba Connecticut River Conservancy
Project ID:
1401.18.061314
Description:
Award Amount:
$249999.85
Location:
A 456 linear foot segment of coast on Long Island Sound east of the Katherine Hepburn Estate and west of the mouth of the Connecticut River, Borough of Fenwick, Old Saybrook, Connecticut.