Hurricane Sandy Grantees in the News
Click on a state to view articles about NFWF-funded conservation projects helping to protect communities and infrastructure from future storms, and benefiting fish and wildlife, in regions impacted by Hurricane Sandy.
Project #43378: Restoring Fish Runs and Fragmented Trout Populations by Removing a Fish Barrier
Grantee: State of Connecticut
Project #44245: Developing a Resiliency Management Plan for Pawcatuck River Watershed
Grantee: Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association
Project #43281: Restoring Delaware Bay's Wetlands and Beaches in Mispillion Harbor Reserve and Milford Neck Conservation Area
Grantee: Delaware Department of Natural Resources
- Mispillion Harbor Reserve Bringing Back Red Knot, Shorebirds
- DNREC, federal, local and conservation partners gather to celebrate completion of Mispillion Harbor restoration
- $7.8 million restoration of Mispillion Harbor completed
- Mispillion Harbor rehabilitation complete
- Habitat restoration underway at Mispillion Harbor
- Project to restore beach at Mispillion Harbor
- DNREC begins Mispillion, Ted Harvey restoration projects
Project #43834: Increasing Community and Ecological Resiliency by Removing a Patapsco River Fish Barrier
Grantee: American Rivers
- Removing Bloede - American Rivers' Quest to Free the Patapsco River
- DAM! It’s Time To Blow Up This Dam
- Patapsco River dam set for demolition
- 8 things you need to know this morning
- Maryland Dam to Be Removed After More Than a Century
- Officials Celebrate Bloede Dam Removal At Bank Of Patapsco River
- Maryland: Bloede Dam Removal Begins
- Officials celebrate Bloede Dam removal at bank of Patapsco River
- After a century on the Patapsco River, Bloede Dam's removal set to begin with a blast
- Restoring Fish Passage on the Patapsco River
- Patapsco River history
- Bloede Dam removal project approved by Board of Public Works
- Importance of removing the safety hazard Bloede Dam
Project #42942: Increasing Salt Marsh Acreage and Resiliency for Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Grantee: The Conservation Fund
- WATCH: Sen. Ben Cardin tours Blackwater refuge marsh project
- Marsh Resilience Tour Held At Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
- Audubon Saltmarsh Project 2015
- Students help restore salt marshes
- Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge marsh planting volunteer event
- Visiting Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
- Officials tour Blackwater marsh restoration project
- Blackwater’s Future May Not Be So Dark After Marsh Is Restored
- Sea level is rising. Delmarva refuge's solution? Build taller marshes
- Taking Marsh Restoration to a New Level
- The Ambitious Plan to Save Chesapeake Bay’s Shrinking Saltmarshes
Project #43129: Creating Green Infrastructure Resiliency in Greater Baltimore and Annapolis Watersheds
Grantee: The Conservation Fund
- WATCH: Sen. Ben Cardin tours Blackwater refuge marsh project
- Marsh Resilience Tour Held At Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
- New Volunteer team to study Baltimore’s storm resiliency
- At Blackwater refuge, rising sea levels drown habitat
- A National Treasure: Saving tidal wetlands on Maryland's Eastern Shore
- Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resiliency Competitive Grant Program grant
- White House Invests in Baltimore Green Space, Hosts Roundtable
- White House to Help Baltimore Green Its Neighborhoods
- Community Planning Assistance Team Report Featured at White House Roundtable
- Greater Baltimore Wilderness Coalition launch event video
- Greater Baltimore Wilderness Coalition launch event on Twitter
- Coastal resiliency planning in second year
- Greater Baltimore Wilderness Coalition launch event 2
- Greater Baltimore Wilderness Coalition launch event
- Greater Baltimore Wilderness Coalition launch press release
- Greater Baltimore Wilderness Coalition launch event with Congressman Sarbanes, Congressman Ruppersberger, FWS Regional Director Wendi Weber, FWS Deputy Director of Operators Jim Kurth, and MD DNR Secretary Belton
Project #44167: Protecting North Beach's Salt Marsh and Emergency Route
Grantee: Town of North Beach
Project #42671: Enhancing Seven Communities, Ecosystems, and Infrastructure Resiliency by Removing Seven Fish Barriers
Grantee: Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game - Division of Ecological Restoration
- Removal of Mill Street Dam in Pittsfield set to begin
- Judy Waters: Mill St. dam removal a boost for Housatonic River
- Experts explain Ipswich dam options based on study
- State Awards An Additional $400K Toward Removal Of Pittsfield Dam
- State, local officials bid farewell to dams
- This project will make the herring happy in East Bridgewater
- Hunters Pond Dam dam removal paves way for improvements
- Freetown dam comes down, fish to return in spring
- Turner Dam removal pictures
- Turner Dam removal kick-off event
- Removing dams in Massachusetts
- Ipswich Mills Dam removal in study phase
- Ipswich conservationist aiding dam designs and removal
- Nissitissit River changing after Turner Dam removal
- Removal of Pepperell dam is lauded
- Turner Dam removal invitation (NFWF Facebook)
- Turner Dam removal invitation (NFWF Instagram)
Project #42984: Enhancing Mill River's Flood Resiliency and Habitat Corridor
Grantee: Mill River Collaborative
Project #41766: Coastal Resiliency Planning and Ecosystem Enhancement for Northeastern Massachusetts
Grantee: National Wildlife Federation
- In the Great Marsh and other coastal wetlands, climate change is harming delicate ecosystems
- Improving Great Marsh Resiliency through Community Activism First Line of Defense on Future Storm Surge
- Green infrastructure is saving red knots
Project #43322: Enhancing Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head's Land Resiliency in Martha's Vineyard
Grantee: Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
- Eelgrass experiment takes root in Aquinnah
- Effects of Sandy Still Linger Around the Island and on Tribal Lands
- Bay scallop and predator control
- Beach grass planting
- Herring Creek videos
- Herring Creek webcam pictures
- Lobsterville beach grass planting invite
- Beach grass planting at Lobsterville
- Aquinnah herring camera captures wildlife on video
Project #43429: Creating a Resilient Delaware Bay Shoreline in Cape May and Cumberland Counties
Grantee: American Littoral Society
- Reefs Beef up Bay Beaches
- A new tool may tell us where Delaware Bay sand travels
- Building a Stronger Coast
- Using Nature to Build a Stronger Coast
- Reef along the bay dedicated to veterans
- New Reef Underway at Dyers Cove
- Team works through threat of downpour to strengthen Delaware Bay’s resiliency and ecology
- Volunteers Needed for Reef Building on Delaware Bay
- Video: American Littoral Society Creates Oyster Shell Reef Along Delaware Bayshore
- NJ’s Hidden Coast Video Series – Episode 6
- NJ’s Hidden Coast Video Series – Episode 5 Pinterest
- NJ’s Hidden Coast Video Series – Episode 5
- NJ’s Hidden Coast Video Series – Episode 4 Pinterest
- NJ’s Hidden Coast Video Series – Episode 4
- NJ’s Hidden Coast Video Series – Episode 3
- A job well done
- A shorebird’s paradise
- Cold water stops horseshoe crab spawning
- Early, good news from DE Bayshore team
- Creek Mouth Shoals provide key habitat during cold May
- NJ’s Hidden Coast: Episode 2 – real value of horseshoe crabs 4
- NJ’s Hidden Coast: Episode 2 – real value of horseshoe crabs 3
- NJ’s Hidden Coast: Episode 2 – real value of horseshoe crabs 2
- NJ’s Hidden Coast: Episode 2 – real value of horseshoe crabs 1
- NJ’s Hidden Coast: Episode 1 – horseshoe crabs and red knots 6
- NJ’s Hidden Coast: Episode 1 – horseshoe crabs and red knots 5
- NJ’s Hidden Coast: Episode 1 – horseshoe crabs and red knots 4
- NJ’s Hidden Coast: Episode 1 – horseshoe crabs and red knots 3
- NJ’s Hidden Coast: Episode 1 – horseshoe crabs and red knots 2
- NJ’s Hidden Coast: Episode 1 – horseshoe crabs and red knots 1
- Oyster spat found during reef monitoring
- Restoring Thompsons Beach salt marsh
- Oyster abundance and biodiversity sampling on South Reeds Beach
- Reef fish monitoring begins on South Reeds Beach
- Volunteers monitor oyster reefs on South Reeds Beach
- Veteran interns trained on sediment transportation data collection
- Horseshoe crab visitors
- Horseshoe crabs and shorebirds rebounding 2
- Horseshoe crabs and shorebirds rebounding
- Delaware Bay stopover helps red knot population
- Delaware Bay’s oyster reef building aids horseshoe crabs and red knots
- Delaware Bay oyster reefs can act as speed bumps against severe storms
- Podcast on red knots and horseshoe crabs from an ALS partner 2
- Podcast on red knots and horseshoe crabs from an ALS partner
- Middle Township shell-a-bration event
- Volunteers and conservation groups build oyster reefs
- Shell-a-bration oyster reef building event in Delaware Bay 2
- Shell-a-bration oyster reef building event in Delaware Bay
- 16,000 red knots counted on Egg Island Point (half of the population), which is just east of the new Fortescue Beach
- Video of all terrain dump truck removing rubble from Fortescue Beach
- Volunteers help build oyster reefs off south Reeds Beach 4
- Volunteers help build oyster reefs off south Reeds Beach 3
- Volunteers help build oyster reefs off south Reeds Beach 2
- Volunteers help build oyster reefs off south Reeds Beach
- Oyster reef building volunteer project in Delaware
- Novel planting of oyster reefs off south Reeds Beach
- Delaware beach restoration to safeguard wildlife
- American Littoral Society seeks veteran interns
- Bayshore recovery project restores beaches and nurtures economy
- Cumberland County restoring bayshore areas damaged by Superstorm Sandy
- Monitoring season comes to a close
- Veterans and children honored for strengthening Reeds Beach
- Veteran’s Day oyster reef dedication 2
- Veteran’s Day oyster reef celebration
- Veteran’s Day oyster reef update
- Hurricane Sandy 3rd Anniversary story
- Oyster reef monitoring update
- Restoring Thompsons Beach’s salt marsh 2
- Horseshoe crabs and beaches
- Oyster reef fish survey round 3
Project #42714: Transforming Hoboken's Block 12 into a Green Infrastructure Asset
Grantee: City of Hoboken
- Hoboken moves to acquire land for its 'largest' and flood-resistant park
- Hoboken archeological survey
Project #44068: Restoring Over One Hundred Wetland Acres in Great Egg Harbor Bay
Grantee: City of Ocean City
- Thin layer placement of dredged materials to restore and enhance wetlands
- Ocean City dredging grant
- City council approves two measures that aids dredged material reuse project
Project #44109: Replenishing Little Egg Harbor's Marshes and Wetlands
Grantee: Little Egg Harbor Township
- Coastal restoration plans proceed for Tuckerton and Little Egg Harbor 2
- Coastal restoration plans proceed for Tuckerton and Little Egg Harbor
- Community meetings for Little Egg Harbor and Tuckerton Borough residents to discuss flood vulnerability risks and solutions 2
- Community meetings for Little Egg Harbor and Tuckerton Borough residents to discuss flood vulnerability risks and solutions
Project #41991: Increasing Seven Mile Island's Beach Resiliency
Grantee: New Jersey Audubon Society
- Restoration Progress for Nesting Shore Birds
- Stone Harbor’s restored beaches are helping horseshoe crabs and red knots
- Stone Harbor’s restored beaches are helping horseshoe crabs and red knots
- Green infrastructure is saving red knots
- Stone Harbor Point beach restoration
Project #41812: Preventing Erosion and Restoring Hydrology in the Pine Barrens
Grantee: New Jersey Conservation Foundation
- Off-road enforcement by Lacey Township police
- Lacey And State Police To Crack Down On Off-Road Vehicles In Woods
Project #42279: Building Ecological Solutions to Coastal Community Hazards
Grantee: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
- 2017 Planning Excellence Award Winners
- Beyond beach replenishment, bayside towns want Corps help too
Project #43095: Reusing Dredged Material to Restore Salt Marshes and Protect Communities
Grantee: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Project #43931 & 44193: Strengthening Marshes Creek Through Green and Grey Infrastructure & Incorporating Green Infrastructure Resiliency in the Raritan River Basin
Grantee: Rutgers University
Project #42442: Strengthening Sunken Meadow State Park's Resiliency
Grantee: Connecticut Fund for the Environment
- Native grasses planted to restore Smithtown marsh
- Holding Back the Waves
- Sunken Meadow naturalist educates public on wildlife and conservation
- Sunken Meadow State Park receives marsh plantings
- Volunteers plant native grass
- Honoring volunteers planting marsh grass
Project #41931: Developing Self-Sustaining Oyster Population in Jamaica Bay
Grantee: New York City Department of Environmental Protection
- Sunset Cove receives additional funding for Hurricane Sandy restoration
- NYC turns to recycled toilets to revive its once-thriving oyster population
- New York Water Conservation Project to ‘Enthrone’ Oysters With Recycling
- New York City’s newest oyster bed is 50,000 mollusks and 5,000 old public school toilets
- Experts Explain Plan To Grow Oysters On Recycled Toilets In Jamaica Bay
- New York City hoping oysters and broken toilets will help improve water quality
- Thousands of Toilets Submerged in NY Harbor Go From Bathroom Throne to Oyster Home
- NYC DOE / DEP Toilet Recycling Oyster Reef Project
- Oysters grown on old toilets being used to clean city waters
- NYC’s Jamaica Bay Fills with New Residents: 50,000 Oysters
- New York City is Building an Oyster Bed Out of 5000 Toilets 2
- NYC bay to get oysters on beds made from recycled toilets
- Old New York City Toilets Used to Reintroduce Oysters
- Jamaica Bay oyster restoration gets help from recycled toilets
- New York City is Building an Oyster Bed Out of 5000 Toilets
- NYC bay to get oysters on beds made from recycled toilets 3
- NYC bay to get oysters on beds made from recycled toilets 2
- Oysters Are Nearly Extinct in New York Waters
- NYC Bay to get Oysters on Beds Made from Recycled Toilets
- 50,000 Oysters Will Be Installed in the Bay to Protect NYC Ecosystem
- New York City bay gets oyster farms nestled on recycled toilets
- 50,000 Oysters Installed to help clean Jamaica Bay
- Jamaica Bay home to 50K oysters ready to be environmental heroes
- Oyster and natural infrastructure in Jamaica Bay
Project #42019: Restoring Bronx River Shoreline at Starlight Park
Grantee: New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
- Starlight Park’s future looking even brighter
- $40 million expansion of Bronx River Greenway breaks ground
- Groundbreaking held for new extension of Bronx River Greenway at Starlight Park
Project #42957: Designing a Daylighting Plan to Improve Harlem River's Water Quality and Resiliency
Grantee: New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Project #42958: Restoring Spring Creek Park's Salt Marsh and Upland Habitat
Grantee: New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Project #44225: Improving Shinnecock Reservation's Shoreline Habitats
Grantee: Shinnecock Indian Nation
- The tribe that brought a damaged shoreline back to life
- Grant helps Shinnecock Nation repair Southampton shoreline
- Eelgrass “tortilla making” volunteer event
Project #43006: Wetland Restoration in Suffolk County
Grantee: Suffolk County Department of Economic Development and Planning
Project #42874: Ausable Watershed Flood Mitigation and Fish Passage Restoration
Grantee: The Nature Conservancy
Project #44022: Reconnecting and Restoring the Allegany Reservoir
Grantee: Seneca Nation of Indians (NY)
- Seneca Nation Habitat Restoration 2
- Seneca Nation using grant to improve reservoir fisheries
- NFWF awards Seneca Nation grant to stabilize shoreline
- Seneca Nation Habitat Restoration
- Critical Habitat Restoration In the Allegheny Reservoir
- Youth interns working on fish habitat
- Sportsman Show that also showcases fish habitat and river restoration grant 2
- Sportsman Show that also showcases fish habitat and river restoration grant
- Christmas trees collected for habitat restoration project
- 10 landlocked areas will be restored
- Grantee award for Allegany Reservoir
- Grant awarded to stabilize shoreline and create fish habitat
- Allegany Reservoir photoset
Project #43759: Reducing Flood Impacts and Restoring Habitat in the Brandywine River Watershed
Grantee: Stroud Water Research Center
Project #41739: Reusing Dredged Materials to Enhance Salt Marsh in Ninigret Pond
Grantee: Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council
- Drowning marshes: Where does a species go when the nursery floods?
- Ninigret Pond Restoration Scheme on Track
- Salt marsh enhancement
- Helping salt marshes adapt to sea level rise
Project #41795: Strengthening Sachuest Bay's Coastal Resiliency
Grantee: Town of Middletown
- Thin-layer placement of dredge material being tested off Avalon
- Grant Will Help Drain Runoff /Watershed
- Thin layer dredged material placed in Avalon
- Plans to reduce flooding and improve water quality shown to town council
Project #42697: Building Green Infrastructure into Community Policies
Grantee: University of Rhode Island
- New landscape methods to improve coastal resiliency
- Municipal kick off meeting for green and resilient infrastructure planning project
- Green infrastructure designs will improve coastal resilience
Project #44017: Developing Rhode Island's Coastal Resiliency Program
Grantee: University of Rhode Island
- The Big Reveal: Developing Habitat Maps of the Seafloor of Key Coastal Natural Resources
- Underwater baselines established by URI students after Hurricane Sandy
Project #44245: Developing a Resiliency Management Plan for Pawcatuck River Watershed
Grantee: Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association
Project #42551: Green Infrastructure in Accomack and Northampton Counties
Grantee: The Nature Conservancy
- Building Oyster Castles 2
- Building Oyster Castles 1
- Hurricane Sandy Relief on Virginia's Eastern Shore
- Oyster reefs built by volunteers have double the benefits
- New oyster reefs protect Assateague Bay from storms
- Volunteers take part in oyster reef project
- Oyster castle building 3
- Oyster castle building 2
- Oyster castle building 1
- Oyster castles work
- Tom’s Cove project part of larger oyster castle effort 2
- Tom’s Cove project part of larger oyster castle effort
- Tom’s Cove oyster castles and coastal resilience tool
- Oyster castle event
- Coastal resilience tool debut
- New coastal resilience mapping tool for VA’s Eastern Shore