CompletedCompleted
Gum Point Road Living Shoreline
Rip rap removed and replaced with a sill and restored marsh, enhancing habitat while reducing nutrient impact.
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Tizzard Island Resiliency Plan
A DNR-funded plan to protect and enhance Tizzard Island so its habitat is not lost to sea level rise.
Chincoteague
The work
What's happening here
Bay islands in Chincoteague Bay are being lost to erosion, sea level rise and natural succession, taking essential waterbird habitat with them.
With funding from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, MCBP has developed a plan to protect and enhance Tizzard Island so that the habitat it offers is not significantly lost to changes driven by sea level rise.
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More restoration work
- 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.
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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.