NFWF Grant Profile

Develop final designs to restore 147 acres of degraded saltmarsh in Mastic Beach, New York, back to a natural floodplain to reduce flooding to neighboring communities and increase natural habitats and ecological diversity. Project will finalize plans and obtain all permits to remove a coastal road and create new habitats to reduce flooding, remove invasive plants and replant with native species, and communicate predicted sea-level flooding to Mastic residents.