NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):

National Coastal Resilience Fund

Project Title: Living Shoreline Planning to Improve Resilience in Montauk (NY)

Organization:

Town of East Hampton

Project ID:

0318.23.075839

Award Amount:

$350000.00

Location:

Lake Montauk is the largest surface waterbody in Town and Fort Pond is the second largest freshwater pond on LI. They are critical sensitive areas identified in the Town's Coastal Resilience Plan as locations where breaching can occur in major storms impacting commercial and residential districts.