CompletedCompleted
Gum Point Road Living Shoreline
Rip rap removed and replaced with a sill and restored marsh, enhancing habitat while reducing nutrient impact.
Active · Seasonal
Tern Nesting Raft Deployment
Anchored floating platforms that give common terns predator-free nesting ground as islands erode.
Sinepuxent
The work
What's happening here
Rafts are built, surfaced with shell and sand, and anchored in sheltered water ahead of the nesting season.
Through the season, nests are monitored to record occupancy and productivity, informing where rafts should be placed the following year.
Related
More restoration work
- Completed2014
Bishopville Dam Fish Passageway
Removal of a dam that blocked alewife and blueback herring from reaching their spawning areas.
- Ongoing2009–present
Skimmer Island Rebuild
A severely eroded bay island rebuilt with dredged sand to hold colonial waterbird nesting habitat.
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