Long Island Marsh Site Selected for Urgent Restoration
Sunken Meadow State Park has the potential to support declining Saltmarsh Sparrows, in danger of extinction due to sea level rise.
约炮视频 is working to design and complete a 78-acre salt marsh restoration project within Sunken Meadow State Park on the north shore of Long Island. Using a suite of restoration techniques, the project will improve habitat that has been degraded due to an earthen dam that blocked tidal flow to the marsh from the 1950s to 2012, with an emphasis on increasing high marsh habitat for the Saltmarsh Sparrow.
The project provides educational opportunities for high school students in Title 1 school districts in to learn about salt marshes, attend field trips to Long Island marshes, and participate in our Salt Marsh Stewards program. The students will also participate in community science by experimenting with techniques to grow salt marsh grasses in their classrooms that will be used in the Sunken Meadow salt marsh restoration.
Thanks to our project partners: NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation, Save the Sound, and New York Natural Heritage Program.
Salt marsh restoration at Sunken Meadow State Park, Long Island
Healthier habitat will benefit birds, fish, insects, and native plants.
Nearly $1M Awarded to 约炮视频 Conservation Projects in Connecticut and New York
Funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation will allow 约炮视频 Connecticut and New York to continue and start new conservation projects.
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