CompletedCompleted
Gum Point Road Living Shoreline
Rip rap removed and replaced with a sill and restored marsh, enhancing habitat while reducing nutrient impact.
Projects
Restoration you can point at on a map
Every project below is delivered with partners — federal and state agencies, Worcester County, universities, watermen and volunteers.
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- Completed2014
Bishopville Dam Fish Passageway
Removal of a dam that blocked alewife and blueback herring from reaching their spawning areas.
Ongoing2009–presentSkimmer Island Rebuild
A severely eroded bay island rebuilt with dredged sand to hold colonial waterbird nesting habitat.
- ActiveActive
Tizzard Island Resiliency Plan
A DNR-funded plan to protect and enhance Tizzard Island so its habitat is not lost to sea level rise.
- OngoingOngoing
Ilia Fehrer Nature Preserve
430 acres of headwater woodland acquired and restored, owned by Worcester County and managed by MCBP.
- Ongoing2006–present
Greys Creek Nature Park Shoreline
517 acres of woodland and tidal marsh with a demonstration shoreline restoration on Greys Creek.
ActiveSeasonal, annualOyster Gardening Network
Dock owners raise juvenile oysters each season for planting onto Coastal Bays restoration reefs.
- ActiveSeasonal
Tern Nesting Raft Deployment
Anchored floating platforms that give common terns predator-free nesting ground as islands erode.
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Become a member of the Coastal Bays Foundation
Your contribution goes toward protecting the watershed, its habitat and its wildlife — monitoring crews on the water, marsh replanted at eroding shorelines, and students in the field. The Maryland Coastal Bays Program Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit; all donations are tax deductible.