NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):
National Coastal Resilience Fund
Project Title: Restoring the Rockaway Waterfront Dunes (NY)
Organization:
Rockaway Waterfront Alliance, Inc.
Project ID:
0318.19.065898
Description:

Develop a comprehensive site assessment and preliminary design to enhance and restore seven miles of coastal dunes along New York City's Atlantic shoreline. Project will transform the shoreline into an extensive, biodiverse and habitat-rich dune system to recognize the importance of biodiversity and monitoring while preparing the community and its dune system for sea level rise.

Award Amount:
$372298.54
Location:
Rockaway Peninsula, Queens, New York