Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program
Case Name:
Housatonic RCRA Site (CT); Lordship Point Gun Club Site; Raymark Industries Superfund Site
Country:
United States of America
Restoration Types:
Habitat Enhancement
State:
Connecticut
Affected DOI Resources:
Recreational Use Loss; Migratory Birds
City:
Concord
Phase:
Monitoring / Completed
The 38-acre Great Meadows Marsh Restoration Project is entirely within the Great Meadows Marsh Unit (GMMU) of the Stewart McKinney National Wildlife Refuge in Stratford, Connecticut. The restoration focuses on improving coastal resiliency and enhancing habitat for the Saltmarsh Sparrow, as well as state-listed species (state-endangered marsh pink and state species of special concern diamondback terrapin). The project meets many of our regional and national priorities. Its completion will:
Fish and Wildlife Service
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection; NOAA, Audubon Connecticut
Area on the Great Meadows Marsh showing pre-restoration conditions and immediately after construction of the tidal creek., Credit: NOAA
July 2022 showing the native plantings and the regrowth. , Credit: CT Audobon
Storymap
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/24e64d93a2704efabb404abac4ecd2d3
FWS Article
https://www.fws.gov/story/high-school-students-help-restore-connecticuts-great-meadows-marsh
New England Ecological Services Field Office
Concord, NH | (603) 223-2541 | http://www.fws.gov/newengland/