NFWF Grant Profile

Evaluate native perennial grass species for their ability to establish viable stands along the margins of farm fields affected by saltwater intrusion and increase wetland habitat to support wintering American black duck. Project will create complete maps of areas in Somerset and Dorchester counties Maryland to identity priority areas at risk of saltwater intrusion and areas for tidal wetland habitat creation, and also implement wetland restoration projects on 32 acres of farmland.