Project Description: The overall goal of this effort is to provide adaptive planning tools and enhance landscape-level partnerships to meet coastal marsh restoration and adaptation goals across the NPS- Northeast Region. The work proposed at ASIS is one component of a collaborative effort across the northeastern coast focused on coastal marsh resilience. Coastal marsh habitat will be restored using specific techniques. Monitoring data will be collected and analyzed to assess restoration success and adaptive management needs. Results and lessons learned will be shared broadly across the region to inform future restoration strategies for climate mitigation.
Project Objectives:
1. ASIS will collaborate with the Maryland Coastal Bays Foundation to restore
hydrology to approximately 500 acres of ditched marsh using low impact restoration techniques.
2. Document restoration techniques and ecosystem response to restoration treatments.
3. Compile and share results that will support the development of a coastal marsh adaptation “toolbox” to inform marsh restoration and adaptation strategies at parks across the region, based on collaborative workshops, lessons learned, and relevant research.
Lead Principal Investigator: Dr. Roman Jesien, Maryland Coastal Bays Program
Partner Institution: Maryland Coastal Bays Program
Federal Agency: National Park Service
Federal Agency Technical Contact: Bill Hulsander
Start Year: 2024
End Year: 2029
Initial Funding Amount: $700,000.00
Federal Grant Number: P24AC02520
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