NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):

National Coastal Resilience Fund

Project Title: Designing Nature-Based Solutions to Build Resiliency in Virginia's Eastern Shore

Organization:

The Nature Conservancy

Project ID:

0318.23.075911

Award Amount:

$414048.52

Location:

Oyster (Northampton County, VA) is highly vulnerable to SLR and flooding. Oyster’s creeks and marshes lead across shallow bays protected by marsh and barrier islands to the east. Focus of the proposed project are three eroding marsh islands within Hillcrest Shellfish Sanctuary, protecting Oyster.